The battle shifts to implementation, where success will be won or lost.
Building Back America
Biden’s American Jobs Plan, American Families Plan, and a variety of tax measures, analyzing each component with insights on prospective policies and if these elements go far enough
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Manchin Could Score Carbon Capture Subsidies to Prop Up Coal
In September, Joe Manchin was told carbon capture would need heavy federal subsidies to keep coal running in West Virginia. Now, a supercharged tax credit is in Build Back Better.
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Manchin’s Cherry-Picking of Budget Estimates
He has deficit concerns with the Build Back Better Act. But the same analysts he cites think his bipartisan infrastructure bill is even worse for the deficit.
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The Drug Price/Tax Break Quid Pro Quo
Democrats in high-tax states cut a deal on the Build Back Better Act.
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Dooming Blue States to Health Care Limbo
The Build Back Better Act will create enough uncertainty in health care to make it impossible for states to improve their systems.
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What You Might Have Missed in the Build Back Better Bill
The bill is teeming with hundreds of programs, which in some cases crowded out the bigger priorities.
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What’s in the Build Back Better Framework
It has its selling points. But it doesn’t appear to meet the test of permanent, hassle-free, and meaningful.
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The Pro–Trump Tax Cuts Caucus
It includes Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, among others.
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Will the Reconciliation Bill Do Anything to Secure Workers’ Rights?
One provision, which appears to have the required votes, may help.
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Introducing the ‘Deus Tax Machina’
Sen. Ron Wyden’s bid to rescue the Build Back Better Act’s revenue side is an audacious attempt to rein in billionaires and mega-corporations.