Democrats in high-tax states cut a deal on the Build Back Better Act.
Housing and Transportation
Read about affordable housing; access to transportation; roadways; bridges and tunnels; crumbling infrastructure; railroads; Amtrak; trucking; interstate highway system; science and technology; land use;
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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.
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Democrats, Be Careful With the Medicaid Expansion
The Medicaid expansion provisions of the reconciliation bill risk being overturned by the Supreme Court.
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CBO’s Metaphysical Medicaid Madness
Why does something Congress already paid for cost $300 billion, according to the budget scorekeeper?
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Democrats Abandon Middle Class on Build Back Better Resolution
It’s part of a disturbing trend that leaves out an important segment of voters from federal benefit programs.
