All that public investment rebuilds infrastructure, greens the economy, and supports caregiving—but mainly it creates at least four million good jobs.
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Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
Practically all the solutions to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options, are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.
Posted inTAP
A Grand Bargain on Infrastructure and Saving Democracy?
Today on TAP: Chuck Schumer is bargaining with Joe Manchin on two vital fronts
Posted inPolitics
How Kathleen Rice Is Threatening the Biden Agenda
Rice and two other House Democrats oppose aggressive drug price reform, which provides the budget savings available to fuel spending in the Build Back Better Act.
Posted inPolitics
Whip Count: The Democrats Who Support the Progressive Reconciliation Strategy
A running tally of the lawmakers who have—and have not—committed to withhold their votes on the bipartisan infrastructure bill in favor of robust budget reconciliation
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: The Sophie’s Choice of the Reconciliation Bill
Democrats may have to decide whether to do a few things well or a bunch of things not so well.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How the Budget Rules Hobble the Progressive Imagination
It’s time to repeal pay-as-you-go requirements, a throwback to the austerity economics of the Clinton-Obama era.
Posted inTAP
How the Budget Deal Could Make the Child Tax Credit Permanent
Today on TAP: Democrats hope to extend it as part of budget reconciliation
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
House, Senate Spar Over Reducing Drug Prices
There’s overwhelming support among Democrats for finally allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies. But the details matter.
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Voting Rights and Labor Rights: The Two Sleepers in Budget Reconciliation
Today on TAP: Two crucial possible provisions have gotten little attention
