Today on TAP: Democrats poised for legislative and popular gains
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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 inPolitics
It’s Time to Recall the Recalls in California
Democrats shouldn’t walk away from Gavin Newsom’s survival without changing the undemocratic structure of direct democracy in the state.
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.
Posted inPolitics
The Vanishing Case for Liberal Inaction
Democrats who believe we should keep the filibuster because they fear a Republican majority are just worried about the world as it exists today.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Media Always Sees Democrats in Disarray
And they always see wars as worth fighting.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: The Gottheimer Gang’s Pointless Standoff
Conservative Democrats got a guarantee that the House would vote on the infrastructure bill by late September. But that changes nothing about the process.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Progressivism Today: Six Months Into Biden’s Presidency
Watch our writers consider the past, present, and future of progressivism.
Posted inPolitics
The Democrats’ Right-Wing Fringe
Gottheimer and Galston, yanking the Democrats back to their Reagan-age timidity
