The way Build Back Better unfolded made it an insider’s game, wasting serious effort and hundreds of millions of dollars from outside organizations.
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Can the Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?
Their success in 2022 and the long term will depend on it. Here are some hopeful developments on that front.
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How Policy Got Done in 2022
To understand the Democrats’ big climate and health care bill, you must go back decades.
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Altercation: How the Democrats’ Economics Changed
Michael Tomasky on how a dissident, if realistic, assessment of the economy became mainstream
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Permitting Reform Is a Decoy for Ramping Up Gas
A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean-energy hack, but it’s mostly about gas exports.
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Inside the Battle for the Latino Vote
In Colorado, Democratic organizers stress that Latinos must be persuaded rather than just turned out at the end of a campaign.
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A Swing-Seat Candidate Runs Against Corporate Power
Will Rollins, campaigning against a long-serving Republican, is waging much of his race by fighting money in politics and corporate concentration.
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Maura Healey Looks to Have a Lock on the Massachusetts Governorship, But …
The likelihood of a Democratic trifecta in the Bay State is not as comforting as it appears.
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In This Colorado Swing District, the Parties Compete Over Latinos
A Latina doctor faces off against a Republican who attempted to break the state apart.
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Primary Season Wraps With Democrats Sounding a Unified Populist Tone
Democratic hopes of holding the House rest on progressives winning swing seats.
