Today on TAP: Biden has the power to do a lot more—which would be good economics and good politics.
Executive Power
Posted inDay One Agenda
The Progressive Caucus Unveils Its Day One Agenda
A blueprint for executive action includes 55 different items Biden can implement without Congress.
Posted inWorking in America
If Congress Can’t Boost Workers’ Rights, the Administration Will Go It Alone
A new report lays out ways that federal agencies can increase worker power.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden Wants to Take Down the Ocean Shipping Cartel
New initiatives would beef up investigations into anti-competitive conduct from the industry, which is enjoying astronomical profits.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Garland Has Yet to De-Trumpify His Office of Legal Counsel
The Department of Justice has failed to revise dubious decisions made to shield Trump from scrutiny.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Executive Actions to Protect Workers
Today on TAP: The president could be doing a lot more with his executive power.
Posted inPolitics
The Democratic Pivot
There’s a path to gaining some needed successes on policy and legislation while waiting for a deal to emerge on Build Back Better.
Posted inPolitics
There Is a Bully Pulpit
And thanks to the Supreme Court, Biden will need to use it.
Posted inEducation in America
In Opposing Student Debt Relief, Susan Rice Breaks With Her Family History
As head of Biden’s Domestic Policy Council, Rice has resisted broad-based debt forgiveness, though her late mother was ‘the mother of the Pell grant.’
Posted inPolitics
2022: The Year in Governing
Here’s everything to look out for over the next 12 months.
