Today on TAP: Amazingly, the package includes provisions that have long eluded progressives.
Joe Manchin
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Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer Have a Surprise for You
An 18-month odyssey culminates in a smaller-than-promised, bigger-than-expected agreement to lower health care costs, tax corporations, and protect the planet.
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Manchin’s Big Lie
Today on TAP: He killed the Democrats’ bill because, he said, he was concerned about inflation. But the bill was anti-inflationary; what he really didn’t like was boosting green energy.
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The Impossible, Inevitable Survival of the Trump Tax Cuts
How Democrats went from unanimous opposition to an unpopular policy to doing nothing about it in the five years since it became law.
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May Build Back Better Never Be Spoken Of Again
Today on TAP: Negotiations with Joe Manchin are over. Let’s keep it that way.
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Biden Should Not Trade Executive Actions for Mythical Senate Promises
The president’s proposal to restart fossil fuel projects would abdicate his responsibility to ensure the laws are faithfully executed.
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Senate Moves Forward on Exceedingly Modest Drug Price Reform
The details on the latest in the endless negotiations on the Biden agenda
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The Gun Deal Misdirection
Every day waiting for a bipartisan agreement is a day further away from reconciliation.
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How Private-Sector Care Can Harm Veterans
One father’s wake-up call is illustrative as the VA attempts to outsource more care.