Today on TAP: How come Schumer moved the confirmation forward to floor action if the votes weren’t there?
Kyrsten Sinema
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The Shame of Corporate Democrats
Today on TAP: The failure of Manchin, Sinema, and Kelly to confirm David Weil as the top official cracking down on wage theft is not principled moderation. It’s all about corporate money.
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Making China’s Case: Manchin, Sinema, and the Six Supremes
By demonstrating America can’t ensure the right to vote or to survive a pandemic, they’re bolstering the argument that authoritarian regimes work better than ours.
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The Democrats’ Last Chance to Make Build Back Better Better
They can use the savings from provisions that will likely fall out of the bill in the Senate to make some remaining programs permanent.
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Memo to Media: Stop Calling Manchin et al. ‘Moderates’
Today on TAP: Being more swayed by big-money contributions and an anti-mother bias are far better descriptors.
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World’s Biggest Half-Full, Half-Empty Glass
Today on TAP: Biden’s bill is historically great and bitterly disappointing.
Posted inBuilding Back America
What’s in the Build Back Better Framework
It has its selling points. But it doesn’t appear to meet the test of permanent, hassle-free, and meaningful.
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The Pro–Trump Tax Cuts Caucus
It includes Democrats Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, among others.
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Warren Delivers Again
Today on TAP: Her corporate minimum tax plugs a revenue gap with progressive reform—and unites her party to seal Build Back Better.
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Manchin and Sinema May Be Dooming the Democrats in 2022
Today on TAP: Compelling Biden to bend to their demands weakens him and their party going into the midterms.
