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Biden celebrates record Affordable Care Act enrollments, notes BBB has to pass to sustain them

With three weeks left to go in open enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) for most states, the Biden administration has already achieved record enrollments. The Centers for Medicare …

Wed Dec 22, 2021

DeSantis and Noem fret that COVID-19 relief money is somehow unfair to their states. Reality differs

Republican governors are experiencing the benefits of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. Their budgets are afloat on a tide of money coming from the COVID-19 relief bill, which is funding …

Thu Dec 16, 2021

New jobless claims hit a 52-year low. How will the media spin that to be bad for Biden?

New unemployment claims dropped to 184,000 last week, the lowest since 1969. It sure is going to be interesting watching the media find a way to turn that into bad news for President Joe Biden. …

Thu Dec 9, 2021

And so it begins: House Republican takes credit for infrastructure funding he voted against

President Joe Biden has signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which means it’s time for Republicans who opposed the law to start coming out and claiming credit for funding it provides. …

Wed Nov 17, 2021

With Build Back Better facing Manchin trouble, Democrats need to find way to help millions and fast

This week, the White House informed states that President Joe Biden has approved an extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 relief until April 1, 2022. That means all state, local, …

Fri Nov 12, 2021

Alabama governor and GOP legislature want to spend $400M in COVID-19 relief money on prisons

Alabama has the highest death rate from COVID-19 in the United States. As of Sept. 29, 2021, a total 692,737 Americans have died of the virus. Alabama has had the ninth-highest rate of COVID-19 …

Thu Sep 30, 2021

U.S. child care system is heading for catastrophe, and the economic damage could be widespread

The child care crisis looks ready to turn into a child care catastrophe as workers head for higher-paying jobs—like Walmart—and daycare centers struggle to find enough staff to create spaces for …

Thu Sep 23, 2021

MSNBC unearths clip of Joe Manchin calling for up to $4 trillion in infrastructure spending

It’s hard to understand what Joe Manchin is doing these days, other than forcing Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell to fight over who gets to loofah his undercarriage as he dithers in the bath over …

Sat Sep 11, 2021

Majority say Biden's policies haven't helped them. $1,400 stimulus checks are surprised to hear it

President Joe Biden’s declining approval ratings come despite the popularity of his signature policies, a new report from Civiqs shows. In fact, seven of 12 Biden policies surveyed by Civiqs have …

Sat Sep 11, 2021

U.S. marks Labor Day by letting unemployment aid expire for 7 million people

Labor Day is meant to celebrate U.S. workers. But this Labor Day will bring a major blow to more than 7 million workers left unemployed during the coronavirus pandemic: Their unemployment benefits …

Mon Sep 6, 2021

Billions intended to keep renters in their homes has not been spent by local governments

Let’s hope that everyone in government has learned a lesson. The next time the nation experiences a pandemic that shuts the entire economy down, they need to just send everybody a check, every …

Thu Aug 26, 2021

GDP and consumer confidence are back to pre-pandemic levels, in spite of delta variant

For once, there’s a chart pointing upward that isn’t indicating the spread of COVID-19. In the midst of pandemic and what seems to be tidal wave of Republican politicians struggling for the title of …

Fri Jul 30, 2021

Pandemic relief spurred record drop in poverty in the U.S.

President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats said the American Rescue Plan would cut poverty in the U.S. by a third and cut child poverty in half by the end of this year. Turns out, they were being …

Fri Jul 30, 2021

Evictions, loss of unemployment aid threaten millions while COVID-19 resurges

The next wave of COVID-19 is hitting in every state, but not surging everywhere thanks to effective vaccines. However—and this is a big caveat—a good part of the the country is being swamped by the …

Fri Jul 23, 2021

Democrats' child tax credit payments will hit bank accounts soon. Republicans tried to kill it

Back in March, when Democrats were still working to pass President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan into law, 65% of voters across partisan lines supported increasing the child tax …

Tue Jul 13, 2021

Eviction tsunami is looming despite Congress passing $46 billion in rental relief

The federal eviction moratorium ends July 31, and when it does, millions of people will be at risk of being thrown out of their homes. Congress has passed $46 billion in rental assistance, but much of …

Sun Jul 11, 2021

American Rescue Plan is giving jobless workers and families with kids a boost starting in July

Republican governors across the country have cut off federal unemployment benefits for millions of people, but Democratic policies are still kicking in to help people struggling in the uneven recovery …

Mon Jul 5, 2021

Will your family be getting the new monthly child tax credit? Here's how to check

It’s Child Tax Credit Awareness Day, and if you didn’t know that before, now you do. Vice President Kamala Harris is making a big push to publicize and explain the newly expanded tax …

Mon Jun 21, 2021

Democrats work to reach key subset of suburban women with hopeful message on pandemic relief

Democrats have identified a key subset of suburban women who could prove pivotal to their electoral fortunes in 2022. It’s distinct from the group of more affluent white women that helped …

Tue Jun 15, 2021

Democrats' decisive win in New Mexico House district holds key lessons for next year's midterms

In the 2018 cycle, Democrats’ stellar performances in special elections portended the blue wave to come in the midterms. For multiple reasons, this year’s special elections likely …

Thu Jun 3, 2021