Infrastructure
One big bill for workers done; one bigger bill to go
November 8, 2021The push is on to win so-called Democratic moderates in the Senate so that a victory for human infrastructure can be added to the victory for hard infrastructure.
Read moreHouse Democrats push for votes on human needs and hard infrastructure bills
November 5, 2021Progressive Dems want the vote despite no promise of support for BBB from Senate Democratic “moderates” and vitriol from Republicans.
Read moreHouse vote on historic Build Back Better and infrastructure bills draws near
November 4, 2021As Dems manage to get family leave and lower prescription prices back into the human infrastructure measure, they face continued sniping from so-called “moderates.”
Read moreLabor respalda una reconstrucción Build Back Better ley
October 29, 2021Los grupos elogiaron el proyecto de ley Build Back Better revisado, que se dirigirá a los enfrentamientos del Congreso la próxima semana, aunque Biden tuvo que talar algunos árboles.
Read moreSeeing the forest, and the trees: Labor backs trimmed Build Back Better
October 29, 2021“No one got everything they wanted, including me,” Biden said. Corporate Democrats squeezed out many progressive measures, but the current plan will still revamp social policy—if it passes.
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