Biden of America: The Return of the Democracy

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Yahoo! News - After deal with moderates, House Democrats move forward on $3.5 trillion budget
Biden called Pelosi’s efforts “masterful” in remarks Tuesday afternoon, praising the budget deal.

“These investments are going to lower out-of-pocket expenses of families, and not just give them a little more breathing room,” Biden said. “Instead of giving every break in the world to corporations and CEOs, we can ask corporations and the very wealthy just to pay their fair share, so we can invest in making our country stronger and more competitive.”

Biden thanked every member of the House, saying, “There were differences. Strong points of view. They’re always welcome. What’s important is that we came together to advance our agenda.”
Gizmodo - Biden's Cybersecurity Summit Aims to Solve America's Hacking Problem

LA Times - President Biden approves wildfire major disaster declaration in California



USA Today - Texas abortion law: Six-week ban takes effect as SCOTUS stays mum



Business Insider - Biden's child allowance helped feed 2 million kids in its first month

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NY Times - Biden Tours Hurricane Ida Damage in New Orleans

CNBC - Insurance companies will cover some additional costs for Ida victims in Louisiana after Biden push

NBC News - Biden orders declassification of Sept. 11 investigation documents

Associated Press - Meat, farm workers to get $600 grants in new $700M aid plan

Business Insider - Biden says jobs that pay $45 or $50 an hour — not $7 or $12 — are part of his climate-infrastructure plan

Wall Street Journal - Biden Administration Prepares to Sue Texas Over Abortion Law

NY Times - Back on the Trail, Sanders Campaigns for a Legislative Legacy
Senator Bernie Sanders is barnstorming the country again, but not for the presidency. Instead, he’s making the case for a $3.5 trillion bill that would be a once-in-a-generation achievement.

NY Times - Biden to Unveil Vaccine Mandate Plan Covering Two-Thirds of U.S. Workers
President Biden will use the full force of his presidency in a push to require tens of millions more U.S. workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The effort will involve executive orders and other federal rules. Federal employees could face disciplinary measures if they refuse.







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Associated Press - Biden announces 'historic' deal on $1.75[T] spending bill, asks Democrats for votes



The White House - The Build Back Better Framework

Gizmodo - We Just Got the Right to Repair—in Theory
The Librarian of Congress approved exemptions to copyright law that greatly expand right to repair, if we can get the parts.
The people can now repair and tinker with their own devices under copyright law. The US Copyright Office (USCO) submitted recommendations, approved today by the Librarian of Congress, to add exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)’s rules governing access to devices and software. (This section.) The big one is the new right to get into any consumer software-enabled device (cellphone, laptop, etc) for the purposes of diagnostics, repair, and maintenance.

The new exemptions align with Joe Biden’s mission to expand the right to repair, included as a directive to the FTC in a July executive order. That order was more broadly aimed at cracking down on monopolistic companies that make consumers pay too much for services we have no choice but to get.
NY Magazine - Bidenomics Is Working

CNN - First on CNN: Biden administration expected to name GOP official who challenged Trump's lies to key election security role

NY Times - Biden Nominates Rosenworcel as F.C.C.’s First Female Leader
Jessica Rosenworcel, the acting chairwoman of the powerful regulator, campaigned vigorously for a permanent appointment.

The Washington Post - Taiwan confirms U.S. military presence, says defending island is vital for democracy

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lol the shell of what once was a possible 6 trillion reconciliation Bill isn't 'historic'; 500 billion over 10 years to fight climate change when the US military gets 700+ billion each year? LOL. Don't make me laugh. I remember when Mansion was fine with 4 trillion. Do you?

The fools defending this ineffective President who can't even put pressure on 2 corporate senators blocking the whole thing for months are pathetic. The progressive Democrats should draw some red lines in the sand and say 'if those things are not included in the bill we won't support either the bipartisan bill or this weaksauce Reconciliation Bill'.


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NBC News - Biden says Congress should have passed his economic agenda before Virginia governor’s race
A day after Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia's high-profile race for governor, President Joe Biden said that Congress should have passed his infrastructure and social safety net agenda before the election.

Speaking from the White House on Wednesday, Biden said voters wanted Washington to "get things done" on a wide range of issues — rising gas prices, lingering impacts of the Covid pandemic and the cost of prescription drugs — that he argued would be addressed by his legislative package.
"I think it should have passed before Election Day, but I am not sure that I would be able to change the number of very conservative folks who turned out in the red districts who were Trump voters. But maybe," he told reporters.

Asked what Democrats can do differently to avoid similar losses in the 2022 midterm elections, Biden said: "I think we should produce for the American people."

"People need a little breathing room, they are overwhelmed," he added. "We just have to produce results for them to change their standard of living."
Back in 2009, Democrats lost the contest for mayor of NY (by 4 points), lost the NJ governor's election (by 4 points), and lost the VA governor's election (by 17 points). That's happened for many decades where the party in power is voted against in NJ and VA. Not a great election 2021 (preliminary exit polls show turnout problems for Biden voters) but it could've been worse. They won New Jersey and the mayor of NY this time and slightly lost in Virginia.

So the elastic effect against the party in power isn't as strong now as it was 12 years ago. The Democrats may not lose as many seats in 2022 as they did in 2010 though history shows (table, chart) a loss is likely next year regardless. All the more reason to act with speed to pass as much legislation as possible in the next year.

Averages (1934-2018 Mid-term election results)
President's party House seats defended: 235
President's party Senate seats defended: 17
Seat change, president's party (House): -28 Seats
Seat change, president's party (Senate): -4 Seats

Source: American Presidency Project - Seats in Congress Gained/Lost by the President's Party in Mid-Term Elections

NY Times - People Tied to [Far-Right] Project Veritas Scrutinized in [2020] Theft of Diary From Biden’s Daughter
The F.B.I. carried out search warrants in New York as part of a Justice Department investigation into how pages from Ashley Biden’s journal came to be published by a right wing website.

MarketWatch - U.S. adds 531,000 new jobs in October as economy recovers
Unemployment rate falls to 4.6%










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Not to give any president too much credit, and Biden's presidency does benefit from the elastic snapback of digging out of the hole he inherited from his predecessor just as other world leaders are.

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under Trump average: 187,500 per month (first 2 years)
under Biden average: 580,000 per month (first 10 months)

The Washington Post - The Biden economy is doing pretty well by the measures Trump used to evaluate his own

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