Divided Democratic Party Under Biden Requires Compromise, Says Progressive Rep. Khanna
4 years, 2 months ago

Divided Democratic Party Under Biden Requires Compromise, Says Progressive Rep. Khanna

NPR  

Divided Democratic Party Under Biden Requires Compromise, Says Progressive Rep. Khanna Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP When Joe Biden won the Democratic primary months ago, many progressives got in line behind him with a common goal: beat President Trump. "Joe Biden showed how to find common ground, as did Bernie Sanders — that we can speak about budgeting our values," Khanna, vice chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in an interview with NPR's Morning Edition on Thursday. Sponsor Message Khanna says that while Biden did not voice support for such actions, progressive voices helped galvanize a critical base to help win him the presidency. Still, Khanna is adamant that he and the party's progressive wing will work with the incoming Biden administration to push for their top concerns, including "a bold clean energy plan" and "Medicare for All."

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Column: It’s not just the White House. Biden could also cost Democrats control of Congress
6 months ago

Column: It’s not just the White House. Biden could also cost Democrats control of Congress

LA Times  

President Biden greets Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and others at a recent campaign stop. That helps explain the party’s Great Freak-Out and why so many Democratic lawmakers desperately wish Biden would stand aside and abandon his reelection effort. Surveys have consistently shown Democrats across the country outpolling the president — which shows how specific Biden’s problems are to the aged …

Congressional Democrats are divided over Biden's future after debate performance
6 months, 1 week ago

Congressional Democrats are divided over Biden's future after debate performance

NPR  

Congressional Democrats are divided over Biden's future after debate performance toggle caption Chris Kleponis/AFP via Getty Images Democrats returned to Capitol Hill Monday still deeply divided over President Biden and his future within the party. Senior Democratic Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., said in a statement that "President Biden must do more to demonstrate he can campaign strong enough to beat …

Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes first Democrat in Congress to call for Biden’s withdrawal from 2024 race
6 months, 1 week ago

Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes first Democrat in Congress to call for Biden’s withdrawal from 2024 race

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party’s nominee for president, citing Biden’s debate performance against Donald Trump failing to “effectively defend his many accomplishments.” Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas said in a statement Tuesday that Biden should “make the painful and …

Biden’s debate performance leaves down-ballot Democrats anxious — and quiet
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden’s debate performance leaves down-ballot Democrats anxious — and quiet

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. “And the top of the ticket is very important for down-ballot races, especially in swing districts.” The Republican Senate campaign arm, meanwhile, looked to seize the moment, releasing a new ad Friday that linked Democrats to Biden’s debate performance. “The debate performance matters, just like everything else that happens at …

Biden’s fraying coalition and Trump’s struggle with moderates: AP data shows nominees’ challenges
10 months ago

Biden’s fraying coalition and Trump’s struggle with moderates: AP data shows nominees’ challenges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured their party’s nominations for president, setting up a rematch of the 2020 election. Only about half of Black adults have approved of Biden’s job performance in recent months, down from 94% in early 2021 — a huge decline in satisfaction among a cornerstone of the Democratic coalition. AP-NORC …

Biden’s diverse coalition of support risks fraying in 2024
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden’s diverse coalition of support risks fraying in 2024

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, the Connecticut Democrat-turned-Independent long known for his centrist views, voted for Joe Biden in 2020. “Centrists and moderates feel that he’s governed more from the left than they hoped,” Lieberman, a leader of the group, No Labels, said of Biden in an interview. “Young people are starving for more,” Mejia said, pointing to Biden’s …

Biden admin celebrates new bridges as campaign season nears
1 year, 9 months ago

Biden admin celebrates new bridges as campaign season nears

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is awarding nearly $300 million to help repair or replace more than a dozen bridges across the country, closing out a three-week tour to highlight the benefits of infrastructure investments in local communities. During the administration’s “Investing in America” tour, Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials held more than 50 events across 25 …

Biden’s alliance with the left has worked, but will it last?
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden’s alliance with the left has worked, but will it last?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden wasn’t progressives’ first choice for the White House in 2020. “The White House is going to need Dems to be defending the White House’s economic record.” The movement of progressives into the Biden camp came against long odds. The result was a Biden wish list that looked much like the left’s: sweeping COVID-19 aid, tax credits …

Biden on California rescue mission as House Democrats falter
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden on California rescue mission as House Democrats falter

Associated Press  

OCEANSIDE, Calif. — In an urgent plea as his party faces the potential loss of House and Senate control, President Joe Biden asked voters Thursday to go to the polls to support Democratic candidates, warning that a Republican Congress would reshape America by cutting back on health care and threatening abortion rights and retirement security. “If Democrats are scratching and …

Most Democrats don’t want Biden to run again, new poll shows
2 years, 6 months ago

Most Democrats don’t want Biden to run again, new poll shows

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new poll from The New York Times and Siena …

Biden’s optimism collides with mounting political challenges
2 years, 6 months ago

Biden’s optimism collides with mounting political challenges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democrats are going to hold onto the House after November’s midterm elections. The seeming disconnect between Biden’s view and the political reality has some in the party worried the White House has not fully grasped just how bad this election year may be for Democrats. “We are treating it with that sense of urgency.” The president’s political message …

Why independents have cooled on Biden – and what that means for Democrats
2 years, 10 months ago

Why independents have cooled on Biden – and what that means for Democrats

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden is facing historically low approval ratings among independents, a trend that threatens Democrats in November’s midterm elections if he can’t reverse it by then. In 2020, the exit polls showed Biden carrying 54% of independents and beating Trump among them by 13 percentage points; the Pew Research Center’s validated voters survey found only a slightly …

Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager: Biden will face progressive challenger in 2024
3 years ago

Former Bernie Sanders campaign manager: Biden will face progressive challenger in 2024

Salon  

Jeff Weaver, who ran Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign and was a Sanders adviser in 2020, predicted that President Joe Biden will face a progressive primary challenger in 2024 amid growing disillusionment on the left over the Democratic agenda. And I think he'll probably get demolished in the midterms," Corbin Trent, co-founder of the progressive No Excuses PAC and former …

Divided Democrats call for new strategy after disaster in VA
3 years, 2 months ago

Divided Democrats call for new strategy after disaster in VA

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A brutal loss in blue-leaning Virginia and a too-close-for-comfort race …

Biden focuses on climate, families in trimmed $2T plan
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden focuses on climate, families in trimmed $2T plan

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Scaling down his “build back better” plans, President Joe Biden on Tuesday described a more limited vision to Democratic lawmakers of a $2 trillion government-overhaul package with at least $500 billion to tackle climate change and money for middle-class priorities — child tax credits, paid family leave, health care and free pre-kindergarten. Likely to be eliminated or seriously …

Biden focuses on climate, families in trimmed down $2-trillion plan
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden focuses on climate, families in trimmed down $2-trillion plan

LA Times  

Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Biden. Scaling down his “build back better” plans, President Biden on Tuesday described a more limited vision to Democratic lawmakers of a $2-trillion government-overhaul package with at least $500 billion to tackle climate change and money for middle-class priorities — child …

Biden meets Democrat Pramila Jayapal at the White House
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden meets Democrat Pramila Jayapal at the White House

Daily Mail  

President Joe Biden met with progressive Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal at the White House Monday, days after saying his $3.5 trillion build back better plan will shrink, with community college and climate change programs on the ropes. Biden's meeting with the Washington Democrat, who chairs the House Progressive Caucus, comes after he has held repeat meetings with Senate holdouts Sen. …

Disagreements Among Democrats In Congress Are Holding Up Biden's Legislative Agenda
3 years, 3 months ago

Disagreements Among Democrats In Congress Are Holding Up Biden's Legislative Agenda

NPR  

Disagreements Among Democrats In Congress Are Holding Up Biden's Legislative Agenda President Biden's legislative agenda hangs in the balance, in large part due to disagreements among Congress members within his own party. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: When President Joe Biden took office, he outlined an ambitious and expensive agenda, one that could reshape American society and rebuild a lot of infrastructure. …

As Biden reassures moderates on infrastructure, progressives worry
3 years, 6 months ago

As Biden reassures moderates on infrastructure, progressives worry

LA Times  

President Biden has kept progressives mostly happy during the first six months of his presidency. “We cannot afford a president and an administration that trades progress and policies that will make people’s lives better for the hope of bipartisanship when there is no track record, no history to suggest that is possible,” said Mary Creasman, the chief executive of the …

Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president's agenda
3 years, 9 months ago

Biden Republicans? Some in GOP open to president's agenda

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A solid Republican voter for the past four …

Progressives Urge Joe Biden To Think Big After Senate Wins
4 years ago

Progressives Urge Joe Biden To Think Big After Senate Wins

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Progressive activists and experts are calling on President-elect Joe Biden to expand his policy ambitions after two Democratic Senate victories in Georgia on Tuesday. Sen. Joe Manchin, a conservative West Virginia Democrat, who is due to hold immense veto power as a critical swing vote in a 50-50 Senate, told The Washington Post on Friday that he …

Progressives irked by spotlight on GOP at Dem convention
4 years, 4 months ago

Progressives irked by spotlight on GOP at Dem convention

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — For nearly three minutes at this week’s Democratic National Convention, Cindy McCain recounted Joe Biden’s friendship with her late husband, John McCain, the Arizona senator and former Republican presidential candidate. “It’s fine for Republicans and Democrats to say we disagree on many issues, but Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy and we must join together to …

Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump
4 years, 4 months ago

Democrats nominate Biden for epic challenge to oust Trump

Associated Press  

— Democrats formally nominated Joe Biden as their presidential candidate Tuesday night, with party elders, a new generation of politicians and voters in every state joining together in an extraordinary, pandemic-cramped virtual convention to send him into the general election campaign to oust President Donald Trump. Appearing in Arizona near the Mexican border during the day, the Republican president claimed …

Progressives Surge In Congressional Democratic Primaries
4 years, 6 months ago

Progressives Surge In Congressional Democratic Primaries

NPR  

Progressives Surge In Congressional Democratic Primaries Enlarge this image toggle caption John Minchillo/AP John Minchillo/AP The progressive wing of the Democratic Party couldn't break through in the presidential race, but in congressional races, younger, more diverse, progressive candidates are enjoying a recent surge in support. Progressive Black, male candidates in New York's June 23 primaries are on track to win …

Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots
4 years, 7 months ago

Biden aims to move left without abandoning centrist roots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden worked out deals with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. He defended Vice President Mike Pence as a “decent guy” and eulogized Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain’s “fairness, honesty, dignity, respect.” When he launched his presidential campaign, such overtures to Republicans were central to Biden’s promise to “unify the country” and “restore the soul of the nation” …

Biden campaign braces for general election: ‘This is the beginning of a very difficult race’
4 years, 9 months ago

Biden campaign braces for general election: ‘This is the beginning of a very difficult race’

CNN  

CNN — Thirty-three years after launching his first presidential bid, Joe Biden will finally see his name at the top of the Democratic ticket. Visit CNN’s Election Center for full coverage of the 2020 race “These are hard times and I certainly never imagined not being able to hug my teammates on the day we became the nominee,” tweeted Kate …

Moderate 2020 Dems test if Biden stumbles provide opening
5 years, 6 months ago

Moderate 2020 Dems test if Biden stumbles provide opening

Associated Press  

These Democrats are issuing dire warnings about the prohibitive expense of big-ticket liberal promises. Some made that case again on the debate stage this week but didn’t generate the buzz of fresher-faced newcomers like former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro or have breakout performances like Harris. “The voters don’t want them at all,” Cenk Uygur, of the liberal …

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