Showing posts with label agenda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label agenda. Show all posts
Thursday, November 12, 2026
The Democratic Tsunami Is a “Sea Change” for Reproductive Rights – Mother Jones
Reproductive rights leaders are bracing for Trump administration officials, who tried to defuse abortion as a midterms issue, to start becoming more aggressive. “Once the midterms are over and it’s truly lame-duck time,” one unnamed conservative told the Washington Sun last month, “we’ve heard the gloves will be off.” The FDA, for example, is widely expected to try to clamp down on abortion pills, while the Justice Department could attempt to revive the Comstock Act, the Victorian-era obscenity law that, if enforced, would amount to a nationwide abortion ban…
Wednesday, November 11, 2026
What the Congressional Black Caucus’ next leader wants Democrats to focus on - Live Updates - POLITICO
Democrats have won unified control of enough swing states — Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan — to sidestep the Electoral College. Will they back the effort? …
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
Congress is coming back to Washington. Here's what to expect : NPR
It is the final hoorah for the 119th Congress. Republicans have just weeks left in control of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The main thing on the agenda: keeping the federal government open. Funding is set to run out on December 11, when a stop-gap measure passed about a month ahead of the midterms expires.
Any funding extension is all but certain to be done through another short-term bill, known as a continuing resolution. The typical government funding process — 12 carefully negotiated appropriations bills — would take time and political will that lawmakers currently lack…
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Congressional Progressive Caucus chair lays out strategy to ‘wield our power’ - Live Updates - POLITICO
“While we oppose [Trump] strongly on the vast majority of fronts, we should send bills to his desk that would lower prices and raise paychecks. If he signs them, good. If he vetoes those bills, that will propel us to a continued Democratic majority and a trifecta where a Democratic president can sign these proposals into law,” he said…
Friday, November 6, 2026
Elizabeth Warren: Dems should pursue ‘bold’ policy agenda - Live Updates - POLITICO
“Donald Trump says he wants to work with Democrats,” she wrote. “We should force him to do that on the affordability and corruption issues that drove this election—or call his bluff. I’m ready to team up with any Republican who is listening to the American people. But if Congressional Republicans won’t join us to deliver relief for working families, Democrats will do it without them.”…
Jocelyn Benson outlines priorities after winning Michigan governor
“Today, we will begin identifying where we can deliver quick relief in the early days of our new term, beginning with the bills families feel every month,” Benson said in a post-election news conference Wednesday, one day after defeating Republican John James. “Together, we will deliver on our plans to create well-paying jobs in the state, strengthen Michigan's workforce, and make sure every kid is college or career ready when they graduate any public school in the state.”…
What Democrats hope to achieve with the majority in Congress : NPR
Democrats say that in the first hundred hours, they want to restore enhanced Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts Republicans passed last year in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that are about to take effect.
They also want to reassert Congress' authority over tariffs and try to force an end to the Iran war by bringing new votes on war powers resolutions. These are priorities on which Democrats have near-total agreement…
Thursday, November 5, 2026
What can Democrats actually do now they have won Congress?
Democrats have taken back the House and Senate in the 2026 midterms. Here’s what a majority in Congress means for them – and for Trump…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/04/democrats-midterms-congress-win-power
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
What can Democrats actually do if they win Congress?
Democrats are fighting to win control of the House and Senate in the midterms. Here’s what winning would mean for them – and Donald Trump…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/democrats-midterms-congress-win-power
Saturday, October 10, 2026
What will Democrats do if they win Congress? Here are their priorities
Control of Congress after the 2026 midterm elections would give Democrats power to subpoena documents and testimony…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/democrats-control-house-senate-priorities
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
The Supreme Court faces another term jam-packed with controversy
Among others:
St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton, Colo., wants the state funding guaranteed in the state's universal pre-k law. But it doesn't want to admit LGBTQ students or students with gay or trans parents. The parish maintains such admissions would violate church's right to the free exercise of religion. The state counters that funding the church school would violate the state's anti-discrimination law…
Saturday, August 29, 2026
Trump’s Cabinet is fanning out to help juice the base. It’s not going as planned. - POLITICO
Trump is deploying Cabinet members across the country to sell his record ahead of the midterms. In some cases, they’re ending up on the back foot...
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated
Establishment politicians and the establishment media have described the agenda that progressive candidates are winning elections on as “radical”, “far left”, “extremist” or, in the words of Donald Trump, “communist” . All that is nonsense. On major issue after major issue, the progressive agenda is reflecting exactly what a strong majority of the American people need and want.
Let me take this opportunity to share with you some of the major proposals that most progressives support. And you tell me how “extreme” they are…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/19/poll-progressive-candidates-election-economy
Friday, May 8, 2026
Friday, March 20, 2026
JD Vance defends Trump agenda in Michigan
Vance said Michigan added over 2,000 manufacturing jobs since Trump took office in late January last year. But federal jobs numbers are a little more nuanced.
Michigan rose from roughly 594,500 manufacturing jobs in January 2025 to 596,600 preliminary jobs in December. But the sector ended the year down around 5,500 jobs from a peak during Trump's first month back in office, before his tariffs were largely in place.
Democrats accused Vance of telling a "fairy tale" overall...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026
WATCH: Trump speaks at House GOP retreat on election-year agenda | PBS News
Trump and Johnson are trying to corral Republican lawmakers at a time when rank-and-file lawmakers have felt increasingly emboldened enough to buck Trump and the leadership's wishes, such as on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files…
"You can win (the presidency) by a lot ... but they say that when you win the presidency, you lose the midterms," Trump said to GOP lawmakers Tuesday morning. "I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on with the mind of the public."…
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