The series of sit-downs will give leaders a sense if a bipartisan bill is possible by early July, which is Pelosi’s stated goal, or if Democrats will be forced to go it alone and advance a bill via budget reconciliation and a simple majority.
As The Hill’s Jordain Carney notes, the next 100 days will also serve as a crucial test for the majority party. Schumer noted in a recent interview that along with infrastructure, the Senate is likely to vote on a number of partisan measures, including a bill to overhaul federal elections, which Republicans oppose. That legislation, coupled with a progressive push to pass a $15 minimum wage and a Washington, D.C., statehood bill, is amping up the pressure on the Senate to nix the 60-vote legislative filibuster.
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New Day co-anchors
Brianna Keilar and
John Berman about a number of political topics of the day. But it was his dire warning of our current political media landscape that is likely the most eyebrow-raising, at least for readers of a website the covers the intersection of media and politics.
After speaking about the current state of the Covid-economy and a lackluster jobs report last week, Keilar asked her guest about what looks like the now-inevitable prospects of pro-Trump
Elise Stefanikreplacing Rep.
Liz Cheney as Conference Chair. “When you’re looking at this, obviously we see the state of the party, but what does it say to you about the state of the union, about the state of American democracy?”
Report: School Boards Emerge as the Next Political Battleground
10 May 2021
As far-left Democrats continue to disagree with Republicans on reopening schools, local school boards are viewed as the next big political battleground.
Schools, as Axios reports, have usually been a very nonpartisan, middle-of-the-road institution. Recently, especially since the start of the Chinese coronavirus, they have been in the center of the political landscape. Far-left Democrats and Republicans have been in a battle debating the reopening of schools and sending children back.
Now parents are looking to make the changes needed themselves and contemplating running for office. Especially after most parents have been the teacher while there is no choice but to have distance learning.
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