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John Podesta’s got a message for Joe Biden: Drop the Republicans
Influential leaders on the left fear the president is squandering precious time and political capital in his attempt at bipartisanship.
The White House is negotiating with Republicans on a package that would include funding for only hard infrastructure projects, and a second, partisan bill that would invest in things like clean energy infrastructure, education and housing. | AP Photo/Evan Vucci
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A raft of influential progressive and environmental groups has a message for the Biden White House on its efforts to cut an infrastructure deal with Republicans: Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Could the Barron political dynasty be overthrown?
Charles Barron is vying to win his wife Inez Barron’s New York City Council District 42 seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully to replace him and Charles then replacing her in the Assembly.
But some have grown tired of the Barrons’ seat swapping, particularly local politicos who say the district is in need of new leadership, pointing to the neighborhood’s high rates of poverty and unemployment, and a recent upward trend in shootings as some of the most pressing issues in the district. Others remember the iconoclastic, radical couple known for generating their share of controversy, for their
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Some call East New York Assembly Member Charles Barron and his wife, City Council Member Inez Barron, who have represented the neighborhood on Brooklyn’s eastern edge for the past 20 years, a political dynasty. Others call them a political machine. But if you ask Charles Barron, he says they are a “political movement” that simply cannot be defined.
Charles Barron is vying to win Inez Barron’s 42nd District New York City Council seat, which she is leaving this year due to term limits. The majority-Black district encompases East New York and its subsections such as Spring Creek and Starrett City. Charles Barron previously won the same seat in 2001. His wife won the Assembly seat in 2008 and they swapped seats when Charles was term-limited out of the City Council in 2013, with Inez running successfully t
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Sen. Pat Toomey speaks during a forum of Pittsburgh Works inside of UA Local 449 Steamfitters on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Sen. Pat Toomey speaks during a forum of Pittsburgh Works inside of UA Local 449 Steamfitters on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Former Pennsylvania House of Representatives member Mike Turzai speaks during a forum of Pittsburgh Works inside of UA Local 449 Steamfitters on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Sen. Pat Toomey speaks during a forum of Pittsburgh Works inside of UA Local 449 Steamfitters on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
Sen. Pat Toomey speaks during a forum of Pittsburgh Works inside of UA Local 449 Steamfitters on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.