By Cherranda Smith
Apr 6, 2021
Nina Turner, a Democrat from Ohio, raised $1.6 million during the first quarter of 2021 in support of her campaign to run for congress. Turner is one of seven candidates running to fill Housing and Urban Development Secretary
Marcia Fudge’s seat in the House.
The Hill reported that Turner is a former Ohio state senator and serves as the president of the group Our Revolution, a progressive coalition based in the state.
Fudge stepped down as a US Representative of Ohio’s 11th Congressional District when she was confirmed for her role in President Biden’s Cabinet last month.
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(Bloomberg) The Biden administration is aiming to corral overwhelming public support for its $2.25 trillion infrastructure plan, targeting Republican voters, independents, mayors, governors and local politicians to counter opposition from GOP lawmakers, according to White House officials and Biden allies.
It’s the same outside-of-Washington playbook President Joe Biden’s team used to successfully pass his stimulus $1.9 trillion bill last month applied to an even larger spending proposal that already enjoys a head start in public support, polls suggest.
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Pete Buttigieg looks to build bridges with Biden infrastructure plan
Heâs navigating the complicated politics of both an entrenched bureaucracy at the Transportation Department and the fraught politics of a bitterly divided Washington.
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In this Feb. 5 photo Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at Union Station in Washington. [ CAROLYN KASTER | AP ]
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WASHINGTON â Pete Buttigieg was a few weeks into his job as transportation secretary, buried in meetings and preparing for the launch of President Joe Bidenâs $2.3 trillion public works plan, when evening arrived along with a time to try something new in Washington.
Instead of climbing into the back seat of a black SUV like most Cabinet secretaries, he headed to a bike-share rack. Helmet on, and with a couple of Secret Service agents flanking him, he pedaled the mile-long trip to his home in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
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Biden’s next big bill could revive or bury his bipartisan brand
The president says he wants to work with Republicans but has found it s much easier to sidestep them.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending March 31 at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
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Joe Biden’s campaign promise to work with the GOP is crashing into his political reality: It’s easier to just go around the Republican Party and pass his agenda with Democratic votes.
As Biden presses a fresh multitrillion-dollar proposal to spend new tax revenue on manufacturing, infrastructure and health care, the president and his party are poised once again to completely sidestep Senate Republicans whom Biden long argued he could work with. Sure, his White House says it would prefer to work with the GOP but more importantly, Biden has indicated he’s not going to let the Republican Party stand in his way.