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comments Progressive lawmakers and activists are encouraged by President Joe Biden's first week, and his surprisingly aggressive policy rollout. But they intend to keep the pressure on his administration to go bigger while Democrats have control of both chambers of Congress and the White House. Many of Biden's former progressive primary foes have praised him for getting off to a running start but hope it's just the beginning. "I think we're headed in the right direction," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said after last week's inauguration. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has praised some of B...

Biden’s latest executive action is a win for chickens and meatpacking workers Biden’s reversing Trump’s effort to speed up line speeds at chicken packing plants. Share this story Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called Finding the best ways to do good. Amid Joe Biden’s flurry of executive actions in the first few days of his presidency, one in particular stands out for animal welfare and meatpacking worker advocates. Biden withdrew a Trump administration request to raise the maximum speed at which chicken plants can operate fr...

A directive about the regulatory process could lead to progressive movement on climate change, public health and worker safety.

As anyone. that's why we are where we are today. we are today, we've given up none of our rights. we have all the nominees that we requested. i mean, sometimes you have to take yes for an answer. we had seven filibusters. we worked things out. they stopped those. so when somebody tells you yes, it doesn't make much sense to say, yes, but, no. >> there's no question that you got essentially all of what you wanted going into today. i think a lot of people are very happy to see the results. the only two people that probably aren't happy are sharon block and richard griffin, the two nlrb nominees....

Tools to do that. i understand those tools as well as anyone. that's why we are where we are today. we are today, we've given up none of our rights. we have all the nominees that we requested. i mean, sometimes you have to take yes for an answer. we had seven filibusters. we worked things out. they stopped those. so when somebody tells you yes, it doesn't make much sense to say, yes, but, no. >> there's no question that you got essentially all of what you wanted going into today. i think a lot of people are very happy to see the results. the only two people that probably aren't happy are sharo...