• Why the Dem strategy in Virginia failed, and how Youngkin flipped the state

    Why the Dem strategy in Virginia failed, and how Youngkin flipped the state

    Nov 03, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... we heard some of your prescription for what Democrats need to do or not do going forward, as we look to the 2022 midterms. But what about President Biden is saying today, that if you will just pass Build Back Better, if you will just pass this infrastructure bill, people ...

  • How Biden's legislative agenda is faring in Congress

    How Biden's legislative agenda is faring in Congress

    Oct 18, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... the U.S. Senate. And there is, in particular, one aspect of what Biden wants and what many progressives want that now seems to be in jeopardy. And that involves the climate change portion of this reconciliation bill, as we call it, the Build Back Better Biden bill. I want ...

  • Rep. Gottheimer ‘incredibly optimistic’ Dems will pass both infrastructure, reconciliation

    Rep. Gottheimer ‘incredibly optimistic’ Dems will pass both infrastructure, reconciliation

    Sep 27, 2021 10:36 PM EDT

    ... to head into that meeting that Speaker Pelosi has called with all the Democratic members of the House. At this point, do you believe that, in the end, when this is all worked out, that both the infrastructure bill and the so-called Build Back Better measure are both going ...

  • WATCH: Biden, Harris give remarks at White House following passage of bipartisan infrastructure plan

    WATCH: Biden, Harris give remarks at White House following passage of bipartisan infrastructure plan

    Aug 10, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

    ... Mitch McConnell. The approval provides momentum for the first phase of Biden’s “Build Back Better” priorities, now heading to the House. It also sets the stage for a much more contentious fight over his bigger $3.5 trillion package that is next up in the Senate — a more liberal ...

  • Calls for reform in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona leaves entire island without power

    Calls for reform in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona leaves entire island without power

    Sep 20, 2022 10:55 PM EDT

    ... aftermath, Adi Martinez argues that recovery from this storm has to be done smarter than the last. Adi Martinez Roman: Disaster recovery is not done in an efficient way, if those billions and billions of dollars for recovery from disasters are not used to build back better, to build back ...

  • Biden begins G-7 with focus on Ukraine and the global economy

    Biden begins G-7 with focus on Ukraine and the global economy

    Jun 26, 2022 02:18 PM EDT

    ... launch a global infrastructure partnership designed to counter China’s influence in the developing world. He had named it “Build Back Better World” and introduced the program at last year’s G-7 summit. Biden and other leaders will announce the first projects to benefit from what the U.S ...

  • Biden proposes expansion of Affordable Care Act with changes to 'family glitch'

    Biden proposes expansion of Affordable Care Act with changes to 'family glitch'

    Apr 05, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    ... a few big holes. Congress tried -- or Democrats in Congress were trying to patch these other big holes as part of their big Build Back Better legislation that seems to be stalled. But I would say there are two other really big groups of people who are left out. In ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's comments about Putin's power

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Biden's comments about Putin's power

    Mar 28, 2022 10:35 PM EDT

    ... true. But on so many of those other things, like the Build Back Better plan, which included many of these priorities, child care, et cetera, that didn't happen. They also did not expect inflation to be where it is. And that is the bigger challenge right now, of course.

  • Why Biden's pledges of free college, waiving student debt remain unfulfilled

    Why Biden's pledges of free college, waiving student debt remain unfulfilled

    Jan 21, 2022 11:40 PM EDT

    ... Geoff Bennett: The $110 billion pitch for free high-quality preschool aimed at offering early learning that research shows helps kids throughout their lives. But the plan, included in his Build Back Better Act, is currently stuck in the Senate. The president initially included in that social spending plan tuition ...

  • Biden acknowledges setbacks to domestic agenda in rare press conference

    Biden acknowledges setbacks to domestic agenda in rare press conference

    Jan 19, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... a lot of work. Geoff Bennett: And the president also made some news today in that press conference. He suggested that a path forward for the Build Back Better agenda is also to break that down into specific stand-alone bills and trying to pass those as stand-alone elements ...