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Can Joe Biden Stay Above the Fray?

The President is quietly trying to rebuild the economy while Republicans tear each other apart

May 19, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ This week, President Joe Biden traveled to Dearborn, Michigan, to sell his $2.3 trillion American Jobs Plan. Visiting Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center, he tested an electric version of the classic F-150 pickup and urged Americans to use the race to dominate the market in electric vehicles as a way ...

Plugged and Abandoned Wells? Not A Problem-It’s the Orphans that the Federal Government Should Worry About

What the Biden administration needs to know about “orphaned wells” before taking the American Jobs Plan to the House floor

April 29, 2021 • by Joseph Castillo

_____ On March 31, 2021, the Biden Administration released “The American Jobs Plan.” It’s an infrastructure proposal aimed at rebuilding the American economy, putting Americans back to work, while simultaneously addressing important environmental issues. One key problem the plan highlights, and that Biden discussed on the campaign trail, is the large ...

Joe Biden Embraces Liberalism

But is he returning to a New Deal vision? Comparisons to Harry Truman may be more apt

April 15, 2021 • by Heather Cox Richardson

_____ Yesterday, the Biden administration issued a proclamation on Black Maternal Health Week. It noted that African American mothers die from pregnancy-related complications at two to three times the rates of white, Hispanic, Asian American, and Pacific Islander women, no matter what their income or education levels. President Joe Biden and ...

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