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Parents matter… unless they need health care.

parents matter… unless they need time off.

parents matter… unless they want schools to teach accurate history.

parents matter… unless they need to be paid a living wage.

 

parents matter… as long as they’re white and Republican.

 

message from Karen, governor of Iowa.

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1 hour ago, The Evil Genius said:

 

2 girls, 1 term. 

 

Unfortunately I do not see MGT getting beat. I live in GA and the area she lives thinks the way she does. To them, she is a hero. I guess she could get primaried, but unlikely. And if she gets past the primary she will win with 70% or more of the vote. She got 74.7% in 2020. 

 

@skinsmarydu may have some input here. 

 

Boebert on the other hand is vulnerable. 

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Manchin Says He Might Build Back a Little Bit Better

 

The Build Back Better Act is dead. But will Democrats at least try to build back a tiny bit better?

 

Possibly! During Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, Joe Biden tried to revive momentum for his marquee social spending and climate bill, pointedly leaving out its name while asking Congress to pass a few of its key pieces.

 

In doing so, he attempted to reframe his agenda to fit a moment in which inflation is a top economic concern for Americans, telling the audience that his plan would “lower your costs and lower the deficit.” Rhetorically, it appeared to be an olive branch to Sen. Joe Manchin, who shocked fellow Democrats by shutting down negotiations over Build Back Better late last year, but had recently said he would consider passing a major piece of climate legislation if it also lowered the deficit.

 

Now, Manchin has offered his broad terms for a deal. On Wednesday, he outlined his proposal to Politico:

 

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Manchin said that if Democrats want to cut a deal on a party-line bill using the budget process to circumvent a Republican filibuster, they need to start with prescription drug savings and tax reform. He envisions whatever revenue they can wring out of that as split evenly between reducing the federal deficit and inflation, on the one hand, and enacting new climate and social programs, on the other—“to the point where it’s sustainable.”

 

“If you do that, the revenue producing [measures] would be taxes and drugs. The spending is going to be climate,” Manchin said.

 

“And the social issues, we basically have to deal with those” afterward, he added.

 

So … tax hikes on the rich, prescription drug negotiations, climate spending, and maybe, possibly, some social spending as a treat. Back in January, I argued that Democrats should try to woo Manchin by offering him this sort of deal. Now, he’s demanding it.

 

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