To boost economy and midterm outlook, Democrats must pass clean energy bill
Congressional Democrats are getting restless, and who can blame them. Despite a major infrastructure legislation becoming law last November, the Biden administration’s economic agenda is now stalled — even after a year of painfully public negotiations over the president’s Build Back Better plan. Centrist Democrats now realize that months of infighting has dominated headlines, creating its own major political problem.
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