provisions in the build back better plan, like childcare investment, paid family leave and clean energy initiatives. even the group united mine workers of american, which represents coal miners in west virginia, wants him to rethink his position. it would help coal workers. we urge senator manchin to re-visit his opposition to this legislation and work with his colleagues to pass something that will help keep coal workers working. he isn t listening. that might be because fossil fuel dollars speak louder. i talked about how his stakes in the coal industry could be in opposition to the build back better act. he received more campaign donations from the oil, coal and gas sectors than any other senator. this leaves the party in a precarious position as it tries to appease the one democrat holding the bill hostage. despite his opposition, chuck schumer is vowing to hold a full floor vote on the bill early next year. however, without manchin s support, the bill is doomed to fail g
Do not worry about this. the guy who worked for years to undermine democracy, who perpetuated the big lie and who went out in an insurrectional flourish is gone. it s behind us. biden is doing well or okay or fine, depending on your perspective. now you can worry about normalish things. or can you? the country is better off with joe biden than a guy who literally incited an insurrection. the conservative bill christel who worked in the george h.w. bush argues that the forces of democracy remain beleaguered even as we move into 2022 under joe biden. according to him, the anti-democratic forces seem stronger at the end of 2021 than they were at the beginning. the republican party seems to be more captive to demagoguery today than it was a year ago following trump s defeat. i put this idea that his idea to john mechum this week. he calls this moment we are in