The US President, on Thursday, presented a reduced financing of the major project of his mandate, the Build Back Better Plan. The goal is always to reach an agreement between progressive and moderate democrats.
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Elected President, Joe Biden wanted to promote the National Concorde. Today, it is difficult to meet this challenge in its own party. Thursday, October 28, the White House wanted to interrupt the graduation between Democrats about the major legislative project that is the Build Back Better Plan (BBB, “rebuilding in better”), which plans to revitalize the welfare state and. Invest heavily in the green economy. For that, she has published a long text-framework drawing out the outline of the project, after two months of fierce negotiations between the left party wing, become its center of gravity, and two moderate senators, Joe Manchin (West Viriginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona). The final version includes an envelope of $ 1,750 billion (€ 1,500 billion) for measures ranging from childcare to the extension of medical coverage, through an effort of $ 555 billion in The fight against climate change.
The President of the United States hoped not to arrive at empty hands at the G20 summit in Italy, which will begin on October 30, and especially at the Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow (Scotland). America’s ability to show the example in this area is at stake. He also knows how the democratic procrastination could weigh in the decisive election for the governor of Virginia, who will be decided on November 2.
Replusing a few hours traveling to Rome, Joe Biden has once again visited the Capitol Thursday morning, in order to talk to the democratic elected officials and convince them to accept the painful compromise that punctuate the frame text. . Bernie Sanders (Vermont), for example, wanted an extension of medical coverage to dental and ophthalmic care. They are no longer mentioned. Only hearing hearing apparatus for the elderly are taken into account. Another flagship measure that the left left wing promoted, the possibility, for Medicare, to negotiate the price of drugs with industry industrialists. Abandonment. Even goes out for parental leave, brought back from twelve to four weeks over the negotiations, and finally striped the project.
risky political bluff
“Nobody got everything he wanted, including me, but that’s a compromise. A consensus. And I campaigned on that,” said Joe Biden at home White, during a speech at the midday. “This is not the left against the right or moderate against the progressives or something else rising the Americans against each other, he added. This is the competitiveness against complacency . “But how to focus attention on the progress envisaged, which would be substantial, not on renunciations? This is all the difficulty for the White House. The superlatives fall in fine rain in the press release, to welcome a “historic” text. But nothing is acquired, this communication looks like a tour of honor before the end of the race. Or a risky political bluff for lack of alternative.
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