Liberal lawmakers giving the president political cover are aiming to secure his support for a more progressive policy agenda.
From right, President Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders , Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Edward J. Markey walk to the Oval Office on April 22. consumed Washington on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders was at the White House, discussing a policy agenda for Biden’s second term.
Two days later at a rally in Michigan, Biden endorsed two ideas Sanders pitched at that meeting — expanding Social Security benefits and eliminating medical debt — as goals for “the first 100 days of my second term.” Sanders immediately tweeted his applause.- Lower childhood poverty by making the child tax credit permanent for working familiesproviding political cover when he needed it most.
Still, the president’s pledge Friday in Michigan to “end” medical debt if he is reelected marked an expansion of his previous moves to ban medical debt from being considered when people apply for loans and to encourage states to use stimulus funds to forgive medical debt. More than 100 million Americans hold roughly $195 billion in medical debt, according toby Third Way, a Democratic-aligned think tank.
“The support reflects the fact that Biden has tacked strongly to the left since winning the 2020 primary as an amiable centrist, and any non-Biden alternative is apt to be less aligned with the progressive agenda,” Donovan said.
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