Remembering the fault in NOT selling Obamacare early….
Democrats hope to NOT repeat the same mistake….
They NEED Joe Biden’s numbers to climb back up and they need voters to see what the new Act will do to help their lives….And of course to hear about the Infrastructure Act also……
House Democrats acknowledge they weren’t very effective at selling their $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan to the general public. Now, they’re hoping to improve on those mistakes with their mammoth climate and social spending package.
While President Biden‘s Build Back Better Act still has a tough road in the Senate, House Democrats have already begun holding a series of roundtable discussions, site visits, in-person and virtual town halls and news conferences across the country highlighting individual pieces of the roughly $2 trillion package.
The idea is to break it up into smaller bite-size chunks — things like child care, climate change, education, health care and help for seniors — that will make the 2,135-page bill easier for voters and constituents to digest and understand how it directly impacts their lives.
Those events would also feature everyday Americans who would benefit from the bill, whether they be families who could enroll their 3- or 4-year-old in free universal preschool or receive another year of the child tax credit; college students who could be eligible for expanded Pell Grants; or senior citizens who could see the cost of their prescription drugs go down.
“There are some challenges. I think we never messaged effectively the American Rescue Plan. I think we have to do it bit by bit,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas), a senior member of the Ways and Means and Budget committees who is planning separate events focused specifically on child care and students.
“So given the size and scope of the bill, the messaging of it cannot be done in a day or a week,” he said. “It’ll have to be spread out, and do it with people whose lives really will be affected by what we do.”…
CBO: Fully extended reconciliation bill could cost $3 trillion
ImageThe Democratic tax and spending package to expand the social safety net and combat climate change would increase federal deficits by $3 trillion over 10 years if most programs were made permanent, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday.
Roll Call
Breaking….
President Biden admits his Built Back Better bill isn’t gonna get approved by Congress in rhe last rwo weeks of the year……