带走里克·克莱因
称之为通货膨胀爆炸、赤字破坏、社会主义推进、增税、绿色新政的无用之举，因为共和党人已经称之为所有这些事情，甚至更多。
或者说，这远远不足以满足历史的时刻，因为进步的声音隐藏着对后果的恐惧错失良机。
从这里开始的辩论民主党3.5万亿美元的支出计划将再次成为确保乔·拜登总统的白宫获得党内忠诚的一次演习。该方案需要参议院的民主党一致同意，众议院的民主党一致同意，进步派和中间派同样至关重要——这是所有相关人士都非常了解的动态。
说到这里是一项成就。对于民主党来说，能够根据预算和解规则在众议院和参议院获得通过的实际立法，将是一件近乎英雄的事情，在民主党中，各方不信任彼此的动机和政治技能。
政府立法机关伯尼·桑德斯，I-Vt。正如当时在场的一位参议员告诉美国广播公司新闻部国会记者雷切尔·斯科特的那样，他代表他和他的前竞争对手同意的一揽子计划，在向参议院民主党人的一次陈述中，做了一个充满激情的陈述。
然而，在一个熟悉的模式中，有未回答的问题。众议院的自由主义者也是如此;众议院进步核心小组主席、民主党众议员普拉米拉·贾亚帕尔。，她告诉记者，她的党团的支持是“没有保证的”，一些著名的左翼支持者宁愿看到总统在未来几个月里把精力集中在投票权上。
周四，拜登和他的民主党同僚将在扩大的儿童税收抵免下，标志着首批支票和直接存款流向纳税人。这提醒人们，民主党在今年早些时候团结一致支持总统的大规模COVID救济计划。
自那以后的几个月里，民主党人陷入了新的政治困境，他们一直坚持以微弱优势获得国会多数席位。拜登说，他周三在国会山有宾至如归的感觉，他可能必须习惯这种感觉。
与...的关系阿维·哈珀
参议院的民主党人想要开拓一条前进的道路，也就是说，为了大麻立法。
纽约州参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默和俄勒冈州参议员罗恩·怀登。新泽西州的科里·布克公布了一项计划，旨在结束联邦政府对大麻的禁令。该组织认为，联邦立法早该跟上公众对大麻使用的看法了。
舒默周四表示:“禁毒战争实际上是一场针对人的战争，尤其是有色人种。
舒默补充说:“大麻管理和机会法案将把大麻从联邦受控物质清单中删除，这将有助于结束对有色人种社区的不公平目标和待遇。“这不仅仅是一个时机已经到来的想法，它早就应该出现了。”
该计划的核心是几项恢复性司法措施——删除联邦非暴力大麻犯罪，允许在联邦监狱服刑的罪犯向法院申请重新判刑，将大麻税收投入受禁毒战争影响的社区并制定计划，确保这些社区能够从蓬勃发展的经济中获利大麻产业。
但是他们的提议很可能会化为乌有，除非议员们能够拿出一个计划，让谨慎的民主党人、一些共和党人和总统接受，他们仍然反对合法化。
没有这种支持，大麻合法化仍将是白日梦。
小费梅格·坎宁安
还有几个星期，最终报告就要发布了亚利桑那州的党派审计，国会议员要求亚利桑那州参议院签约的该组织的首席执行官道格·洛根提供与这项工作相关的文件。
“我们担心贵公司在这一极不寻常的努力中扮演的角色，”代表卡罗琳·马洛尼和杰米·拉斯金写道，“鉴于网络忍者在进行选举相关审计方面明显缺乏经验;报告称，该公司从事草率和不安全的审计实践，损害了选票和投票设备的完整性，并受到美国司法部(DOJ)的质疑;有证据表明，你和其他资助审计的个人试图推进2020年11月总统选举中被揭穿的选民欺诈指控的“大谎言”。"
洛根和网络忍者有两周时间提交与“审计”相关的文件包括任何通信官员们与前总统唐纳德·特朗普或任何代表他或与他结盟的律师有过接触，包括鲁迪·朱利安尼、西德尼·鲍威尔和林·伍德。他们还要求提供公司股东的信息，以及审计资金的确切来源，因为这些信息一直被隐藏着。
参议院已经宣布网络忍者选票计数与马里科帕县的官方总数不符。鉴于独特的和他们使用的非官方方法，这是选举专家所期望的，并告诫不要轻信。
White House set for whack-a-mole among jittery Democrats: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Call it an inflation-exploding, deficit-busting, socialism-advancing, tax-raising, Green-New-Deal embracing boondoggle, since Republicans are already calling it all of those things and more.
Or call it not nearly enough to meet the moment in history, since progressive voices harborfears of the consequencesof a missed opportunity.
The debate from here overDemocrats' $3.5 trillion spending planwill, once again, be an exercise in securing party loyalty for President Joe Biden's White House. The package needs Democratic unanimity in the Senate and a virtual equivalent in the House, with progressives and centrists just as pivotal -- a dynamic that all involved know well.
Getting to this pointwas an achievement. Getting to the point of actual legislation that can pass the House and Senate under budget reconciliation rules would be something close to heroic for a Democratic Party where elements mistrust each other's motivations and political skillsets.
Sen.Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., made a passionate case on behalf of the package he and his former rival agree on, in "a freaking lovefest" of a presentation to Senate Democrats, as one of them who was in the room told ABC News Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott.
Yet in a familiar pattern, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.,has unanswered questions. Ditto liberals in the House; the chair of the House Progressive Caucus, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., told reporters that her caucus' support is "not guaranteed," and some prominent advocates on the left would rather see the president focus his efforts on voting rights in the coming months.
On Thursday, Biden and his fellow Democrats will mark the first checks and direct deposits flowing to taxpayers under the expanded child tax credit. It's a reminder that Democrats united behind the president's massive COVID relief package earlier this year.
The months since then have introduced new political wrinkles for Democrats who are clinging to narrow congressional majorities. Biden said he felt at home on Capitol Hill Wednesday, and he may have to get used to that feeling.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
Democrats in the Senate want to blaze -- a path forward, that is, forcannabis legislation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., with Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., unveiled a plan that aims to end the federal prohibition on marijuana. The group arguing it was high time federal legislation catch up with public opinion on marijuana use.
"The War on Drugs has really been a war on people, particularly people of color," Schumer said Thursday.
"The Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act would help put an end to the unfair targeting and treatment of communities of color by removing cannabis from the federal list of controlled substances," Schumer added. "It's not just an idea whose time has come, it's long overdue."
At the heart of the plan are several restorative justice measures -- expunging federal non-violent marijuana offenses, allowing offenders serving time in federal prison to petition a court for re-sentencing, investing cannabis tax revenue incommunities impacted by the war on drugsand creating programs to ensure those same communities can profit off of the burgeoningcannabis industry.
But their proposal is likely to go up in smoke unless the group of lawmakers can hash out a plan to get the buy-in of wary Democrats, some Republicans and the president, who remains opposed to legalization.
Without that support,legalizing cannabiswill remain a pipe dream.
The TIP withMeg Cunningham
With weeks to go until a final report is issued forArizona's partisan audit, members of Congress have requested documents related to the effort from Doug Logan, the CEO of the group contracted by the Arizona Senate.
"We are concerned about your company's role in this highly unusual effort," Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jamie Raskin wrote, "given Cyber Ninjas' apparent lack of experience in conducting election-related audits; reports that the company engaged in sloppy and insecure audit practices that compromised the integrity of ballots and voting equipment and were questioned by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ); and evidence that you and other individuals funding the audit have sought to advance the 'big lie' of debunked voter fraud allegations in the November 2020 presidential election."
Logan and Cyber Ninjas have two weeks to present documents related to the "audit,"including any communicationsofficials had with former President Donald Trump or any attorneys representing or aligned with him, including Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell and Lin Wood. They're also requesting information about the company's shareholders and where exactly the funding for the audit is coming from, since that informationhas been kept concealed.
The Senate already announced that Cyber Ninjasballot countdoes not match Maricopa County's official total. Given the unique andunofficial methods they used, this is something election experts expected and have cautioned against trusting.
