Alana Abramson

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Progressives Throw Biden's Agenda Into Doubt

Progressives claimed victory Thursday night after a planned infrastructure vote was delayed following their vows to oppose it

By Charlotte Alter and Alana Abramson October 1, 2021

Infrastructure and Reconciliation: A Guide to Congress’ Week

It’s crunch time on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue. Both the White House and Democrats in Congress are scrambling to pass two bills that will form the cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s legislative legacy: a...

By Alana Abramson September 27, 2021

Joe Biden Scrambles to Unite Democrats Behind His Agenda

Joe Biden ran for president promising to be a savvy dealmaker in Congress. But now, with his domestic agenda threatened by disagreements within his own party, he is facing the ultimate test. Biden spent Wednesday...

By Alana Abramson September 23, 2021

Inside Bernie Sanders' Strategy to Get the Budget Bill Passed

On a sticky late August afternoon, Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage in the state that catapulted him from fringe presidential candidate to progressive hero five years ago. One need look no further than the...

By Alana Abramson/Cedar Rapids, IA September 14, 2021

Congressional Oversight on Afghanistan Is Just Beginning

America’s longest war may have ended, but the accountability battles for President Joe Biden's Administration are just beginning. Questions about the Biden Administration’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan—which resulted in a gruesome terror attack that left...

By Alana Abramson August 31, 2021

Biden Faces a Test Evacuating Americans From Afghanistan

When Afghanistan's now-deposed President Ashraf Ghani visited President Joe Biden in the White House in late June, he expressed some concerns about how the U.S. planned to evacuate people ahead of the troop withdrawal from...

By Alana Abramson and Brian Bennett August 24, 2021

Joe Biden Mishandled the Afghanistan Withdrawal. Do Voters Care?

Less than 24 hours after the Taliban marched into Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, the Biden Administration announced the largest permanent expansion of food stamp benefits in nearly half a century. The news received scant...

By Alana Abramson August 18, 2021

Biden Defiantly Shifts Blame on Afghanistan

How did an Administration led by a president with deep foreign-policy experience misjudged the situation so badly?

By Alana Abramson and W.J. Hennigan August 16, 2021

Business and Labor Groups Helped Save the Infrastructure Bill

On infrastructure, business and labor found common ground, united by their belief that an infrastructure package would strengthen economy

By Alana Abramson July 29, 2021

Joe Biden's Fight With Facebook Is Just Beginning

One post links to a video of a purported doctor alleging 62% of his patients have developed microscopic blood clots after being vaccinated. Another cites an alleged physician claiming humans already have built-in immunity to...

By Alana Abramson and Vera Bergengruen July 20, 2021
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