Jayapal pushes Biden to go further on progressive priorities

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Pramila Jayapal pushed President Joe Biden on Thursday to push further on issues including student debt and Covid-19 relief, but said he overall has done "really well" on progressive issues.

Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said at a POLITICO Playbook event Thursday that Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package “should be the floor.” Jayapal argued the package should be between $3 and $4 trillion to meet Americans’ needs.

“If anything, we should strengthen it, not weaken it,” Jayapal said, outlining progressive priorities, including a $15 minimum wage, ensuring immigrants have access to “all of the relief” and a path to citizenship for essential workers.

Progressives Democrats have expressed skepticism that Biden’s calls for utility and bipartisanship on a coronavirus relief deal will bear legislative fruit. Moderates have called for patience to allow more time for centrists to come on board. Key unemployment benefits expire in mid-March.

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[TomDaisy]

1. deleting my own comment before I even post it.

[stillcool]

2. why don't they put what they want...

in the bill, and make sure it passes through both houses? Easy-peasy.

[Blue_Tires]

3. Damn, it's just been a week...

[Midnight Writer]

4. After one week, he has pinpointed the freaking problem to Joe isn't doing enough?

[Me.]

5. Even Though It's On;y Been A Week, Everyone Seems To Want Everything Now

including the squad of which she is a member

[rogue emissary]

6. She can take a seat as she didn't endorse him in the general.

I'll never for get that she went out of her way to say she wouldn't endorse Biden.

[Nanjeanne]

8. You mean "That President must be Joe Biden, and I will do everything I can to help him win back the

White House, take back the Senate, and preserve our House Majority," wasn't an endorsement? Cause she said that in April.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/494786-progressive-caucus-co-chair-endorses-biden

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/us-canada-news/indian-american-congresswoman-pramila-jayapal-endorses-joe-biden-for-president/articleshow/75421956.cms

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-27/pelosi-is-latest-high-profile-democrat-to-endorse-joe-biden

For a few . . .

Google is your friend.

[rogue emissary]

9. My mistake, I lumped all the "Squad" together.

It was Rashida Tlaib that wouldn't endore Biden. Jayapal was the one that sat by Tlaib and laughed when Tlaib booed Hillary.

Not a profile in courage for either of them.

[Demsrule86]

10. We have by necessity a big tent majority, and progressives are not going to get everything

they want with moderates in the House and the Senate. But we will get some important things including I think a public option. So she needs to stop complaining and put her efforts into expanding the pool of progressive voters in states like Arizona or Michigan by winning hearts and minds so we can do more. Attacking Joe Biden only hurts her cause.