Those of you in Professor Bajah's Econ 290 have so much to talk about. This article alone is good for weeks of discussion. Democratic Senators Manchin (WV) and Sinema (AZ) (both mentioned in this article) represent pretty conservative states and feel if they want to keep their jobs they have to go against some of their more Progressive/Liberal colleagues like Sanders (also mentioned i this article). There are serious opportunities for rent seeking and logrolling and all sorts of political machinations. If you were trying to pass these bills what strategies would you look at? If you were trying to stop them what would you do? It's a 50-50 senate and one senator makes the difference so what would you do?
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In recent times I have noticed that I have both conservative and liberal views and additionally, I don't claim a side (left or right). It has been a close race in politics especially in terms of new laws and bills being passed.
There are many topics of priority that include the decision of healthcare, child care, climate change, and infrastructure just to name a few. If both sides are unable to agree we could face another government shutdown. There has been a significant amount of push back in regards to Biden's new roll out and this push back not only comes from the Republicans but also from Democrats to. And this has added to his difficulty of getting thi…