Joe Biden announced his re-election bid on Tuesday, but there are real questions about which legislative accomplishments he’s touting—and which ones he’s not.
, was possibly Biden at his most ambitiously liberal—a Rooseveltian $2 trillion swing at dragging the country out of the health and economic carnage wrought by the pandemic. It was packed with social safety net expansions, like unemployment benefits and a child tax credit, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in grants for state and local governments that funded projects nationwide.
There are various theories as to why the legislation, despite its continued impact, might be relatively overlooked. A Democratic source close to the White House, who requested anonymity to speak candidly, suggested to The Daily Beast that Bidenworld’s sensitivity to the inflation issue might have discouraged them from centering the ARP more in its messaging.
Yet Democrats seem eager to lean into Biden’s unusually full legislative résumé to argue that he fulfilled his promises and can achieve major policy wins. Lawmakers and strategists insist the ARP will be a key part of their 2024 messaging. A Democratic aide, granted anonymity to candidly describe strategy, told The Daily Beast that the party would likely frame the legislation’s impacts as part of a broader Biden economic agenda.
But the factor that best explains the ARP’s continued impact is one that makes it harder for Biden and his political operation to take a victory lap. In a particularly creative move, the city council of Cleveland, Ohio, voted to use $1.9 million in ARP funds to cancel the medical debt of 50,000 city residents.
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