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How exactly was Johnson able to pass the Great Society legislation and the Voting Rights Act? Of course, he was a savvy deal-maker. But the key to these legislative victories was the size of his election victory.
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A moderate president with strong margins in the House and Senate can achieve many more liberal goals than a liberal without the Senate.
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Part of the right-wing noise machine is really focused on telling groups of voters that 'Democrats and liberal elites hate you.'
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The Democratic Party, the policies that the Clintons and Hillary believe in, I feel like a living example of someone who benefited.
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We can't reach Trump voters on nativism, but we can reach them on bolder answers to economic challenges.
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At the White House I felt like I was politically inclined for a policy person; on the campaign I feel I'm more wonky.
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I'm pretty wonky. I'm wonky because I know about the Section 1115 waiver, I know they help community health centers. New York State pioneered community health centers.
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The reason I'm so active in politics - literally the reason I've devoted so much time to politics and public service - is because of my background.
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My mother was on welfare for a couple of years, then she got a job as a travel agent. Finally, years later, scrimping and saving, she was able to buy a house. I know it sounds totally corny, but she really instilled in me a great deal of, y'know, sort of a desire to serve.
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It is absolutely the case that we need more mental health providers.
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Trump himself has seemingly courted the favor of Russian President Vladimir Putin since the 2016 presidential campaign.
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For decades, Hillary Clinton has been a lot more than a public champion of child care, paid leave and equal pay. She's lived these issues and led on them personally.
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People's life experiences shape their views, their values and, ultimately, their decisions. So it's no surprise that when we study women's leadership, we know women leaders help women.
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I had advised Hillary on policy when she was first lady, a Senate candidate and a senator, so it seemed natural that I'd be part of her presidential run. Natural to everyone but me, that is.
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No doubt, there are plenty of men who have been fierce and laudable advocates for women's issues. But I know from my many years in Washington that when setting priorities and creating an agenda, it matters who sits around the table.
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There was no single architect of the Affordable Care Act.
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From our perspective, while violence against women is a problem in it of itself, it's also usually an extreme form of treatment of women at large.
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The United States has a lot of influence in a country like Afghanistan, but it also has influence throughout the Middle East.
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I know the treatment of women was an important element of Hillary Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, and it can be all for all our leaders going forward.
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It's hard, when people criticize you, not to respond on social media. I should probably do a better job of not responding. But if someone says something that's untrue about me, I like to respond.
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I never worked in the private sector for very long, I worked on childcare, afterschool, health care for people, increasing the minimum wage, increasing taxes on the wealthy - a whole host of policies that are pretty progressive.
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It's easier to fight your intellectual and ideological opponents than people you consider intellectual and ideological friends.
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When we created the Center for American Progress in 2002, the left really only had single-issue groups, like labor unions, and think tanks, like the Economic Policy Institute, that did particular issues. There weren't ideologically based organizations.
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I don't score members of Congress; I don't conceive of my job as moving members of Congress to the utmost left position.
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As a progressive, I have a problem when any group is falling behind.
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Government is supposed to solve people's problems.
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From day one, President Biden and this Administration have vowed to strengthen Medicare. Millions of Americans that have paid into this program from their very first paycheck, and they deserve a health care system that pays it forward.
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I've met Americans who have rationed prescriptions - taken one pill when they need to take two or not get what they need at all, simply because the price is out of reach.
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A lot of politicians talked about giving Medicare the power to negotiate lower drug prices, which will help millions of Americans. Not a single Republican in Congress voted for it. But Joe Biden actually got it done.
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Medicare is a lifeline for millions of seniors.
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Before I worked in the Biden Administration, I was President of the Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington.
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President Biden and his Administration are committed to improve our mental health system's capacity. This means making investments in infrastructure, workforce, prevention, treatment, and recovery.
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Insurers make it difficult to access mental health coverage in-network.
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No one should have to drain their savings or go into debt to get help for themselves or their loved ones.
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Mental health is a growing problem that touches every corner of the country.
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We know that treatment works, and that is why access to mental health providers is crucial for the wellbeing of our families.
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Access to needed mental health care shouldn't force anyone to refinance their home.
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We need to ensure that Americans can get treated for mental health just like they can get treated for a broken bone or heart condition.
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In the Biden-Harris Administration, we believe that the most solemn responsibility of the government is to make life better for children in our country.
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