While key priorities of Biden's domestic agenda have died in Congress – namely the Build Back Better social spending plan and voting rights reforms – members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) are taking stock of what Biden has gotten done and driving a message of monumental achievement.
"We have a record — a record to be proud of, an agenda that addresses the biggest concerns here in America, in people’s lives, the message that resonates," President Biden explained to the DNC faithful Thursday. "And now — now what we have to do is we have to sell it with confidence, clarity, conviction and repetition."
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Over 400 members of the DNC huddled in Washington, D.C., this week for their first in-person meeting since the coronavirus pandemic, yet masks and vaccinations were asked to attend. The mood was upbeat at the opportunity to reconnect and solidify messaging on how best to lead Democrats into the November elections.
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"It's just wonderful to get back and make those connections again and to see people you haven't seen for a while and get motivated again," announced Deb Knecht, a DNC national committee member from South Dakota, "because Democrats getting together motivate each other. … I feel like we really needed this."
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While Democrats didn't get Biden's agenda completely passed due to opposition in his own party in the 50-50 split Senate, they attempted to reframe the conversation by not looking back at what wasn't done, though by embracing and running on the priorities that made it through.
At the top of the list are the American Rescue Plan, the major coronavirus relief and spending bill that passed a year ago with only Democratic backing and the bipartisan infrastructure act that will help communities rebuild roads and bridges and deliver broadband access.
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Despite the pressures of inflation and high gas prices, which Democrats hope will improve before November, they've honed an economic message of record job growth and low employment.
"It's a matter of us taking ownership of the good work that we're doing," announced Rion Ramirez, a Seattle area member of the DNC. "We've really accomplished a lot of stuff in terms of the American Rescue Plan. The economy is really strong. We're turning the corner (on) COVID. I think there's a tremendous amount of opportunity for us to get out and really pound the drum on the good work that’s gone on."
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If history is any indication, Democrats are poised for a herder midterm election season when control of the US House and Senate are at stake. The party in power in the White House traditionally loses seats in Congress throughout the first midterm election.
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