After months of a stalemate, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi began negotiations earlier this week for a new federal coronavirus (COVID-19) relief package.
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After a week in which President Trump was hospitalized due to the coronavirus, worry and concern about the virus among Americans is at its highest point since April.
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In a survey fielded from the 29th of September through October 1st, Data for Progress asked 1,146 likely voters which of the two leading presidential nominees in the upcoming presidential election they would support.
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No company in America has profited more from the coronavirus pandemic than Amazon.
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There’s no question that defeating Donald Trump on Election Day is the top priority for protecting our environment and climate.
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Fresh out of college in 2006, I came home to Brooklyn just as the big new luxury towers of Downtown Brooklyn were starting to shoot up into the sky.
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Last night, over 27 million Americans watched as President Trump and Former Vice President Joe Biden faced off in the first presidential debate of this election cycle. The debate came after a turbulent series of months marked by mass death, climate chaos, and economic hardship. Both candidates covered a series of issues that highlighted some stark differences in temperament and policy between them. The stakes of this election could not be higher, and this debate could potentially sway undecided voters in key swing states.
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The political momentum for ambitious climate legislation is only growing.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing sparked a heated debate over when the Senate should confirm her successor on the Supreme Court.
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In the wake of Justice Ginsburg’s tragic death, President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and nearly all Republicans are racing to ram a Supreme Court nominee through the Senate. They’re doing this because a Trump-nominated replacement for Justice Ginsburg is likely to bring them the reward of their dreams: a young, life-tenured, Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court. This ultraconservative supermajority will thwart progressive governance and entrench Trumpism for generations.
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As part of a September survey put into the field shortly after the news of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg became public, Data for Progress asked likely voters a series of questions about the Supreme Court, including whether or not the vacancy should be filled -- either before the election or after the election but before the new Congress is sworn in -- and whether they would support or oppose potentially adding new seats to the court if a Republican pick does go through.
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It shouldn't be sugar-coated: the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a blow to the progressive movement, the Democratic Party, and the wellbeing and safety of millions of Americans.
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