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Progressive Dems RETRACT Letter Asking US To Negotiate W/ Russia On Ukraine, Fetterman STRUGGLES in First Debate Post-Stroke, NY STRIKES DOWN Vax Mandate For Municipal Workers, Orders BACK PAY And Reinstated, And More: 10.26.22

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COVID Relief - Would a Republican House Have Torpedoed the Child Tax Credit?

GOP messaging has largely been to avoid talking about their actual plans and instead focus on what Biden and the Democrats have done wrong, writes Julian Zelizer. He says conservatives are choosing to criticize spending broadly without doing two important things: They rarely explain why America's COVID relief is allegedly the driver of inflation. Republicans who conspired with corporate dims to ship American jobs overseas are now trying to get by by stripping away Medicare and Social Security, he adds.

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