US Democratic Party Convention

A year ago, President Joe Biden used his first State of the Union address to push top Democratic priorities that were sure to face a battle in the narrowly divided Congress but he also laid out a four-pronged unity agenda that would be an easier sell. Biden's unity goals would be hard for anyone to argue against: improving mental health, supporting veterans, beating the opioid epidemic and fighting cancer. The president is still pushing for some of those big Democratic goals, like an assault weapons ban, but he's fared better on the unity goals. Susan Rice, the president's domestic policy adviser, pointed to very significant progress on all four aspects even as she noted that issues like meeting the demand for mental health services or combating drug abuse won't be solved overnight. "We're happy with the progress that's been made and we're determined to keep pushing forward and make more progress," Rice said in an interview. A look at where things stand: OPIOIDS IN THE SPEECH: Bi

President Joe Biden hosted the Democratic congressional leaders Tuesday at the White House as they face a new era of divided government in Washington, staring down a debt ceiling crisis, the Russian war in Ukraine and their own party priorities running up against a new House Republican majority eager for confrontation. The president and top congressional Democrats used the gathering in the Roosevelt Room at the White House to project a unified front against Republicans who are threatening a showdown over raising the nation's borrowing authority. The White House has stressed repeatedly that it wants Congress to lift the debt ceiling without conditions, and Democrats tried shift the onus onto House Republicans to put their cards on the table, rather than enter into any negotiations with a GOP that has yet to spell out how much and what they want to cut. As the meeting began, Biden said Democrats were eager to talk about extreme Republican economic plans. Apparently they're genuinely

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