There is No Progressive Mandate For the Democratic Party

Dr. Munr Kazmir
5 min readNov 20, 2021

Only Joe Manchin.

With Trump’s numbers low, Democrats have renewed hope for 2018: they could keep the Senate close and maybe win back the House. But to get there, they will need to forge a broad path. That means truly understanding the states and districts that will decide the fate of Congress. On July 19, 2017, Third Way hosted a breakfast discussion with some of the Members of Congress who understand this best: Senator Joe Manchin (WV) and Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (MO-5) and Suzan DelBene (WA-1). (photo: Third Way Think Tank)

After an exhausting and grueling night on Capitol Hill Thursday, House Democrats managed to pass President Biden’s legislative package along party lines.

Hoping to be the future Speaker of the House post-2022, no doubt, House Minority leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) started speaking at 8:38 p.m. Thursday evening. He was…

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