CBO Report and Rising Inflation Challenges Biden Agenda
We ran the numbers: There are 1504 news articles covering this topic. 24% (364) are left leaning, 41% (621) are center, and 35% (519) are right leaning.
Republicans are hoping to sway Senator Joe Manchin into hitting pause on President Biden’s climate and social spending plan. While left-leaning articles highlight that rising prices throughout the economy threaten to swamp the White House’s legislative agenda during a critical moment for President Biden, right-leaning articles highlight that Democratic officials, green energy trade groups, and environmentalists are wielding the spike in high energy prices to make a case for a transition away from fossil fuels.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that rising prices throughout the economy threaten to swamp the White House’s legislative agenda during a critical moment for President Biden. A government report released Friday showed that prices have risen nearly 7 percent in the past year.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Republicans are hoping to use a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report on the cost of the bill if all of its provisions were made permanent. Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) mentioned Manchin by name approximately 20 times during a roughly 27-minute press conference Friday.
A right-leaning article by Washington Examiner highlights that Democratic officials, green energy trade groups, and environmentalists are wielding the spike in high energy prices to make a case for a transition away from fossil fuels. The article notes that such volatility across these key fuel commodities demonstrates the need to reduce collective reliance on them.
From the left
Inflation pinch challenges Biden agenda, but president says worst will soon pass
The Washington Post
From the right
Build Back Better proponents leverage high prices to promote energy revolution
Washington Examiner