President Biden visited Culpeper, Va., to call attention to the “unacceptable” cost of medications on the heels of a dire U.S. inflation report.
between more progressive and moderate Democrats on what should be included in the measure. The plan includes a wish list of Democratic priorities, such as an extended child care tax credit, climate legislation, paid family leave and universal prekindergarten.
"Millions of hardworking Americans no longer have to work about unexpected medical bills," Biden said, calling for the same transparency on drug prices. The president’s trip to Virginia also served as an opportunity for him to start promoting his party’s candidates in the. He appeared alongside Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., who is in danger of losing her seat representing a central Virginia district.
Spanberger is one of several Democrats who have raised alarms about slipping support from voters. She suggested in a November interview with The New York Times that Biden had overreached with his plans for new government programs that recalled the Depression-era agenda of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.After the article was published , Spanberger said, she got a call from Biden, who said "this is President Roosevelt calling." Biden was "belly laughing," she said.
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