TAKE with里克·克莱因
他的议程既广泛又深入因为他在国会的优势很小。他的计划变得更加大胆随着反对这些提议的声音逐渐平息。
这就是拥有自己身份的一方的样子。总统乔·拜登可能是一个不太可能的数字迎来一个席卷进步时代对民主党来说，但是它正在发生-不管他的法案是否成为法律。
拜登周四称他的提议为“自二战以来美国最大的就业计划”——这是一位总统在2006年思考的另一个罗斯福时代的参考历史术语。
历史学家们可能会争论该党是让拜登下台还是拜登推动了他的政党。纸上谈兵的分析师可以剖析大胆是反映了民主党的信心，还是意识到权力只能暂时掌握，或者两者兼而有之。
但拜登本周概述的惊人支出和政府角色的重新定义，加上自信他要把出售他的计划在旅途中，几乎肯定会上演一出好戏长期影响。
也许两党在一个一系列问题-包括基础设施和警察改革——会在某天似乎不存在的中间遇见拜登。拜登自己的政党仍然可以抛弃他，无论是在意识形态方面。
不过，拜登的选择这一点是很清楚的，也不确定有多少其他民主党人将被授权做任何事情来改变这一点。
的纲要阿维·哈珀
黑人家庭成员被警察杀害拜登访问国会山的第二天呼吁通过属于…的警察改革在5月25日乔治·弗洛伊德被谋杀周年纪念日之前的立法。
弗洛伊德的哥哥菲洛尼斯·弗洛伊德(Philonise Floyd)、埃里克·加纳(Eric Garner)的母亲格温·卡尔(Gwen Carr)、特伦斯·克鲁彻(Terence Crutcher)的姐姐蒂芙尼·克鲁彻(Tiffany Crutcher)博士、博塔姆·让(Botham Jean)的姐姐艾丽莎·芬德利(Allisa Findley)以及律师巴卡里·塞勒斯(Bakari Sellers)和本·
《乔治·弗洛伊德治安司法法案》的菲洛尼斯·弗洛伊德说:“这项立法有我哥哥的血，也有所有其他家庭的血。”在参议院受阻上个月经过众议院之后。“我们今天来到这里，是因为我们需要让每个人都知道我们对我们的兄弟、家人和家庭成员的感受，他们因为任何不该被杀的事情而被杀。”
这些家庭分享了他们的故事，希望这将推动立法者通过立法。对其中一些家庭成员来说，这不是他们第一次带着阻止他人经历他们所承受的悲伤和损失。这一次，家庭有了德里克肖万的有罪判决的势头和后果全国内乱。
律师说，这些家庭坚持降低起诉个别官员的标准，这一直是谈判中的一个障碍。虽然有积极谈判在山上，共和党的反对仍然阻碍着改革。
小费亚里沙·威尔斯马
近20名候选人将于周六在参议院进行角逐力争成功得克萨斯州已故众议员罗恩·赖特于二月死于新冠肺炎和癌症并发症。
对民主党人来说，该州第六国会选区的竞选将考验自11月以来共和党倾向的地区变得有多支持。与此同时，共和党领域将呼应全国的竞争趋势在幽灵下前总统唐纳德·特朗普。
特朗普一直没有参加竞选，直到本周，他向已故国会议员的遗孀苏珊·赖特发出了“全面彻底的支持”。这一举动绕过了两名前他自己的政府卫生和公众服务部的布莱恩·哈里森和在小企业管理局工作的塞里·金以及赖特的前共和党对手、州众议员迈克·埃尔泽也参加了竞选。
这场拥挤的竞争可能会进入决胜阶段，但民主党人Jana Lynne Sanchez(2018年输给了已故的国会议员)能否利用她所在的政党在秋季在全州范围内取得的成就，作为前两名候选人之一取得突破，仍有待观察。
Biden sets defining course for Democratic Party: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
Hisagenda is as wide and deepas his congressional margins are narrow. His planshave gotten bolderas the opposition to those proposals has settled in.
This is what it looks like to have a party own an identity. PresidentJoe Bidenmay be anunlikely figureto usher in asweeping progressive erafor the Democratic Party, butit's happening-- whether or not his bills become laws.
Biden on Thursday called his proposal "the biggest jobs plan in this country since World War II" -- another reference to the FDR era from a president thinking inhistorical terms.
Historians may argue whether the party moved Biden orBiden moved his party. Armchair analysts can dissect whether going bold reflects Democratic confidence or a realization that power can only be held temporarily -- or some combination of the two.
But the staggering spending and redefinition of government's role outlined by Biden this week,combined with the confidencehe's bringing toselling his planson the road, amount to a big play that is almost certain to havelong-lasting implications.
Perhaps the bipartisan rumblings on arange of issues-- including infrastructure andpolice reform-- will meet Biden in a middle that doesn't seem to exist some days. Biden's own party could still desert him, on either ideological end.
Biden's choice, though, is clear -- and it's not certain how much other Democrats will be empowered to do anything to change that.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
Family members of Black menkilled by policevisited Capitol Hill the day after Bidencalled for the passageofpolice reformlegislation before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder on May 25.
Floyd's brother Philonise Floyd, Eric Garner's mother Gwen Carr, Terence Crutcher's sister Dr. Tiffany Crutcher, Botham Jean's sister Allisa Findley and lawyers Bakari Sellers and Ben Crump met with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
"This legislation has my brother blood on it and all the other families' blood on it," said Philonise Floyd of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act --stalled in the Senateafter passing the House last month. "We're here today because we need to let everybody know how we feel about our brothers and our families and family members who have been killed for anything that they shouldn't have been killed for."
The families shared their stories in hopes it will push lawmakers to pass the legislation. For some of these family members, it isn't their first time visiting Washington with the aim ofpreventing othersfrom experiencing the grief and loss they've endured. This time, the families have the momentum of Derek Chauvin's guilty verdict and the aftermath ofnational civil unrest.
Attorneys said the families are insisting on lowering the standards to prosecute individual officers, which has been an obstacle in negotiations. While there areactive negotiationson the Hill, Republican opposition still stands in the way of reform.
The TIP withAlisa Wiersema
Nearly two dozen candidates will face off on Saturday in therace to succeedthe late Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who died in February from COVID-19 and complications from cancer.
For Democrats, the race for the state's 6th Congressional District will test just how tossup-friendly the Republican-leaning area has become since November. Meanwhile, the field of Republicans will echo the national trend of competingunder the specterof former President Donald Trump.
Trump had stayed out of the race until this week when he issued his "Complete and Total Endorsement" to the late congressman's widow, Susan Wright. The move bypassed two former members ofhis own administrationwho are also in the running -- Brian Harrison of the Health and Human Services Department and Sery Kim, who worked at the Small Business Administration -- as well as Wright's former GOP rival, state Rep. Mike Ellzey.
The crowded contest is likely to go into a runoff, but it remains to be seen whether Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez -- who lost to the late congressman in 2018 -- will be able to capitalize on the gains her party made across the state in the fall to break through as one of the top two contenders.
