TAKE with里克·克莱因
其中一个最重要的一年中的政治周也是最令人困惑的。
我们看到了天然气短缺联系在一起到a管道黑客,中东暴力对通货膨胀和经济衰退的担忧，对疫苗犹豫不决的担忧——还有延长疫苗授权放松屏蔽授权。
共和党把自己砍得更近比以往任何时候对前总统唐纳德·特朗普。星期五，现在有争议的投票给众议员利兹·切尼领导层更替可能会扩大特朗普对该党的控制被谎言束缚。
然而，尽管特朗普可能一如既往地强大，但总统也可能如此乔·拜登。更悄悄地，但同样重要的是，拜登可能会在与民主党和共和党的基础设施会议上取得进展。
弗吉尼亚州共和党参议员雪莱·摩尔·卡皮托周四在白宫会议后呼吁拜登是一个“诚实的经纪人”。弗吉尼亚州民主党参议员乔·曼钦(Joe Manchin)在本周与拜登会晤后表示，有一条“两党共同前进的道路”。
并非巧合的是，第一夫人吉尔·拜登周四花了一整天的时间...西弗吉尼亚。
关于拜登是否对共和党持有过时的观点，人们已经议论纷纷，总统本人也是如此坦白的困惑越过共和党内部的混乱。但他可能找到了一种处理党员现状的方法，与个别党员的会面比与领导层的会面更有影响力。
对民主党人来说，这可能是不可能的与政党达成协议这是以否认拜登合法性的谎言为中心的。然而，这个问题远未解决——这本身就是拜登议程的一项成就，当时特朗普对另一个政党的影响力只会增加。
的纲要阿维·哈珀
周四，在疾病控制和预防中心宣布新的指导方针后，拜登吹捧了该机构不再推荐完全接种疫苗者戴口罩。
“就目前而言，经过一年的辛勤工作和如此多的牺牲，规则非常简单。接种疫苗或戴口罩，直到你这样做，”拜登说玫瑰园的评论。"它是vaxed或mask . "
新指南的一个副产品是希望无面具生活的诱惑能够鼓励未接种疫苗的美国人去拍照。
它是作为需求减少全国各地的疫苗被迫的领导者寻找激励的创造性方法他们。
最新的例子是俄亥俄州州长迈克·德温，他正在利用联邦冠状病毒救助基金主持抽奖向五个人提供100万美元作为交换接种疫苗。
对执法的担忧未接种疫苗的遗体戴口罩。拜登星期四对记者说，屏蔽将继续自我实施。疾病预防控制中心主任罗谢尔·瓦伦斯基警告说，那些没有完全接种疫苗和敢于不带口罩的人将有感染的风险新冠肺炎(新型冠状病毒肺炎)，而不是那些她称之为“通过疫苗接种得到保护”的人。
小费亚里沙·威尔斯马
亚利桑那州州长道格·杜西成为最新的扩大州长名单选择不分发额外的失业救济金增加各州的劳动力。
在过去的几周里，至少有九名其他共和党州长做出了类似的决定。商业领袖对以下方面的抱怨工人短缺引发了一场经济辩论更广泛的检查美国需要10%的劳动力。
“在亚利桑那州，我们将使用联邦资金鼓励人们工作...“而不是付钱让人们不工作，”杜西在一段视频中说，同时还特别指出呼唤餐饮业作为一个缺少员工的行业。
杜西的计划包括“向重返职场并获得全职工作的合格个人发放2000美元的一次性奖金。”重返兼职工作的人将获得1000美元。三几个月的托儿援助对于那些重返工作岗位的人，还将包括一些教育支持机会。然而，财政奖金不是立即发放的——个人在离开失业保险计划并完成至少10周的工作后将获得奖金。
Biden seeks to meet GOP at its new reality: The Note
The TAKE withRick Klein
One of themost consequentialpolitical weeks of the year has also been among the most confounding.
We sawgas shortages tiedto apipeline hack,Middle East violence, inflation and recession worries, concerns about vaccine hesitancy -- and alsoextended vaccine authorizationsand easing ofmask mandates.
The Republican Partyhewed itself closerthan ever to former PresidentDonald Trump. Friday's now-contested vote for Rep. Liz Cheney'sreplacement in leadershipis likely to extend Trump's hold on the party -- ahold bound by falsehoods.
Yet while Trump may be as powerful as ever, so may be PresidentJoe Biden. More quietly, yet no less significantly, Biden may be getting progress out of his meetings with both Democrats and Republicans on infrastructure.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., emerged from a White House meeting Thursday callingBiden an "honest broker."Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said after his meeting with Biden this week that there's a "bipartisan pathway forward."
Not coincidentally, first lady Jill Biden spent a chunk of the day Thursday in ... West Virginia.
Much has been made of whether Biden holds an outdated view of the Republican Party, and the president himself hasconfessed bewildermentover thedisarray in GOP ranks. But it might be that he's found a way to deal with members of the party as they are, with meetings with individual members more impactful than meetings with leadership.
It may yet be impossible for Democrats tocut deals with a partythat is centering itself on a lie that denies Biden's legitimacy. Yet that question is far from settled -- an achievement in itself for the Biden agenda, when Trump's sway over the other party only grows.
The RUNDOWN withAveri Harper
Biden touted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's new guidance Thursday after the agency announced it wasno longer recommendingmask-wearing for the fully vaccinated.
"And for now, after a year of hard work and so much sacrifice, the rule is very simple. Get vaccinated or wear a mask until you do," said Biden inremarks from the Rose Garden. "It is vaxed or mask."
A byproduct of the new guidance is the hope that the lure of mask-free living couldencourage unvaccinated Americansto get the shot.
It comes aswaning demandfor vaccines across the country hasforced leadersto findcreative ways to incentivizethem.
The latest example is Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine, who is using federal coronavirus relief funds tohost lottery drawings, offering five people $1 million in exchange forgetting the vaccine.
Concerns about enforcementof mask-wearing for the unvaccinated remain. Biden told reporters Thursday masking would continue to be self-enforced. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned that those who aren't fully vaccinated and dared to go maskless would be at risk of contractingCOVID-19, not those who she called "protected" through vaccination.
The TIP withAlisa Wiersema
Arizona's Gov. Doug Ducey became the latest of anexpanding list of governorsto opt out of distributingadditional unemployment benefitsto boost states' workforces.
At least nine other Republican governors have made similar decisions over the course of the last few weeks. Complaints from business leaders aboutshortages of workershas triggered an economic debate over whether abroader examinationof America's workforce is needed.
"In Arizona, we're going to use federal money to encourage people to work ... instead of paying people not to work," Ducey said in a video, while also specificallycalling out the restaurant industryas a sector that is suffering from a lack of employees.
Ducey's plan includes a "one-time bonus of $2,000 to eligible individuals who return to the workforce and get a full-time job." Those who return to work part-time will receive $1,000. Threemonths of childcare assistanceand some educational support opportunities will also be included for those returning to the workforce. However, the financial bonuses are not immediate -- individuals will receive them after leaving the unemployment insurance program and having completed at least 10 weeks of work.
