{"id":2224556,"date":"2024-04-18T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-lay-out-wish-list-to-save-voting-bloc-biden-is-bleeding\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T18:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T22:00:12","slug":"progressives-lay-out-wish-list-to-save-voting-bloc-biden-is-bleeding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-lay-out-wish-list-to-save-voting-bloc-biden-is-bleeding\/","title":{"rendered":"Progressive leaders reveal plan to retain dwindling support for Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprogressives-lay-out-wish-list-to-save-voting-bloc-biden-is-bleeding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2224556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Top progressives in the House of Representatives revealed their agenda for potential Democratic control \u200bin 2024. The Congressional Progressive Caucus \u2063outlined seven key policies geared towards energizing\u200d young and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gretchen-whitmers-sister-ends-congressional-campaign-endorses-opponent-who-called-to-defund-police\/\" title=\"Gretchen Whitmer's sister drops congressional bid, backs opponent advocating police defunding\">progressive\u2062 voters<\/a>. This\u2064 strategy aims to prevent \u2062a Trump re-election by\u2064 offering \u2063solutions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-our-critics-are-pro-putin\/\" title=\"White House: Our Critics Are Pro-Putin\">address voter concerns<\/a> like affordable living and worker rights. The plan, supported by 98% of the caucus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/j-d-vance-on-choosing-next-senate-gop-leader-listen-to-our-base\/\" title=\"J.D. Vance: Hear Our Base for Next Senate GOP Leader\">prioritizes domestic issues<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mccaul-believes-ndaa-will-become-a-bipartisan-bill\/\" title=\"Rep. McCaul expects the NDAA to gain bipartisan support.\">foreign \u200daffairs<\/a> like Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-progressives-release-agenda-2025-ideas-biden-excite-base-rcna147843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Top progressives<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House of Representatives<\/a> laid out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/24554620-progressive-caucus-agenda-for-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>agenda<\/a> they will push if <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Democrats<\/a> win control of the lower chamber in the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Progressive Caucus outlined seven policy ideas for the 119th Congress should they regain control of the House. For progressives who have been at odds with President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war, the outline serves as a message to Biden about how he can win back young and progressive voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the progressive base is not excited and enthusiastic, and if they don\u2019t feel like we are trying to earn their votes and that they are important, then I think the horrific idea of a second Donald Trump presidency could become reality,\u201d Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-progressives-release-agenda-2025-ideas-biden-excite-base-rcna147843\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>per<\/a> NBC News. \u201cWe cannot afford to let that happen. And we won\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), center, talks during a news conference on tenant protections and rent regulations on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The seven policies cover lowering the cost of living, increasing wages and \u201cworker power,\u201d advancing justice, protecting the planet, ensuring democracy \u201cworks,\u201d dismantling corporations\u2019 hold on the economy, and creating \u201cworld-class\u201d public education. Each idea has specific policies that Democrats would push to achieve their desired results, with the agenda reportedly being supported by 98% of the caucus.<\/p>\n<p>The caucus\u2019s plan has a large focus on lowering the cost of living. Some ways by which they are looking to achieve this include universal free preschool education, expanding social security, and increasing the federal minimum wage to $17 per hour by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really about worker power and raising wages and lowering costs for poor people, middle-class Americans, and the working people across this country,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>The agenda does not include some policy ideas that progressive Democrats have pushed for in the past, such as \u201cMedicare for All.\u201d It also does not outline foreign policy concerns such as Israel\u2019s military campaign in Gaza, which has been a point of contention for many Democrats. According to Jayapal, this was because the Progressive Caucus had not yet made a cohesive decision on the matter and wanted to focus the agenda on domestic topics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe haven\u2019t taken a position on particularly Israel and Gaza in the Progressive Caucus, and so that\u2019s not on here,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>To enact these policies, Democrats will likely need to regain control of the House and keep control of the Senate and the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to excite our base,\u201d Jayapal said. \u201cWe have to show them what the path forward is \u2014 not just say, \u2018This is the most important election of your life, and we expect you to vote.\u2019 I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to turn people out. And so I think this agenda, really, speaks to the needs of poor people, working people, progressives across the country who want us to make that case to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Democratic voters, especially those further to the left, have voiced their opposition to Biden, if not even by stating their support for an alternative. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2872128\/michigan-arab-uncommitted-protest-vote-warning-sign-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Michigan<\/a>, over 100,000 residents voted \u201cuncommitted\u201d instead of for Biden in the state\u2019s Democratic primary election in protest over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>He faced similar opposition in neighboring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2946856\/wisconsin-union-members-badgering-biden-primary-contest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> with an \u201cuninstructed\u201d vote. The two states are among seven swing states that are crucial for Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to win the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jayapal signaled her fears over the lack of support for Biden and emphasized that Democrats need to build momentum to ensure Biden\u2019s success in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not seeing the momentum that we would like to see,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to have a tough election. \u2026 We know we\u2019re going to have to put together that progressive coalition. And I think this is the thing that allows us to say, \u2018Look, here\u2019s what we\u2019re fighting for.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key progressive House members detailed their post-election plans if Dems secure control in 2024. The Congressional Progressive Caucus proposed seven policies for the 119th Congress under their leadership. 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