President Joe Biden pitched the bipartisan infrastructure deal as one “American people can be proud of” in a Yahoo News op-ed, while admitting there was a long way to go before it could pass.
Biden also made clear that he was not satisfied that the bill is missing some “critical initiatives on climate change” — responding to criticism from Democrats that he had caved. He said he would push these in a separate budget reconciliation bill.
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.