Democrats in Congress are likely experiencing dejavú as 2021 mirrors their 2009 control of the White House and Congress, albeit by a razor thin margin, plus a devastating economic crisis. This time around, Democratic lawmakers are not only facing the largest jump in the poverty rate since the 1960s, over 10 million unemployed Americans , and 29 million food insecure individuals, but also over 500,000 coronavirus-related deaths in the country as of February 2021. Although the majority of Americans have recovered from the disastrous consequences of the Great Recession, many economic experts have deduced that the recovery was slower […]
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