An array of progressive and pro-White House groups plans to spend nearly $100 million to promote President Joe Biden's agenda over the next month to pressure Congress while lawmakers are on their August recess.
WASHINGTON -- An array of progressive and pro-White House groups plans to spend nearly US$100 million to promote President Joe Biden's agenda over the next month to pressure Congress while lawmakers are on their August recess.
An outside coalition of progressive organizations launched a war room and is planning to host over 1,000 events and actions over the next six weeks, The Associated Press learned. The goal, officials said, was to bombard the home districts of members of Congress with ads -- both televised and digital -- to keep the pressure on to follow through on their votes as well as to underscore much of the agenda's popularity with the public.
Traditionally, August is the slowest month of the year in Washington, in part because Congress leaves town, so the White House aims to fill that vacuum with a blitz of events meant to tout Biden's first six months in office while also promising to take on rising fears of long-term inflation as well as a surge in coronavirus infections, predominantly among the unvaccinated, due to the highly contagious delta variant.
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