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Where Biden’s ambitions fit into presidential history
The pandemic and its impact on the economy have given President Biden a rare opportunity to spend so big it would expand key programs all Americans rely on.
To understand how Biden’s spending packages stack up against FDR’s New Deal of the 1930s, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s notion of the Interstate highway system and Lyndon B. Johnson’s Great Society, Axios Re:Cap host Margaret Talev is joined by historian and author Julian Zelizer.
Why it’s so hard to tax the uber rich
Yesterday, we talked about President Biden's plans on prescription drug prices and what that could mean for all of us. Another key platform the president campaigned on was taxing the rich, but that's complicated.
- Plus, behind the scenes of the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
- And, more reasons working moms feel like throwing in the towel.
Guests: Axios' Felix Salmon, Dave Lawler and Erica Pandey.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird and David Toledo. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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Employers get a vaccine mandate deadline
President Biden Thursday announced a Jan 4, 2022, deadline for vaccine mandate compliance for companies with over 100 workers.
Axios Re:Cap host Margaret Talev digs into what this deadline will mean for employers, workers and especially those who work in health care settings with Axios Vitals author and health care editor Tina Reed.
America's roads are getting deadlier
Motor vehicle crash fatalities spiked in the first six months of this year — the biggest half-year rise on record. That’s according to new data from the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), and it's something Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is calling “a crisis.”
- Plus, inside New Jersey’s nail-biter election.
- And, Democrats' plan for drug prices.
Guests: Nancy Solomon, managing editor for New Jersey Public Radio and WNYC; and Axios' Bryan Walsh and Caitlin Owens.
Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Julia Redpath, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird and David Toledo. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.
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