A10 The BulleTin • Monday, april 26, 2021
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2021
TODAY
TUESDAY
TONIGHT
HIGH
54°
LOW
32°
Clouds giving way to some
sun
Warmer with clouds
limiting sunshine
ALMANAC
Yesterday Normal
Record
54°
59° 85° in 1927
32°
31° 18° in 1924
PRECIPITATION
24 hours through 5 p.m. yesterday
Trace
Record
0.85" in 1989
Month to date (normal)
Trace (0.65")
Year to date (normal)
1.18" (4.00")
Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.
29.68"
SUN, MOON AND PLANETS
Rise/Set
Today
Tue.
Sun
6:04am/8:03pm 6:02am/8:04pm
Moon
7:51pm/6:06am 9:14pm/6:35am
Mercury 6:23am/8:51pm 6:24am/8:59pm
Venus
6:28am/8:43pm 6:27am/8:45pm
Mars
9:03am/12:44am 9:02am/12:43am
Jupiter
3:34am/1:58pm 3:31am/1:55pm
Saturn 2:56am/12:41pm 2:52am/12:37pm
Uranus
6:16am/8:20pm 6:12am/8:16pm
Full
Last
New
First
Apr 26
May 3
May 11
May 19
Tonight's sky: Full "Pink" Moon (8:31 p.m.).
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
UV INDEX TODAY
10 a.m.
Noon
2 p.m.
4 p.m.
1
2
4
2
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index ™ number,
the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low,
3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.
POLLEN COUNT
Trees
High
Weeds
Absent
Source: Oregon Allergy Associates
FRIDAY
84°
46°
Warm with times of clouds
and sun
SATURDAY
76°
46°
Record-breaking
temperatures
Rather cloudy and
remaining warm
EAST: More clouds
than sun Monday
with a few showers.
Turning out partly
cloudy Monday night;
a shower.
CENTRAL: Mostly
cloudy Monday; a
shower or two. Be-
coming partly cloudy
Monday night with a
shower early.
WEST: Mostly cloudy
Monday; a few show-
ers. A shower around
Monday evening;
otherwise, becoming
partly cloudy.
Seaside
57/41
Cannon Beach
56/42
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
Yesterday
Today
Tuesday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
City
Hi/Lo/Prec. Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Astoria
54/43/0.03 57/42/pc 57/44/c
La Grande
50/38/0.00 56/35/sh 64/37/pc
Portland
62/48/Tr
61/44/sh 67/45/c
Baker City
51/36/0.42 55/30/sh 64/31/pc
La Pine
48/28/0.06 49/25/sn 62/31/c
Prineville
52/30/0.00 58/32/pc 62/33/c
Brookings
50/44/0.58 51/41/sh 56/43/pc
Medford
54/41/0.02 59/39/sh 71/42/c
Redmond
53/28/0.07 56/28/pc 67/32/c
Burns
50/33/0.23 50/26/sh 64/28/pc
Newport
52/45/0.12 52/41/sh 54/41/c
Roseburg
57/44/0.38 60/39/c 71/40/c
Eugene
58/42/0.11 59/38/sh 67/39/c
North Bend
54/46/0.19 54/41/sh 57/41/c
Salem
61/46/0.32 59/40/sh 68/41/c
Klamath Falls
42/33/0.27 49/22/sh 62/27/pc
Ontario
62/47/Tr
62/42/c 71/40/s
Sisters
53/31/0.09 55/31/sh 67/35/c
Lakeview
45/32/0.15 44/24/sh 59/25/pc
Pendleton
62/44/0.12 64/41/c 69/44/pc
The Dalles
66/40/0.01 65/43/pc 70/44/c
Weather(W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, Tr-trace, Yesterday data as of 5 p.m. yesterday
NATIONAL WEATHER
WATER REPORT
As of 7 a.m. yesterday
Reservoir
Acre feet
Capacity
Crane Prairie
47204
85%
Wickiup
105079
53%
Crescent Lake
22166
26%
Ochoco Reservoir
11463
26%
Prineville
90704
61%
River fl ow
Station
Cu.ft./sec.
Deschutes R. below Crane Prairie
77
Deschutes R. below Wickiup
912
Deschutes R. below Bend
62
Deschutes R. at Benham Falls
1230
Little Deschutes near La Pine
110
Crescent Ck. below Crescent Lake
14
Crooked R. above Prineville Res.
164
Crooked R. below Prineville Res.
313
Crooked R. near Terrebonne
40
Ochoco Ck. below Ochoco Res.
8
-0s
0s
10s
20s
30s
40s
50s
60s
70s
80s
90s
100s
110s
NATIONAL
EXTREMES
YESTERDAY (for the
In inches as of 5 p.m. yesterday
Base
71-105
0-184
0-158
52-69
28-58
T-storms
Yesterday
City
Hi/Lo/Prec.
Abilene
93/52/0.00
Akron
58/47/Tr
Albany
57/49/0.02
Albuquerque
83/44/0.00
Anchorage
55/34/0.00
Atlanta
71/55/0.04
Atlantic City
63/50/0.82
Austin
86/48/0.00
Baltimore
68/50/0.62
Billings
55/37/0.20
Birmingham
71/53/0.00
Bismarck
40/33/0.12
Boise
56/43/0.47
Boston
55/51/0.11
Bridgeport, CT 61/48/0.62
Buffalo
55/46/0.02
Burlington, VT
60/44/0.03
Caribou, ME
64/31/0.08
Charleston, SC 80/62/0.62
Charlotte
74/54/0.08
Chattanooga
70/55/0.01
Cheyenne
71/32/0.00
Chicago
47/40/0.00
Cincinnati
64/43/0.00
Cleveland
52/47/0.01
Colorado Springs 80/43/0.00
Columbia, MO
72/44/0.00
Columbia, SC
78/61/0.26
Columbus, GA
78/54/0.01
Columbus, OH
61/46/Tr
Concord, NH
59/42/0.02
Corpus Christi
83/60/0.00
Dallas
83/50/0.00
Dayton
60/39/0.00
Denver
80/41/0.00
Des Moines
65/38/0.00
Detroit
55/40/0.00
Duluth
46/21/0.01
El Paso
90/52/0.00
Fairbanks
61/28/0.00
Fargo
44/33/0.11
Flagstaff
64/40/0.00
Grand Rapids
52/35/Tr
Green Bay
50/30/0.00
Greensboro
69/49/0.15
Harrisburg
67/50/0.33
Hartford, CT
59/49/0.17
Helena
50/34/0.35
Honolulu
85/72/0.12
Houston
82/60/0.00
Huntsville
72/54/Tr
Indianapolis
60/41/0.00
Jackson, MS
78/51/0.00
Jacksonville
79/64/0.79
Today
Hi/Lo/W
89/69/c
63/50/pc
55/34/s
76/50/pc
52/34/s
78/58/s
61/45/s
87/68/pc
66/44/s
46/37/r
81/59/s
54/39/r
55/38/pc
60/43/s
61/42/s
51/40/s
52/35/pc
46/35/sh
76/55/s
77/51/s
80/56/s
70/40/c
76/62/pc
73/58/s
59/53/pc
76/45/pc
85/64/pc
79/52/s
81/58/s
69/52/pc
55/35/s
82/73/pc
84/68/c
72/56/pc
75/44/pc
85/63/s
55/47/c
37/35/r
85/62/pc
54/30/s
48/38/r
51/27/c
62/54/c
52/50/r
74/51/s
65/43/s
59/38/s
55/34/r
82/70/pc
84/70/pc
80/58/s
76/59/s
81/56/pc
79/60/s
Amsterdam
Athens
Auckland
Baghdad
Bangkok
Beijing
Beirut
Berlin
Bogota
Budapest
Buenos Aires
Cabo San Lucas
Cairo
Calgary
Cancun
Dublin
Edinburgh
Geneva
Harare
Hong Kong
Istanbul
Jerusalem
Johannesburg
Lima
Lisbon
London
Madrid
Manila
53/37/s
71/55/s
66/55/sh
104/73/c
93/80/t
71/46/pc
73/62/s
50/31/pc
68/52/t
57/39/pc
68/57/pc
79/65/s
81/58/s
56/32/s
88/77/s
61/41/pc
55/40/pc
65/47/sh
79/59/pc
79/74/c
62/48/s
65/59/s
73/51/s
69/62/s
69/57/t
57/36/pc
65/51/t
89/80/pc
Shown are today’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Rain
Showers
Snow
Flurries
Ice
Warm Front
Stationary Front
Cold Front
Source: OnTheSnow.com
50/43/0.00
65/56/0.04
61/54/0.06
106/76/0.00
97/81/0.03
71/51/0.00
73/64/0.00
50/34/0.04
68/55/0.24
66/34/0.00
66/54/0.00
82/55/0.00
97/63/0.00
39/30/0.17
90/77/0.00
53/37/0.00
54/32/0.00
72/43/0.00
76/58/0.00
84/75/0.40
55/50/0.06
81/59/0.00
73/45/0.00
68/63/0.00
70/57/0.20
57/41/0.00
60/50/0.70
90/81/0.00
Biden
Continued from A1
Those in the chamber will be spread
out, with some members on the House
floor and others seated in the gallery.
No Cabinet members are expected
to attend, and just one Supreme Court
justice, Chief Justice John Roberts, is
expected. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will repre-
sent the military.
There will likely be only 200 people
total in the chamber, according to a
person involved in the planning. That’s
a fraction of the 1,600 people normally
in attendance for the president’s ad-
dress to Congress.
The event has been designated as a
National Special Security Event, which
mobilizes the nation’s top law enforce-
ment and security agencies. That is
typical for joint addresses, but there
are extra layers of security this year
following the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. The
perimeter of the Capitol is still fenced
off, and some National Guard troops
remain there.
Beyond the pandemic
Biden’s advisers have long believed
he would be judged, more than any-
thing else, on his handling of the coro-
navirus. That guided most of their
early decisions around vaccines and
school reopenings, mask mandates
and stimulus checks. But he is now in
the midst of a major push for massive
pieces of legislation that would reori-
ent much of the American economy,
changing its tax structure, expanding
its social safety net, and reorienting
many of its environmental policies.
Author and presidential historian
Douglas Brinkley compared it to John
F. Kennedy’s first joint session speech,
in which he called on the country to
send a man to the moon within the
decade. That call came as a surprise
— whereas many of Biden’s policies
are already known — but it required
a significant amount of convincing, of
both the public and congressional Re-
publicans.
“Biden — he doesn’t seem always to
be the best salesperson,” Brinkley said,
marking the moment as one where
Biden transitions from consoler in
chief toward a more assertive posture.
“But he now has to be talking about
the recovery: COVID is on the run.
We’re going to win and going to go on
and make the economy stronger with .
. . the largest jobs package since World
War II.”
On and off script
For much of his nearly five-decade-
long political career, Biden has orga-
nized his thoughts, and his life, around
Alex Brandon/AP file
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the American Rescue Plan, a coronavirus relief package, in the Rose Garden of the White
House in March. Listening are President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On
Wednesday, Harris and Pelosi will be sitting behind Biden before Congress — the first women to hold both positions at the top of
the presidential line of succession.
Presidential speeches
at the Capitol
The president’s upcoming speech
— which is similar to the State
of the Union, but in inauguration
years is technically a joint address
to Congress — can be a television
showcase, giving a president one of
the largest audiences he can get even
as viewership numbers have declined
in a fragmented media environment.
Bill Clinton in 1993 had the largest
audience recorded, at nearly 67
million, while Barack Obama
averaged nearly 40 million viewers
over his eight addresses. Donald
Trump averaged about 44 million
viewers during his four addresses.
speeches. He’s used prepared remarks
to express grief or vent emotions,
and he often uses them to determine
whether his policies are connecting
with an audience.
Biden often thrives on speaking ex-
temporaneously and, to the frustration
of staff, frequently veers off script. He
tells his speechwriters to craft language
that is simple, as if they were talking to
a relative.
He gets heavily involved in the craft-
ing of speeches, writing out longhand
or dictating his thoughts — and heav-
ily editing the text, sometimes up un-
til delivery. His top strategist, Mike
Donilon, is always involved in major
speeches like the one Biden will de-
liver Wednesday, as is his speechwriter,
Vinay Reddy.
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W
85/64/t
83/63/pc
66/50/pc
63/42/sh
50/34/s
83/62/pc
64/55/pc
82/72/t
84/60/pc
60/41/pc
85/65/pc
63/36/c
65/41/pc
68/51/pc
63/49/pc
68/57/pc
62/45/pc
52/35/pc
81/59/s
82/59/pc
84/63/pc
50/34/sh
85/66/pc
83/65/pc
80/62/pc
64/38/sh
84/66/pc
84/57/s
84/61/pc
83/62/pc
67/43/pc
82/75/c
79/70/t
83/64/pc
58/35/sh
84/56/c
83/62/pc
45/35/c
76/54/pc
50/32/s
58/36/c
45/24/c
84/62/pc
67/46/t
81/59/pc
83/57/pc
69/50/pc
62/40/s
84/69/pc
83/73/c
84/64/pc
82/65/pc
82/66/pc
80/59/s
City
Juneau
Kansas City
Lansing
Las Vegas
Lexington
Lincoln
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Louisville
Madison, WI
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Newark, NJ
Norfolk, VA
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Orlando
Palm Springs
Peoria
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Richmond
Rochester, NY
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Antonio
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Santa Fe
Savannah
Seattle
Sioux Falls
Spokane
Springfi eld, MO
Tampa
Tucson
Tulsa
Washington, DC
Wichita
Yakima
Yuma
Yesterday
Hi/Lo/Prec.
61/32/0.00
76/49/0.00
52/36/0.00
78/65/0.00
61/45/0.01
78/47/0.00
73/45/0.00
68/56/0.00
68/48/0.00
50/30/Tr
76/46/0.00
93/76/Tr
43/36/Tr
46/33/Tr
72/53/Tr
80/63/Tr
63/49/0.59
67/50/0.48
68/55/0.07
77/45/0.00
77/40/0.00
87/73/1.42
86/60/0.00
62/38/0.00
66/49/0.49
94/65/0.00
61/46/0.11
54/41/0.01
56/48/0.57
70/54/0.02
61/33/0.00
55/46/0.03
70/51/0.38
57/48/Tr
63/51/0.01
67/41/0.00
62/49/0.00
89/58/0.00
67/60/0.00
60/53/Tr
60/53/0.01
79/42/0.00
78/61/0.75
60/47/0.20
61/34/0.17
55/41/Tr
75/41/0.00
84/77/0.00
92/59/0.00
78/48/0.00
68/51/0.79
76/49/0.00
63/35/0.03
90/59/0.00
Today
Hi/Lo/W
58/38/s
86/66/pc
58/49/c
68/51/c
73/57/s
92/64/s
81/61/pc
66/54/pc
78/62/s
69/62/c
80/61/pc
86/74/s
59/57/c
62/49/r
80/60/s
81/67/s
62/46/s
64/44/s
66/52/s
80/64/c
90/63/s
83/64/s
74/53/c
80/61/s
63/45/s
77/57/pc
62/46/s
53/37/s
60/40/s
75/50/s
71/42/c
51/35/pc
71/49/s
50/37/s
65/43/s
84/65/s
49/39/sh
89/70/pc
65/56/c
59/48/pc
60/47/pc
74/44/pc
77/55/s
61/45/pc
78/52/pc
61/37/pc
82/62/pc
87/67/s
82/54/pc
84/67/c
67/51/s
83/65/pc
67/36/pc
67/51/c
Tuesday
Hi/Lo/W
48/32/r
84/62/c
84/63/pc
68/58/pc
81/64/pc
82/53/c
78/68/c
66/54/pc
85/67/pc
82/58/t
81/68/pc
83/73/pc
78/55/t
59/42/c
85/65/pc
83/71/pc
71/56/pc
72/53/pc
82/63/s
78/62/t
83/54/t
82/63/s
76/60/s
85/66/pc
78/60/pc
73/57/c
82/62/pc
64/43/pc
67/50/pc
83/59/s
49/36/sh
61/37/s
86/63/s
68/53/pc
78/45/s
85/67/pc
56/42/sh
84/73/t
64/53/s
64/49/s
68/47/s
60/34/c
81/58/s
63/47/c
63/47/c
63/43/c
79/66/c
86/67/s
67/48/sh
78/67/t
86/64/pc
81/61/c
71/41/c
75/52/s
100/79/0.00
82/59/0.08
61/46/0.20
41/34/0.00
75/62/0.99
86/76/0.02
97/70/0.00
70/55/0.00
45/30/0.01
55/41/0.10
63/45/0.00
81/71/0.00
66/45/0.00
79/43/0.00
81/63/0.00
47/39/0.23
73/50/0.00
73/61/0.00
90/77/0.03
38/30/0.31
68/54/0.04
77/72/Tr
81/62/0.00
70/57/0.07
50/48/0.05
54/46/0.21
59/41/0.00
47/37/0.02
98/76/s
81/61/t
53/35/s
50/34/pc
78/59/t
84/72/pc
102/74/pc
64/43/s
51/28/pc
53/34/s
65/41/s
81/74/t
69/53/pc
77/46/s
75/64/t
49/30/s
69/50/pc
74/62/pc
89/78/c
41/26/pc
72/57/s
81/71/pc
69/69/pc
64/48/s
52/40/pc
57/45/pc
54/33/pc
47/28/sh
98/77/s
81/60/t
59/44/pc
48/35/pc
78/61/t
84/73/pc
106/76/pc
68/55/pc
50/31/pc
57/43/c
66/42/s
78/72/t
67/54/sh
74/46/s
70/62/t
61/40/s
65/52/c
67/61/c
88/77/c
47/27/pc
72/58/pc
86/70/c
71/60/s
67/58/pc
59/48/c
57/47/c
54/45/pc
50/34/pc
INTERNATIONAL
48 contiguous states)
National high: 100°
at Zapata, TX
National low: 11°
at Cotton, MN
Precipitation: 1.42"
at Orlando, FL
SKI REPORT
Ski resort
New snow
Mt. Bachelor
0
Mt. Hood Meadows
3
Timberline Lodge
0
Aspen / Snowmass, CO
0
Mammoth Mtn. Ski, CA
0
Clouds and limited sun
NATIONAL
Hood
River
541-683-1577
59°
31°
TRAVEL WEATHER
Umatilla
70/41
Rufus
Hermiston
61/44
70/43
65/42
Arlington
Hillsboro Portland
Meacham Lostine
67/42
60/36 61/44
55/32
Wasco
54/33 Enterprise
Pendleton
The Dalles
Tillamook
51/33
62/42
64/41
Sandy
65/43
McMinnville
56/40
Joseph
Heppner
La
Grande
59/42
Maupin
Government
60/38
56/35
50/34
Camp
61/38 Condon 59/37
Union
Lincoln City
56/35
47/36
56/34
Salem
52/42
Spray
Granite
Warm Springs
59/40
Madras
60/32
Albany
46/27
Newport
Baker City
60/34
60/34
Mitchell
52/41
58/38
55/30
Camp Sherman
53/31
Redmond
Corvallis
John
Yachats
Unity
54/33
56/28
56/37
Day
Prineville
51/40
51/30
Ontario
Sisters
58/32
Paulina
53/32
62/42
Florence
Eugene 55/31
Bend Brothers 51/26
Vale
54/42
59/38
54/32
49/27
Sunriver
61/43
Nyssa
52/29
Hampton
Cottage
La Pine
60/43
Juntura
Oakridge
Grove
49/25
49/27
OREGON EXTREMES Coos Bay
Burns
53/31
55/38
60/37
Fort
Rock
52/39
50/26
Riley
YESTERDAY
Crescent
50/24
49/28
High: 67°
48/23
Bandon
Roseburg
Christmas Valley
Jordan Valley
at Hermiston
Beaver
Frenchglen
Silver
52/40
60/39
48/26
48/32
Low: 28°
Marsh
Lake
44/29
Port Orford
47/22
49/24
at Redmond
Grants
Burns Junction
Paisley
53/41
Pass
53/35
Chiloquin
48/25
63/41
Rome
Medford
48/25
Gold Beach
59/39
55/35
51/41
Klamath
Fields
Ashland
McDermitt
Lakeview
Falls
Brookings
50/32
56/38
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Most of Biden’s recent speeches have
seen their usual pageantry curtailed
because of the pandemic. When he
accepted the Democratic presidential
nomination, it was in a mostly empty
ballroom. When he won the election,
he spoke to a parking lot of honking
cars. His inauguration address in-
cluded elected officials but almost no
average citizens on the National Mall.
“It will not look like or feel like, in
many ways, what past joint addresses
have,” White House press secretary
Jen Psaki told reporters Friday. White
House staff will be watching virtually
— rather than in person — and there
will not be a traditional presidential
box for guests.
But the timing of the speech, com-
ing on the eve of his 100th day in of-
fice, was no accident. Since Franklin
D. Roosevelt, presidents have often
used their first 100 days as a symbolic
marker for their young presidencies.
100-day marker
The planning for Biden’s first 100
days began almost exactly a year ago
when, last April, he tapped his long-
time confidant and chief of staff, Ted
Kaufman, to begin transition prepara-
tions. Kaufman built a team that com-
piled Biden’s campaign promises —
often by scouring his speeches to tally
up the commitments he made publicly
— and began prioritizing them.
Entering office, Biden leaned into
the 100-day time frame. He said he’d
ask Americans to wear masks for his
first 100 days. He said he’d oversee 100
million vaccine shots within his first
100 days. He wanted a majority of ele-
mentary and middle schools open for
in-person learning by the end of his
first 100 days.
Biden’s speech is coming later than
most joint addresses, which are typ-
ically delivered in January or Febru-
ary. And he has given a number of
speeches already outlining many of his
priorities — some expect it to be more
of a review of his achievements than
an articulation of a wholly new vision.
“I’m looking forward to being a lit-
tle bored by it,” said Joan Hoff, pro-
fessor of history at Montana State
University and the former president
of the Center for the Study of the
Presidency. “It’s only because he’s con-
ducted himself so publicly on all of
these issues and already taken some
dramatic actions. … You can only re-
peat yourself so much.”
Unity and disunity
Republicans have criticized Biden
for not doing more to reach out to their
party and make good on a core promise
to unify the country. Senate Minority
Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has as-
sailed many of Biden’s priorities as out
of the mainstream, and he tapped Sen.
Tim Scott, R-S.C., to give the Republi-
can response to Biden’s speech
“Nobody is better at communicat-
ing why far-left policies fail working
Americans,” McConnell said in an-
nouncing Scott, the only Black Repub-
lican senator.
While Biden has received frequent
criticism from Republicans, he has
managed to keep his own fractured
party united around many of the items
in his agenda.
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“To his credit, he has looked around
and said incrementalism, small steps,
are not going to do it,” Sen. Bernie
Sanders, I-Vt., a chief rival of Biden’s in
the presidential primary, said in a re-
cent interview. “It’s a lot easier to keep
the party together when you have se-
rious and good legislation supported
by over 70 percent of the American
people.”
But in one indication of some of the
challenges Biden faces in maintain-
ing party unity, Rep. Jamaal Bowman,
D-N.Y., is also giving a response to
Biden’s Wednesday night speech, on
behalf of liberal Democrats.
“It’s a balancing act. He’s already
done a lot that I love. And he’s going
to say a lot of things that I like, as well,”
Bowman, who last year defeated a
16-term incumbent, told NBC News.
“But if we relent, it doesn’t mean that
what’s been going on so far is going to
continue. It’s important for us as pro-
gressives to continue to push and con-
tinue to organize.”
Other efforts
In addition to the speech, the White
House is planning to make a con-
certed effort to claim credit for a range
of early accomplishments, with Biden
traveling to Georgia on Thursday
in the first of several trips organized
around pushing toward the next phase
of his agenda.
The White House has branded each
of its efforts. First was the American
Rescue Plan, a $1.9 trillion package
that Congress approved without any
Republicans voting for it. He has also
proposed the American Jobs Plan,
which is another $2 trillion plan aimed
at fixing infrastructure and boosting
the green energy economy.
Biden is planning to flesh out in
more detail the American Families
Plan this week. That will include new
spending on child care, education,
paid family leave and other domes-
tic priorities. The price tag — which
could be around $1 trillion along with
$500 billion in new tax credits, The
Washington Post reported — would
be offset by tax increases on high-in-
come Americans and wealthy inves-
tors.Biden over the past year has often
taken inspiration from Roosevelt, at-
tempting to usher in far-reaching gov-
ernment programs. But he also has a
long record of quoting from the New
Deal Democrat in a way that he could
again turn toward this week.
“As Franklin D. Roosevelt said
during the recovery from the Great
Depression just four words are im-
portant,” Biden said, in delivering a re-
sponse to Reagan’s State of the Union
address in 1983. “These four words: It
can be done.”