"The contours of Obamacare, the plans for Iraqi withdrawal, green jobs in the Recovery Act—CAP had a hand in developing all of these ideas. In so doing, it frequently borrowed heavily and adapted the work of others, including other liberal think tanks in Washington. But precisely because CAP was pulling together the politics and policy, it was in a position to promote those plans with officials and lawmakers—quite a few of whom, conveniently, were former CAP affiliates."
Jonathan Cohn in The New Republic celebrates ten years of the Center for American Progress.
Saturday, October 26, 2013
For a Strong, Just, and Free America
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2000s,
2010s,
Obama,
political history,
politics,
twenty-first century
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