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Biden Makes Case to Vastly Expand Government’s Role

‘We Have to Prove Democracy Still Works,’ He Says

• President Biden laid out an ambitious agenda to rewrite the American social compact by vastly expanding family leave, child care and health care.
• Taken together, the collection of initiatives suggest a breathtaking scope of change sought by a president who spent a lifetime as a more conventional lawmaker.
• The succession of proposals amounts to a risky gamble that a country deeply polarized along ideological lines is ready for a more activist government.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi Make History on Dais President Biden kicked off his address with a string of words that no American president has ever said before: “Madam Vice President and Madam Speaker.” Doug Mills/The New York Times