Weakening drug price reform is a demonstrably fiscally irresponsible
policy, as well as deeply unpopular with Rice's own constituents
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Your Prospect Weekend Reads
Week of 9/13/2021
Stories from the week you don't want to miss!

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Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-NY) speaking at a press conference in June

How Kathleen Rice Is Threatening the Biden Agenda
:
Rice and two other House Democrats oppose aggressive drug price reform,
which provides the budget savings available to fuel spending in the
Build Back Better Act. Executive Editor David Dayen has the story.

Why We Must Monitor the Sale of Surveillance Tech
:
Contributor and former Google AI research scientist Jack Poulson on how
the government and tech companies hide their collaborative defense
projects in plain sight.

Congress's Latest Giveaway to Weapons Makers
:
While 7.5 million workers lose unemployment, members of Congress want to
bail out the military industry. Contributor Sarah Lazare has the story.

Infrastructure Summer: A Surprisingly Radical Housing Bill
:
Staff Writer Alexander Sammon reports that practically all the solutions
to diminishing the high cost of housing, from nudges to public options,
are present in the housing piece of the reconciliation bill.

Can American Politics Allow for Long-Run Investment?
:
Writing Fellow Lee Harris explains why new programs to finance domestic
manufacturing and set off a green boom rely on long-term thinking.

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