Headlines Agree: Democrats Have A Better Deal For You
With this agenda, Democrats are pledging to create millions more good jobs and raise incomes for American workers, lower the cost of living for American families and build an economy that gives every American the tools to succeed in the 21st century.
The past six months have exposed the toxic special interest priorities at the core of the Republican agenda. The American people deserve A Better Deal.
San Francisco Chronicle: Democrats unveil ‘Better Deal' agenda geared toward economy, jobs
Democrats on Monday rolled out what they called a "Better Deal" economic agenda that attempts to unify the party around the concerns of working-class men and women … The "Better Deal" agenda repackages several familiar Democratic proposals such as a $15 minimum wage and the infrastructure plan, while adding ideas like a big push for an apprenticeship program to help companies train workers who lack college degrees for available jobs.
Huffington Post Op-Ed: Democrats Offer Up ‘A Better Deal'
[‘A Better Deal'] will force Republicans into attempting to defend the indefensible. Who isn't against cheaper drug prices and holding the profiteers in the industry accountable? Donald Trump even used to say he was for this, after all. Who in their right mind is going to try to defend the airlines' customer service these days? And how could any Republican be against tax breaks for businesses that would result in more and better jobs in rural areas? By choosing issues with almost universal appeal, Democrats make it very hard indeed to make the case for the status quo.
The Guardian: Democrats pledge 'better deal' for workers in shift to populist platform
The "better deal" platform is a nod to Roosevelt's New Deal, a series of federal programs designed to rebuild the American workforce after the Great Depression.
On Monday, they rolled out three planks of their new policy platform, including lowering prescription drug prices by creating a new agency to investigate price hikes, cracking down on corporate monopolies by introducing new regulations to limit mergers [and] creating new jobs by expanding apprenticeship programs and providing a tax credit to employers to train new workers to fill vacant positions.
CNN: Democrats pitch 'A Better Deal' agenda: Focus on job training, lowering costs
Democratic leaders gathered Monday in small town America to declare they're the party of rural and blue-collar workers … A mix of 10 senators and representatives took to a podium in a picturesque park here under the blistering sun as an attempt to portray a united Democratic Party, one that can appeal to both its progressive wing and the moderates who were drawn to Trump's populist message last year.
AP: Promising ‘A Better Deal,' Democrats try to rebrand party
Promising "A Better Deal" for American workers, Democratic Party leaders rolled out a new agenda with a populist pitch on Monday … The Democrats' new platform has three overarching goals: raising wages, lowering costs for families, and giving working Americans better skills for the 21st century economy.
Leaders of the House and Senate believe their "Better Deal" platform of higher wages, child care support and job training will appeal to working families and those who abandoned the party last year to elect Trump … Democrats headed to rural Berryville, Va., which is just the kind of outside-the-Beltway swing district, now held by Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, that Democrats hope to flip in the 2018 midterm.
Democrats are taking cable and telecom companies to task over what many consumers have long bemoaned: rising prices and a lack of competition in the industry.
According to a broad economic agenda that Democratic leaders announced Monday in Berryville, Va., too few Americans have a choice among providers of high-speed Internet, and carriers are all too often content to keep it that way … In announcing the new approach — which they've dubbed "A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future" — Democrats are signaling they will take a much tougher line on large corporate mergers that they say have contributed to higher prices and less consumer choice.
AP: Democrats offer 'Better Deal' in populist pitch
House and Senate Democrats are offering a retooled message and populist agenda, promising to working Americans "someone has your back" … Democrats gathered at Rose Hill Park in Berryville, Virginia, to unveil their new slogan of "A Better Deal."
Fiscal Times Op-Ed: What Do Democrats Stand For? The Party Finally Has the Right Answer
[Democrats] rolled out their "Better Deal" agenda on Monday, and a shockingly large portion of the platform is dedicated to breaking corporate power, and in particular monopoly concentration.
If you read the four white papers attached to the Better Deal agenda, the section on monopolies is clearly the most sophisticated and detailed. This is a reflection of how much thought has gone into the problem … Democrats want jobs and wages, quality and access, and the ability for competition and innovation as part of the equation.
CNBC: Democrats take aim at big business and drug prices in new economic campaign
"A Better Deal" is intended as a counterpunch to the president's frequent criticism of the lackluster recovery and stagnant wages under President Barack Obama and Trump's vow to restore the economy to 3 percent annual growth.
Among Democrats' top agenda items is greater scrutiny of corporate mergers, including tougher standards that incorporate consumer privacy, product quality and the impact on wages and jobs. Democrats are also seeking post-merger reviews and greater enforcement authority.