The Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act caps a surprisingly successful summer for President Biden and Congressional Democrats in which they passed major legislation to help veterans exposed to toxins, to increase manufacturing competitiveness against China, a bipartisan deal to rein in gun violence…not to mention President Biden holding together the western alliance against Vladimir Putin\u2018s war in Ukraine, adding two new members to NATO, and taking out the world’s number one terrorist. So have Democrats turned around what seemed to be a disastrous trajectory. And has the picture now changed for the 2022 midterms?<\/p>\n
Our guest is Navin Nayak, President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, one of the major organizations that focuses on how policy impacts politics. He previously served as the director of opinion research for Hillary Clinton\u2019s presidential campaign, and you may recognize him from his numerous television program appearances including CNN\u2019s \u201cCrossfire\u201d and MSNBC\u2019s \u201cHardball.\u201d<\/p>\n