Check out the https://amerex.substack.com/ (America Explained Substack newsletter) for a few written posts a month on the big issues in U.S. politics and foreign policy and no extra spam Democrats have enjoyed unified control of the federal government for nearly a year. What have they done with that opportunity? Two developments last week - elections in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere, and the passage by Congress of a historic piece of infrastructure legislation - give us the chance to assess where they're at. Follow https://twitter.com/andygawt (Andy on Twitter) for more. Check out two articles Andy wrote in The Guardian last week: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/05/the-real-lesson-of-the-election-results-democrats-must-go-big-and-bold (The real lesson of the election results? Democrats must go big and bold). https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/07/biden-scored-a-major-victory-on-infrastructure-but-is-it-enough (Biden scored a major victory on infrastructure. But is it enough?) Credits Host - Andy Gawthorpe Growth consultant - Anne Stoop