We'll have plenty of time to ruminate over the specifics of the Democratic plan. But, it's actually good to see the Democratic leaders talking confidently about the agenda they'll implement when they achieve control of the House:
House Democrats have formulated a plan of action for their first week in control. Their leaders said a Democratic House would quickly vote to raise the minimum wage for the first time since 1997. It would roll back a provision in the Republicans' Medicare prescription drug benefit that prohibits the Department of Health and Human Services from negotiating prices for drugs offered under the program.Seriously, when was the last time anyone saw a headline with the words "Confident Democrats." They're playing to win.
It would vote to fully implement the recommendations of the bipartisan panel convened to shore up homeland security after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Democratic leaders said.
And it would reinstate lapsed rules that say any tax cuts or spending increases have to be offset by spending cuts or tax increases to prevent the federal deficit from growing.
