House Democrat starts 'abundance movement'-inspired caucus [View all]
Source: Politico
05/08/2025 04:45 AM EDT
House Democrats are getting Ezra Klein-pilled. A bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.) is launching a new roughly 30-member bloc that’s claiming inspiration from the “abundance movement” championed by the liberal commentator Klein.
“This is a moment that has been building for a while,” said Harder. “I think there’s been a lot of simmering interest in permitting reform and making sure that things are built faster, better, cheaper. But now, I think over the past year or so, it’s really reached a boiling point on both sides.”
It’s the latest sign that some Democrats see the abundance movement’s ideas — something that sprung up around Klein’s book “Abundance” co-authored with Atlantic writer Derek Thompson — as a solution to the party’s woes. The subject is not without its critics. Some progressives have pushed back on the proposals, which they argue fail to focus on what they see as larger problems like the concentration of power.
But in spite of those detractors, Harder said his new caucus has a broad swath of support. “I think this may be one of the only active bipartisan caucuses doing work that has folks across the ideological rainbow,” Harder said.
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