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Following a divisive year in politics, speakers at the 2021 virtual REALTORS\u00ae Legislative Meetings(link is external)<\/a>\u2019 Federal Legislative & Political Forum discussed President Joe Biden\u2019s efforts to unify the nation and the legislative outlook for the 117th Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While acknowledging that the political atmosphere is more polarized than ever, CNN political commentator Van Jones and NPR national political correspondent and Fox News contributor Mara Liasson concurred that a middle ground can be found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of the change happening in America right now is change a lot of people didn\u2019t sign up for,\u201d Jones said. \u201cWe have diversity like you\u2019ve never seen before in the country, technology is changing things, the culture is changing, and change is hard. But we can rise together. No group has to fall for another group to rise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Biden ran on a platform of bipartisanship with an intent to manage the big changes happening in the country so they include everyone, said Liasson. The widening economic gap has caused many Americans to favor federal programs that bolster the middle class, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI can\u2019t think of a president that\u2019s had a more ambitious agenda with a smaller majority in Congress,\u201d said Liasson, who has reported on every presidential election since 1992. She cited his American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan, on top of the American Rescue COVID-19 relief package that passed. \u201cHe\u2019s trying to basically put a very large antelope through the python.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Families Plan proposes four years of free education, including universal pre-K and two years of community college, plus childcare support for low- and middle-income families, paid family leave, tax cuts for families with children, and ways to address teacher shortages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Jobs Plan aims to fix highways, bridges, and transit infrastructure, improve drinking water, the eclectic grid, and provide high-speed broadband, as well as rehabilitate more than 2 million homes and commercial buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NAR\u2019s Federal Legislative and Political Forum Chair Matt Silver and Vice Chair Ennis Antoine led the discussion. Antoine pointed out that, as a result of the latest census, Republican red states such as Texas, Florida, and North Carolina will gain congressional seats heading into the next election. Jones said that the reapportionment will make it harder for Democrats to retain their majority in 2022, noting that it\u2019s common for the party of the sitting president to lose seats during the midterm election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think you\u2019re going to see the president push through as much as he can,\u201d Jones said. \u201cI think he has a narrow window to act. He has a very fragile and, in all likelihood, a short-lived majority. And in all likelihood, he\u2019s going to do all he can between now and the midterms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liasson said that Biden may break out pieces of the American Jobs Plan infrastructure package, such as universal broadband or bricks-and-mortar improvements. Such measures would help the U.S. be more competitive with China, and would likely pass with bipartisan votes. Other items could pass the Senate in the reconciliation process, which enables budgetary legislation to pass with 51 votes, rather than a super-majority of 60 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a series of two-year presidencies, [meaning] that because the president tends to lose the majority in Congress in the first midterm, they only have a two-year window to pass their agenda,\u201d Liasson said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of Biden\u2019s proposed programs will benefit Republicans, Liasson pointed out, including \u201ckitchen table\u201d issues such as help with college tuition, childcare reimbursement, and job training. \u201cWe\u2019re now so tribalized, so polarized, that the economy doesn\u2019t really matter, and cultural issues tend to be more salient. People tend to vote for their tribe regardless of what they think of the other guy\u2019s policy,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones, who has long pushed for bipartisan policymaking, said the problem with extreme partisanship is that so little gets done, and issues that the majority of Americans care about will go unaddressed. Unfortunately, political incentives make bipartisanship difficult, Liasson added, even though it\u2019s clear many voters support it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a long-time proponent of environmental sustainability, Jones advocated to get the Green Jobs Act passed, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush in 2007, and he worked as the green jobs advisor to President Barack Obama. More recently, he worked with Jared Kushner and the Trump White House on the passage of the First Step Act criminal justice reform legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones pointed out that police reform has bipartisan support across the country\u2014this includes banning chokeholds while still supporting police interventions, improving addiction and mental health programs, and creating a public registry of crimes police have committed. \u201cThere\u2019s a bunch of stuff we agree on. Why don\u2019t we just get together and pass it?\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate-change action also has bipartisan support, he pointed out, as floods, fires, and droughts continue to affect farmland and other communities across the country. \u201cThere isn\u2019t a single Pentagon scenario that doesn\u2019t include climate disruption as a major threat to U.S. interests,\u201d Jones added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to an NAR survey<\/a>, one-third of REALTORS\u00ae have assisted buyers in purchasing property with green features in the past year, and 65% of members said promoting energy efficiency in listings is valuable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silver asked Jones and Liasson what role NAR should play in climate change discussions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cREALTORS\u00ae can play a massive role in talking about the importance of energy efficiency. That\u2019s the biggest opportunity for job creation,\u201d Jones said. \u201cThat energy-efficiency dollar is the hardest working dollar in the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investing in updates, such as putting in new insulation, upgrading heating and cooling systems, replacing leaky doors and windows, not only makes a home more efficient, it cuts emissions and bolsters job creation. \u201cIt is a triple or quadruple win,\u201d Jones said. \u201cREALTORS\u00ae in particular, by using those bipartisan open doors, can talk about the need for the weatherization assistance program and other energy efficiency programs, especially in buildings. It makes good financial and economic sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a9National Association of REALTORS\u00ae
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