Vice President Kamala Harris is set to ramp up her economic message this week, with a speech declaring herself a pragmatist who is not “bound by ideology” and a lengthy new document describing her approach in more detail.
Her focus on economic issues comes at a pivotal moment, as many voters remain skeptical of her ability to improve the economy, which has been a top issue in the presidential campaign.
Ms. Harris’s economic speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday and the policy blueprint, described by four people familiar with the matter, are part of an effort by Ms. Harris’s campaign to weave together various economic proposals into a broader, thematic message.
Over the course of her truncated campaign, Ms. Harris has released plans to offer assistance to home buyers, expand the child tax credit and raise taxes on large corporations and high-income Americans. Like her Republican rival, former President Donald J. Trump, Ms. Harris has not offered detailed plans on many other issues.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe expected document will be a roughly 80-page overview of her economic policy priorities, though it is unclear how many specifics it will include.
A goal for Ms. Harris’s campaign is to present a tangible economic plan that it can contrast with Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint that Mr. Trump has tried to distance himself from, according to one of the people familiar with the campaign’s thinking.
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