November 9, 2026 | Joe Hernandez
NPR: Democrats won big. Can they lower your grocery bill?
As policymakers look for ways to bring down grocery bills, NPR looked at our polling, the ideas on the table, and leaders at the forefront of surfacing new ideas. Key excerpts:
“Lael Brainard, who leads a public policy group called The Kitchen Table Project, said Americans are nevertheless expecting relief from Washington — and quickly.
"They are feeling like they are getting squeezed by high prices that don't need to be that high," she said.
“However state and federal officials decide to go about lowering prices, Americans say they want to see cheaper groceries soon. According to a poll released by the Kitchen Table Project and Global Strategy Group in September, nearly half of respondents said their most important goal was seeing their grocery bills lowered within six months.”