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Quick question: what exact climate investments does the American Jobs Plan contain?

… wish you could phone a friend? (We get it — the AJP is vast and can be confusing.) Fortunately, Data for Progress has you covered. We made a one-stop-shop for progressives on the AJP's key pillars — including how the plan compares with other proposals and new polling on the AJP's strongest provisions. 



We’ve broken down the American Jobs Plan into its key planks, detailing the investments, plans, and policies it contains. Additionally, we’ve put together a memo showing that despite Republican attacks, the AJP is resolutely popular.



You can explore our memos covering each and every part of the AJP here.

Here are some other highlights from DFP over the past week:

The New York Times says we’ve “come of age”

“President Biden mentions it in private calls. The White House reads its work. And Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, teams up with its leaders for news conferences, blog posts and legislation.” 

That’s how the New York Times opened their profile of our work, published on Saturday. We’d like to thank NYT for kind words, and ask you to give a read to the article to learn more about how we’re gaining influence and pushing for popular progressive legislation in Washington.


Voters want to raise corporate taxes — not increase the gas tax or use unspent pandemic funds — to pay for infrastructure

President Biden has proposed increasing taxes on the wealthy and big corporations to pay for his infrastructure agenda — and the GOP has responded with one of the most unpopular imaginable tax packages: raising the gas tax, increasing user fees, and reallocating unspent pandemic relief funds.

Our polling finds that voters across party lines prefer Democrats’ tax agenda — 74 percent support closing corporate tax loopholes and 65 percent support raising taxes on the rich, compared with 25 percent support for user fees and 21 percent support for increasing the gas tax.

Newsflash mods: a gas tax is less popular than defunding the police.


Our polling finds that not only do voters strongly prefer Democrats’ tax proposals, but also that voters — including Independents by a 15-point margin and nearly one-third of Republicans — would rather pass a partisan bill with only Democratic support that’s paid for by corporate tax increases than a bipartisan bill paid for with pandemic relief funds.




Voters are calling BS on a GOP narrative that we need to care more about inflation than jobs

In new polling, we presented voters with a list of 15 issues, and asked them to select the three that they consider to be the most important problems facing the country. We find that voters care most about creating jobs and growing our economy, and place inflation and the national debt lower on their priority lists. This shows that the GOP won’t be able to get away with their narrative that we should voluntarily leave millions of families without a job, cool down our economy, and stymie wage growth that American workers desperately need.




DACA is here to stay: A bipartisan majority of voters support a pathway to citizenship

As we mark the ninth anniversary of DACA, our polling finds that a strong majority of voters — including a 52-point margin of Independents and a 19-point margin of Republicans — support a path to citizenship for Dreamers, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders, farmworkers, and other essential workers.

From Data for Progress
Blog: Voters Believe Justice Stephen Breyer Should Step Down, Lest His Replacement Erase His Legacy
Blog: Voters Want Infrastructure Paid For By Corporate Tax Increases, Not The Gas Tax Or Pandemic Funding
Blog: Support For Lowering Drug Prices Is Bipartisan
Blog: Voters Support Passing The American Families And Jobs Plan Through Reconciliation — And Blame Republicans For Lack Of Bipartisanship
Blog: Voters Prioritize Creating Jobs Over Inflation And The National Debt
Blog: Nine Years After Daca: Voters Across Parties Support A Path To Citizenship
Memo: Progressive Guide To The American Jobs Plan


DFP In The News 
The New York Times: Born on the Left, Data for Progress Comes of Age in Biden’s Washington
New York Magazine: Wall Street’s Favorite DA Candidate Donated $8.2 Million to Her Own Campaign
The New Yorker: Does Tech Need a New Narrative?
MSNBC: The Senate's summer plans: GOP filibusters on voting rights, gun control and more
The Intercept: Wall Street’s Candidate Gave Herself $8 Million For Manhattan District Attorney Race
Vox: Poll: A majority of voters support the PRO Act


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