[ [link removed] ]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress


The House
returns to D.C. next week to move forward on the infrastructure bill and
reconciliation plan.

If you’re confused on what’s happened and where we’re at between the
infrastructure and reconciliation debates, you’re not alone. Here’s a
review from where we started and where we are now:

FIRST President Biden drew up a $2.6 trillion infrastructure bill earlier
this year that would not only fund the repairs of over 20,000 miles of
roads and 10,000 bridges, but would also prioritize funding for urgent
priorities like climate, affordable housing, eldercare, and more.

THEN a group of corporate-backed Senators, Republicans and “moderate”
Democrats, got together and stripped out the funding for our key
priorities — putting forward what they’re calling a “bipartisan deal”
that’s less than a quarter the size of President Biden’s proposed plan.
The Senate’s “bipartisan” plan fully eliminated funding for:

* In-home care — which would have raised wages for workers who provide
health care for older adults and people with disabilities;
* Innovation — cutting investments in U.S.-based manufacturing and
funding research on climate change and energy;
* Buildings — cutting funding for public housing, child care centers and
community colleges, modernizing public schools, and upgrading federal
hospitals.

This plan passed in the Senate earlier this month, and must be passed by
the House next before it can be signed into law. But Alexandria and her
progessive colleagues aren’t going to let go of these priorities just so
we can label the plan as “bipartisan.”

NOW Alexandria and her colleagues have vowed to withhold their votes on
the bipartisan infrastructure bill unless a budget bill that addresses the
scope of the climate crisis, invests in care work, tackles homelessness,
expands Medicare, and addresses immigration reform passes at the same time
— by a simple majority vote through a process known as budget
reconciliation.

Republicans and conservative Democrats want Congress to vote on the
infrastructure bill now — independent of the budget reconciliation
package. But Alexandria and our movement won’t stand for it.

The progressive caucus has enough votes to ensure our priorities end up in
the final reconciliation package, and they won’t vote yes on the
infrastructure bill until it’s official.

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$3 contribution from you today would send a powerful
message to Congress that the people are united behind a joint
infrastructure and budget package that meets the scale and scope of the
crises we’re in. Can we count on your $3 contribution today
so that Alexandria can keep up the pressure as the House resumes next
week?



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