Friend,

We’re at a critical moment. Our entire Build Back Better agenda and progressive priorities are in jeopardy if we don’t defeat the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill tonight.

Check out my email below on why it’s critical we oppose the infrastructure deal until we’ve secured a full investment in our future―then rush an urgent contribution to hold the line and fight for our people- and climate-centered agenda.

This is not the time for half measures or to go back on our promises. While Democrats control the White House and Congress, we must deliver the change and government support that the American people need and deserve.

That’s why, together, with at least 22 of my progressive House colleagues, I’m demanding a vote on the full Build Back Better Act before agreeing to support the narrow bipartisan infrastructure deal. It’s our best bet to ensure we actually get the political change we need.

Whether it’s expanding Medicare to include dental, hearing, and vision, finally allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices and stop Big Pharma’s price gouging, securing monthly Child Tax Credit payments to tens of millions of families, or replacing lead pipes that poison our drinking water, we need a massive investment in our future.

With a vote expected tonight, can you rush a donation to demand Congress invest in justice, equity, and climate action? We have a narrow window of opportunity to deliver for our communities.

Thank you for fighting by my side.

-Rashida

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From: Rashida Tlaib
Date: Wed, Sep 29, 2021
Subject: TOMORROW: make-or-break vote
To: [email protected]

Friend,

Right now, we’re at a critical juncture. We have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tackle the climate crisis and make our society work for everyone, not just the wealthy few.

With Democrats in charge of the White House and Congress, our window to act is now. We must be bold and deliver the vision the American people voted for.

However, corporate lobbyists and conservative Democrats are trying to dictate our legislative priorities at the expense of the American people. They’re ramming through a much narrower infrastructure bill instead, which would take away all of our leverage to make the human investments we need and demand. That infrastructure vote is expected TOMORROW.

Let me be clear: bringing the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill to a vote without the Build Back Better Act at the same time is a betrayal. We will hold the line and vote it down.

This is not the time for half measures or to go back on our promises.

Friend, will you stand with me to #HoldTheLine and demand the biggest investment in poor and working families since the New Deal during the Great Depression? With so much at stake, rush an urgent contribution of $5 or more today, in advance of tomorrow’s make-or-break vote.

With the historic Build Back Better Act, we have a chance to address poverty and the climate crisis, creating millions of good green jobs while investing in affordable child care, free community college, direct monthly cash payments to families with children, affordable housing, health care, and more.

I successfully fought to include funding to help people repair their homes and to replace lead pipes that poison drinking water. The environmental racism and poisoning of our children in Flint and Detroit is also happening across the country, and the time for environmental justice is now.

We’d pay for this popular bill by making the rich and big corporations finally pay their fair share of taxes.

We were expecting Big Oil, Big Pharma, and other destructive industries to go on the attack. So progressives made a plan to link our reconciliation package with a narrow bipartisan infrastructure bill in order to pass both bills with the support of all Democrats—using this leverage to secure needed votes from corporate, conservative Democrats.

However, House leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi just went back on that deal and scheduled a vote on only the narrow infrastructure bill for TOMORROW.

This could seriously jeopardize our chances to pass the full Build Back Better agenda, which President Biden won on. If we fail to deliver big bold change on behalf of working people, it not only limits our ability to address justice and equity, it could tank our chances of staying in control of the White House, the Senate, and the House.

So there’s a lot riding on tomorrow’s vote.

I’m proud to be among a group of progressives in Congress publicly committing to hold the line—holding back our votes on tomorrow’s narrow infrastructure package until we first pass the much-needed Build Back Better Act.

We have a narrow window of time to transform people’s lives for the better, and I won’t back down. Before tomorrow’s important vote, can you show your support by making an urgent donation to our campaign today?

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Thank you for all you do. It is an honor to serve you in Congress.

- Rashida