We have a $3.5 trillion spending bill – known as the Build Back Better Act – up for a vote this month that could invest in universal pre-k for 3 & 4 year-olds, a Civilian Climate Corps, paid family and medical leave, extending the child tax credit, and so much more.
This vote is coming after months of debate around the President’s infrastructure plan. After a small bipartisan group stripped major priorities from the original infrastructure bill, Alexandria spoke out on our need to deliver on the priorities that voters elected Democrats to fight for. This new Build Back Better Act was created to actually pass the transformational changes that working families need — not just pass marginal changes that keep corporate donors comfortable.
Despite immense pressure to vote on the watered-down bipartisan infrastructure bill first, Alexandria and her colleagues have refused to give up their leverage and held the line to ensure that no one gets left behind in this spending plan. She and her colleagues won’t vote to pass the original bipartisan infrastructure bill without passing the Build Back Better Act. Period.
It’s time for Congress to deliver on the priorities that voters elected them to fight for — not the bare minimum. That’s what Alexandria is laser-focused on.
At every turn, Alexandria has worked to call out the corporate interests fueling the resistance to this bill and the leaders in Washington who are doing their bidding and holding up the President’s plan.
When Democrats like Senator Joe Manchin suggested we pause on advancing this bill, Alexandria called attention to his weekly meetings with Exxon lobbyists – pointing a finger at the dark money that’s blocking climate action in Congress.
We must take this opportunity to show people in this country what a Democratic majority can do for the people who elected us — instead of allowing corporate lobbyists to dictate our legislative priorities.
Together, we will pass this bill and continue delivering for working people.
With thanks,
Team AOC
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