Hi,
Here's what's actually in the Build Back Better Act -- and what right-wing
Democrats are trying to weaken or remove entirely, according to CNN:^1
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Everything in both columns is very popular with the public. It's the
agenda Joe Biden won the White House with in 2020, and progressives like
Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Pramila Jayapal want to make sure
that Congress passes it into law.
But a tiny group of right-wing Democrats, including Joe Manchin, Kyrsten
Sinema, Josh Gottheimer, and a few others, are working with corporate
lobbyists to stop the Build Back Better plan. They already cut the plan
from $6 trillion down to $3.5 trillion. Now they want to go further -- and
take away things like dental coverage for seniors, affordable housing,
affordable child care, and free community college.
[ [link removed] ]Will you speak out now in this crucial moment? Sign the petition and
tell Congress to pass the entire $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan,
including climate action and health care Americans desperately need!
ADD YOUR NAME
If right-wing Democrats get their way and weaken the reconciliation bill,
they will not only undercut millions of American people but the very
promises Democratic leadership -- including the president -- made when
negotiating these priorities.
Not enough Americans know what's in this bill. It would provide the
American people critically important and potentially transformative things
like:
* Ensuring all kids have access to early childhood education through
universal pre-K.
* Providing more Americans with the health care we need through Medicare
expansion.
* Making critical medicine accessible by lowering prescription drug
prices.
* Tackling the urgent threat of a warming planet through bold climate
action.
This is the agenda Americans chose in 2020. And it's massively popular
with the public.^2 Members of Congress must hold Biden, Pelosi, and
Schumer to the promise they made to the American people and get this done.
Why would any Democrat oppose it? The large contributions they've received
for mega-corporations who don't want to pay the higher taxes that are
included in this plan may have something to do with it.^3
Together, we can send a clear message to members of Congress that the
people's agenda will not be swept aside or silenced.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Congress must pass the full $3.5 trillion Build Back
Better agenda!
Thanks for taking action,
Robert and the team at Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. CNN, "How Democrats could shrink their $3.5 trillion spending plan,"
[ [link removed] ]October 6, 2021.
2. Office of Speaker Pelosi, "New Poll: Overwhelming Majority of Americans
Support Build Back Better Act," [ [link removed] ]September 21, 2021.
3. New York Times, "As Sinema resists the budget bill, she is set to raise
money from business groups that oppose it.," [ [link removed] ]September 27, 2021.
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