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Dear Friend,
Senator Joe Manchin has one powerful ally that no one is talking about, and it’s not Senator Mitch McConnell.
It’s the media.
In his effort to gut the Build Back Better act, Manchin has been driving the media’s narrative by focusing on the bill’s $3.5 trillion price tag instead of what is actually in the bill. And by keeping the spotlight on the money, Manchin and the other corporate Democrats in Congress are tanking a bill that working families desperately need.
Demand Progress members have sent more than 100,000 letters to Congress demanding a fully funded Build Back Better bill, and we’re using our social media reach and membership of nearly 1 million to help refocus this fight on the transformative programs we need for a progressive future.
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The Build Back Better act includes programs that are hugely popular with the public, like paid family leave and universal pre-K; Medicare expansion to include dental, vision, and hearing care—and lowering the eligibility age to 60!—plus elder care; affordable housing; and free community college.1
The bill also includes green energy incentives that would put us on a strong track for combatting the climate crisis.
Major news outlets have let Manchin get away with his diatribe about the Build Back Better act price tag by leaving unsaid the fact that the senator is well-funded by the fossil fuel industry and other corporate interests—corporations who don’t like that the Act is funded in part by making corporations pay their fair share.2
If Manchin gets his way, we'll lose our best chance in a generation at universal pre-K, affordable medications, child tax credits, and a big investment in solving the climate crisis. And if the media isn’t going to get the story straight, we are going to make sure to keep beating the drum until the narrative changes.
Will you donate to Demand Progress and help pass progressive priorities in Congress?
Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. Yahoo! Finance, "Most Democrats Want to Go Big on Build Back Better Act: Poll," October 13, 2021
2. The New Republic, "Follow the Money Into Joe Manchin’s Pockets," September 21, 2021
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