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Polls show that huge majorities support the key provisions in President
Biden's Build Back Better reconciliation bill, like universal pre-K,
paid family leave, expanding Medicaid, and clean energy. It's all paid
for with tax increases on the ultra wealthy, which are also hugely
popular.

So how are just two Democratic senators—Joe Manchin and Kyrsten
Sinema—getting away with blocking it?

With a huge assist from the corporate media.

Most Americans simply don't know what's in the reconciliation bill,
because the corporate media rarely mentions anything except the overall
price tag: $3.5 trillion. Worse yet, they provide no context for that
number, failing to mention that it's spread out over a decade or that
it's a fraction of the military's budget within the same time frame.

Common Dreams is doing the reporting that the corporate media won't,
informing readers of all the vitally important investments in the
reconciliation bill, lifting up the voices of the working people who
need it, and calling out the false claims of Republicans, corporate
Democrats, and their billionaire backers who simply don't want to pay
their fair share of taxes.

Manchin and Sinema are on the verge of killing—or fatally weakening—the
Build Back Better bill. Will you donate to our critical Fall Campaign
and help us support our urgently needed reporting on the reconciliation
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