[ [link removed] ]Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for Congress


We had an
absolutely wild infrastructure vote Friday night.

Here’s what happened:

For months, Congress has been negotiating two bills that together make up
the President’s agenda: the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Build
Back Better Act. Together, they would make major investments in our
country’s physical and human infrastructure — the former to our roads and
bridges, and the latter to childcare, eldercare, climate action, paid
family leave, lowering prescription drug prices, and much more.

The agreement from the start was that the bills would pass together.
Progressives felt strongly that the President’s entire agenda needed to
pass in order for Democrats to deliver on long-held promises, most notably
acting on climate change. Working with movement leaders, we made clear
months ago, ‘no climate, no deal.’ That means if conservative Democrats
wouldn't step up to support the Build Back Better Act, they couldn't count
on our vote for their infrastructure bill.

But on Friday, a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill was scheduled
without the Build Back Better Act. So in order to hold the line and stand
our ground for the climate, Alexandria and the Squad voted ‘no’ on the
bipartisan infrastructure bill, just as they said they would from day
one.^1

[ [link removed] ]Add your name here to thank Alexandria for holding her ground and
together we can finish the job and pass the Build Back Better Act.

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The pressure around this vote was unreal. Lobbyists and corporations have
been fighting with everything they have for months to decouple the Build
Back Better Act from the infrastructure bill. Alexandria even got the CEO
at Exxon to admit in a public hearing he’s been in direct conversations
with legislators around the climate provisions in this bill. But
Alexandria doesn’t take a dime from lobbyists or CEOs. She answers to you.
That’s why she stood up for us, and that’s why we need your help now.

As you likely heard, the infrastructure bill still passed into law. House
leadership got several Republicans to support the bill and countered the
Squad’s ‘no’ votes. So, what now?

The President says he’s still committed to passing the Build Back Better
Act. And it’s absolutely critical that he and everyone else who made that
promise keeps their word.

[ [link removed] ]Now is the critical moment to ramp up pressure for the Build Back
Better Act. We need you to stand with Alexandria and commit to helping us
get Build Back Better over the line.

The Build Back Better Act contains the majority of the president's agenda
— including not just climate action but also paid leave, expanded
Medicare, universal pre-k and lower costs for insulin and other
prescription drugs. We must keep going and ensure these promises are
delivered.

In solidarity,

Team AOC

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1 - [ [link removed] ]Common Dreams


 

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