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Did Someone Say the Biggest Piece of Climate Legislation in U.S. History?

After what has seemed like a long summer from hell (thanks to the temperature outside and the six demons on the Supreme Court), Democrats are finally delivering on a major reconciliation deal that will make historic investments in clean energy and healthcare, all while reducing inflation and the national deficit. The Inflation Reduction Act will be the biggest piece of climate legislation in U.S. history and could slash emissions by 40%, reducing prescription drug costs at the same time. Sounds pretty amazing? American voters agree!

By a +51-point margin, voters support the Inflation Reduction Act. That includes an overwhelming majority of Democrats (95 percent), nearly three-quarters of Independents (73 percent), and over half of Republicans (52 percent).

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Voters also overwhelmingly support the bill’s historic investments in clean energy. Each of the climate provisions in the bill has the support of the majority of voters, with policies like fair labor and wage standards and investments in conservation measures proving especially popular.

The other major components of the bill include: investing in healthcare subsidies to stabilize insurance costs, reducing the national deficit by at least $300 billion, lowering prescription drug costs by allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices, and raising the minimum tax rates on large corporations to 15 percent. These plans are wildly popular, with over two-thirds of voters in support of each.

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We also find that nearly two-thirds of voters (64 percent) say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports the Inflation Reduction Act. With Manchin and Sinema’s blessing, the bill now heads to a Senate vote-a-rama, after which all 50 Democratic senators will need to be present to pass the bill. Basically, don’t let any Senators out of their homes until then, and send all of your energy to the Democrats who can finally get this thing across the finish line. They’ll need it.

Read the full polling here ([link removed]) and here ([link removed]) .

Here are some other highlights from DFP this week:

Greenwashing Is The New Black

With consumers indicating they are more likely to give companies a cookie ([link removed]) for taking action to address climate change, many businesses are now plotting sustainability strategies for their firms (convenient🙄). However, though more major corporations are making bold pledges to address climate change, many are failing ([link removed]) to make measurable progress toward their emissions reduction goals (this is called greenwashing).

New Data for Progress polling ([link removed]) underscores that voters want businesses to go beyond empty pledges and disclose their climate impact. Sixty-eight percent of voters say it is “very important” or “somewhat important” that the companies from which they purchase goods and services are transparent about how their business activities are impacting climate change.

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The clock is running out to meaningfully address climate change, and any time spent on corporate greenwashing is irresponsible and inexcusable given the scale of emissions reductions necessary to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. It’s ugly and it will kill us. Read the full blog here ([link removed]) .

Now Abortion is 🔙🔛🔝 (for young voters)

With the fall of Roe v. Wade and high prices dominating pre-midterm headlines, both issues are being widely featured in campaign messaging by Democratic and Republican candidates. Data for Progress surveyed ([link removed]) likely voters to determine the importance of abortion rights and economic issues in the upcoming midterms.

Consistent withprevious polling ([link removed]) on the priorities of midterm voters, we find that rising prices are still the top concern for Americans, although abortion rights have become a key issue to Democratic voters and young people in particular.

Among voters under the age of 45, 82 percent consider abortion rights to be an important issue to their vote, and only 8 percent do not see it as important at all. Young people have lived their entire lives with Roe v. Wade considered settled law, and its reversal is a sign that they may grow older withfewer rights ([link removed]) than their parents and grandparents had.

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So Dems, you’ll have to fix both. Read the full blog here ([link removed]) .

This Week From DFP

Vermont Poll: Becca Balint Leads Molly Gray by +32-Point Margin in Vermont’s At-Large Congressional Democratic Primary ([link removed])

National Poll: Voters Want Companies to Improve Transparency Around Their Climate Emissions ([link removed])

National Poll: Voters Support the Inflation Reduction Act ([link removed])

National Poll: Voters Demand Farm Animal Protections From Both Politicians and Companies ([link removed])

National Poll: Voters Favor Diplomacy, Not War, When It Comes to Stopping Iran’s Nuclear Program ([link removed])

National Poll: Young Voters Are More Likely to Prioritize Abortion Rights in Upcoming Midterms ([link removed])

National Poll: Voters Support the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in American Families ([link removed])
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Spectrum News:White House touts strong polling, support from former treasury chiefs on inflation bill ([link removed])

Washington Post:Opinion: The Kansas bombshell shows how Democrats might fix a big 2022 problem ([link removed])

New York Magazine:Will Kyrsten Sinema Kill Biden’s Climate and Health Agenda? ([link removed])

The Hill:How Fetterman is taking on Oz with an ‘irreverent,’ extremely online campaign ([link removed])

The Hill:Most voters support sending federal money to states to fund abortions: poll ([link removed])

The Hill:In the midterm elections, abortion rights are top issue for young voters ([link removed])

LA Times:This DIY box helps clear indoor air of the coronavirus. Why aren’t more people using them? ([link removed])

Insider:'I would die': People with disabilities say abortion bans could have fatal consequences ([link removed])

Newsweek:Kyrsten Sinema Approval Rating Struggles Amid Inflation Reduction Act Fight ([link removed])

Common Dreams:Polling Makes Clear: Americans Don't Want War With Iran ([link removed])

The Hill:Growing disconnects between citizens and legislators endanger US democracy ([link removed])

Bloomberg:Telehealth Has Failed ADHD Patients, But They Aren’t Giving Up ([link removed])

HuffPost:Democrats’ Climate Deal Puts U.S. Emissions Goals In Reach, 3 Separate Studies Show ([link removed])

HuffPost:The Kansas Abortion Vote Was A Stunner. But What Does It Mean For The Midterms? ([link removed])

Bloomberg Law:Biden’s Health Agency Looking to Boost Abortion Patient Privacy ([link removed])

The Gander:New Polls Show Michiganders Clash With Dixon on Key Election Issues ([link removed])

The Copper Courier:NEW POLL: Arizona Voters Disapprove of Kyrsten Sinema ([link removed])

Michigan Advance:How Trump’s footprint is all over Michigan’s race for governor ([link removed])

WAMC:A review of the race for Vermont's at-large U.S. House seat ([link removed])

Seven Days Vermont:Balint, Gray Work to Seal the Deal as Congressional Primary Rolls Into Final Week ([link removed])

VT Digger:Second poll shows Balint well ahead of Gray ([link removed])

The Fiscal Times:Sinema Seeks Changes to Dems’ Big Bill ([link removed])

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Dems Deliver

This week’s Dems Deliver is for billionaires and billionaires only. Self-made billionaires, nepotism babies, people who accidentally went viral and now have a Netflix show and an exclusive with HelloFresh — gather around the campfire.

Okay, so now that it’s just us, what’s up babes? The deal was you get premium access to Coachella, Met gala invites even though you’re just going to screw up the theme, and the opportunity to breathe the same air as the Avengers cast (read: Chris Evans), but you gotta at least do the bare minimum to protect the planet.

Do you really need to take a 17-minute flight in your private jet from Los Angeles to Camarillo ([link removed]) ? Watching a Disney-bound family of seven scramble to take their laptops out of their bags at TSA as an 80-year-old man from Tallahassee walks barefoot through security might be good for your soul. It really keeps you grounded.

Kylie, we expected this. You come from a family where learning how to use a knife was simply optional. The bar is low.

But Taylor?? We’ll remember this all too well (10 min version). Maybe we got lost in translation, maybe we asked for too much?? You broke us like a promise.

Okay, we swear, we’re done.

So private jets are out. But do not worry billionaire friends, because federally funded infrastructure is in. With Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure bill, traveling via commercial planes, trains, and boats will be so easy that you’ll be wondering what was nice about sipping champagne in your Italian leather covered seats. The US Army Corps of Engineers will receive $172.5 million to help fund critical water infrastructure projects in California, including $8 million to improve commercial navigation at the Port of Long Beach to allow larger ships to pass. Who needs a private jet when you have large ships?

To balance out the carbon dioxide emissions from said jets, $28 million will be used to revitalize the Los Angeles River, restoring hundreds of acres of habitat in the area. $1.5 million will go towards a Salton Sea feasibility study of public health and environmental impacts and $30.5 million will go to the Encinitas-Solana Beach Coastal Storm Damage Reduction Project to reduce coastal erosion

Focusing on public safety, $35 million will go to the San Joaquin River Basin to help reduce flood risk in the city of Stockton and $1.7 million will be used to complete a San Francisco Bay Shoreline feasibility study to reduce flood risk. You can learn more about the projects here ([link removed]) .

So to all our Kylies and Taylors and Elons out there, the Democrats are working toward a world where infrastructure is a great equalizer that brings us together, rather than tearing us and our planet apart. Let’s work towards a world where we use our ports for good, à la transporting billionaires from their beach house to their lake house.

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