The administration’s jobs and infrastructure package is very popular, but big money is fighting it tooth and nail.
A recent poll showed that if Sinema continues to protect the filibuster and block the Democratic agenda, 66% of likely Democratic primary voters would back a challenger who will help end the filibuster.
"This is what happens when you let the food and chemical companies, not the FDA, decide whether our food is safe to eat."
"The rich can afford to pay a fairer share in taxes, but many families in Maine can't afford to lose out on this commonsense tax relief."
"The Republican Party in a nutshell: contemptible, cruel, and corrupt."
"Do not think we are going quietly into the night, we will continue to stand on the frontlines until every last tar sands pipeline is shut down and Indigenous communities are no longer targeted."
"In the face of the escalating climate and environmental crises, senseless violence, and blatant human rights abuses, they successfully engage for a better future through solidarity and organization."
There is no "the environment"—we are the environment. As we treat each other, so we treat the world.
A "public option" for health insurance is broadly popular with Americans.
Calls for his recusal aim to undercut the Biden administration's antitrust enforcement and should be rejected by DOJ.
"We obviously didn't envision having Republicans as part of our party," said Rep. Ilhan Omar.
They are trying to create chaos the media will blame on the Democrats while making it infinitely more difficult to pass Biden's $3.5 trillion Build Back Better legislation.
"The world is on the brink of a sixth mass extinction," said the director of one advocacy group. "Enforcing conservation laws like the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is vital."
At a panel on Tuesday, officials condemned vaccine apartheid, rising food insecurity, and other markers of inequality that have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
"Extinction is not inevitable. It is a political choice."
"Congress needs to do its job, fight these bullies, and pass a budget package for the people."
"The agreement from the beginning was that all the pieces would move together," said the Massachusetts Democrat. "I don't want to see that deal broken."
"This is the biggest finding of sexual abuse perpetrated during a single U.N. initiative in one area or one country during the time-bound period of a U.N. response effort," said one campaigner.
"Backtracking on this reconciliation bill means people will continue to die at the hands of the climate crisis," said one Sunrise Movement activist.