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On this day two years ago, Democrats ignited a beacon of hope for America’s families, as @POTUS Biden signed into law our American Rescue Plan. Two years later, families are feeling the impact of this life-saving, life-changing law.
We have seen the strongest 2 years of job growth with 12.4 million jobs created. Health care is now more affordable & accessible than ever before. With support for state & local government we honored health care workers, first responders, teachers, transportation workers & more.
Democrats forged this progress without one Republican vote. Under President Biden’s leadership, Democrats are fighting to build on this foundation as we continue to put #PeopleOverPolitics.
Read my full statement here: pelosi.house.gov/news/press-rel…
Read my full statement here: pelosi.house.gov/news/press-rel…
It is shameful, but not surprising, that @HouseGOP’s first order of business in this Congress is to protect corporate America and ultra-wealthy individuals who are illegally avoiding taxes.
Last summer, Democrats enacted the Inflation Reduction Act: bolstering resources to ensure the wealthiest few & greediest corporations will pay what they owe. Now, Republicans want to rip away these resources, which will drive up the deficit & let wealthy tax cheats off the hook.
This new MAGA Majority in the House will always choose its rich donors and political interests over the well-being of working families. @HouseDemocrats are fighting back against this extreme agenda — because we put #PeopleOverPolitics. pelosi.house.gov/news/press-rel…
The November jobs report is the latest evidence that our strong, steady, expectation-shattering recovery continues.
Under @POTUS & @HouseDemocrats, our nation has seen the strongest jobs growth on record: 10.5 million new jobs added, including 750,000 new jobs in manufacturing.
Under @POTUS & @HouseDemocrats, our nation has seen the strongest jobs growth on record: 10.5 million new jobs added, including 750,000 new jobs in manufacturing.
During the 117th Congress, Democrats have enacted a job-creating economic agenda that has propelled our nation from the depths of the pandemic.
Our American Rescue Plan got millions of Americans swiftly, safely back to work – with vaccines in arms & relief for small businesses.
Our American Rescue Plan got millions of Americans swiftly, safely back to work – with vaccines in arms & relief for small businesses.
We built on this progress with our Infrastructure Law, creating new union-protected jobs rebuilding our roads, bridges, public transit and more.
We’re paving new pathways to high-paying careers in STEM, R&D, and semiconductor manufacturing with the CHIPS and Science Law.
We’re paving new pathways to high-paying careers in STEM, R&D, and semiconductor manufacturing with the CHIPS and Science Law.
Democrats have been laser-focused on lowering the cost of living for America’s working families.
@POTUS & @HouseDemocrats have sparked a record-setting jobs recovery, and at the same time, we have enacted landmark laws to make progress toward lowering the cost of living.
@POTUS & @HouseDemocrats have sparked a record-setting jobs recovery, and at the same time, we have enacted landmark laws to make progress toward lowering the cost of living.
The #InflationReductionAct slashes the cost of prescription drugs, locks in lower health care premiums, cuts energy bills and reduces the deficit — while making the wealthiest few and big corporations pay their fair share.
Every single Republican voted No on this law.
Every single Republican voted No on this law.
The #AmericanRescuePlan lowered health care costs, extended needed unemployment benefits and delivered a vital lifeline in the Child Tax Credit.
Again, every single Republican voted No on this important law.
Again, every single Republican voted No on this important law.
This year’s cost-of-living boost in benefits is an important reminder that Social Security is the bedrock of financial security for America’s seniors in challenging times. Yet extreme MAGA Republicans are doubling down on slashing Social Security & Medicare.
The increase in Social Security benefits, together with the historic action that Democrats have delivered to lower seniors’ prescription drug costs with the Inflation Reduction Act, shows the vital role Medicare and Social Security provide to protect seniors from rising costs.
Yet with Social Security & Medicare as essential as ever, extreme MAGA Republicans are openly plotting new schemes to slash seniors’ benefits & raise their costs – including by threatening to cause an economic catastrophe by holding the debt limit hostage for their toxic agenda.
Today’s jobs numbers offer further proof that America remains on a path of strong, sustainable job growth. Under @POTUS Biden and a Democratic Congress, our nation has seen the strongest jobs recovery in modern times.
This progress was powered by Democrats’ economic agenda: from our Rescue Plan to our Infrastructure Law to our CHIPS and Science Act.
But Republicans overwhelmingly opposed these laws — and the historic job creation they have sparked.
But Republicans overwhelmingly opposed these laws — and the historic job creation they have sparked.
At the same time, while Democrats are lowering kitchen table costs for families with our #InflationReductionAct, @HouseGOP has put forth an extreme MAGA agenda that would raise prescription drug prices, slash Social Security and Medicare, and diminish our economy.
Today’s rollout is the latest evidence of House Republicans’ whole-hearted Commitment to MAGA: going all-in on an extremist agenda designed to greatly diminish Americans’ health, freedom and security.
This alarming new extreme MAGA platform threatens to criminalize women’s health care, slash seniors’ Medicare and raise prescription drug prices, and attack our free and fair elections.
But this extreme MAGA agenda is way out of step with Americans’ priorities, who align with Democrats’ vision of putting #PeopleOverPolitics: with lower costs, better-paying jobs and safer communities.
Today is a day of important progress on one of @HouseDemocrats’ top priorities: building safer communities. The #InvestToProtectAct we passed today – rooted in Democrats’ values of safety & justice – takes a strong step to prevent crime, save lives & advance justice.
Led by @RepJoshG & @RepBeatty the #InvestToProtectAct funds our police & includes training for de-escalation & nonlethal force, substance use disorders response, & supporting survivors of domestic violence. This legislation is a victory for safety & accountability for all.
We passed 3 bills to save lives: @RepKatiePorter's sends unarmed mental health professionals for mental health crises, @RepHorsford's invests in effective community violence intervention & @RepValDemings' ensures police can solve violent crimes & advances justice for victims.
The nationwide abortion ban proposal put forth today is the latest, clearest signal of extreme MAGA Republicans intent to criminalize women’s health freedom in all 50 states and arrest doctors for providing basic care.
Make no mistake: if Republicans get the chance, they will work to pass laws even more draconian than this bill – just like the bans they have enacted in states like Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma.
We are already seeing the agonizing reality of the radical bans enacted by radical right-wing state legislatures – and extreme MAGA Republicans in Congress clearly want to inflict this same suffering on every woman in every state.
Today, a radical, Republican-appointed federal judge ruled that employers can deny coverage for PrEP: a drug proven to save lives from HIV/AIDS and a key strategy for ending the epidemic.
This disturbing decision amounts to open homophobia: unleashing unthinkable suffering and death specifically among the LGBTQ community.
This decision also threatens vital preventative health services guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act, including birth control, vaccinations and routine health screenings.
On #LaborDay, our nation honors the skill, devotion and solidarity of the hard-working Americans who make up the heart of our economy and the foundation of our country’s strength. 
This year, while marking the transformative achievements of America’s labor movement throughout our history, we celebrate an organizing wave that is reaching workplaces across the nation – from coffee shops and warehouses to newsrooms and ballparks.
.@POTUS and Congressional Democrats are proud to fight alongside a burgeoning labor movement as we put #PeopleOverPolitics.
Because we know that the middle class is the backbone of our Democracy – and the middle class has a union label on it.
Because we know that the middle class is the backbone of our Democracy – and the middle class has a union label on it.
Tonight, @POTUS Biden, in his inspiring and optimistic remarks, made crystal clear that our rights, our freedom and our Democracy are on the line.
Every American who cares about the integrity of our Democracy, the fairness of our economy, the safety of our communities and the health of our planet is grateful to the President for his values-based vision and patriotic leadership.
Extreme MAGA Republicans are orchestrating a sinister campaign. By criminalizing women's health care, ending Social Security & Medicare & undermining our elections, the GOP is working to turn back the clock on fundamental liberties while fanning the flames of violence & division.
As August comes to an end, let's take a look back at the historic accomplishments Democrats delivered this month.
We're taking action to create jobs, lower costs, and build an economy that works for working people — not wealthy corporations.🧵
We're taking action to create jobs, lower costs, and build an economy that works for working people — not wealthy corporations.🧵
This month, @POTUS Biden signed the #InflationReductionAct into law.
This once-in-a-generation law cuts costs for families, protects affordable health care for millions, and makes the largest investment ever in cleaner, cheaper energy.
budget.house.gov/InflationReduc…
This once-in-a-generation law cuts costs for families, protects affordable health care for millions, and makes the largest investment ever in cleaner, cheaper energy.
budget.house.gov/InflationReduc…
Democrats delivered the CHIPS and Science Act to invest in American semiconductor manufacturing.
American scientists develop the cutting-edge chips powering our electronics — and we're making sure American workers manufacture them too.
American scientists develop the cutting-edge chips powering our electronics — and we're making sure American workers manufacture them too.
Today, the American people mark the 102nd anniversary of the 19th Amendment: a hard-won victory secured by generations of women bravely fighting to build a more perfect union.
In winning the right to vote more than a century ago, trailblazing suffragists tore down a seemingly immovable barrier to women’s full and equal citizenship in our Democracy.
Too often unsung in the American story, courageous women of color continued advancing that struggle for decades after – moving us ever closer to realizing our founding promise of liberty and justice for all.
.@POTUS just signed into law Democrats’ #InflationReductionAct.
This historic legislation will lower kitchen table costs, create good-paying jobs, deliver the most significant action on climate in history while reducing the deficit.
Here’s what it means for you:
This historic legislation will lower kitchen table costs, create good-paying jobs, deliver the most significant action on climate in history while reducing the deficit.
Here’s what it means for you:
If you’re a senior: the #InflationReductionAct slashes your prescription drug costs.
By empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, preventing excessive price hikes faster than inflation and capping out-of-pocket costs to $2,000 per year, you'll keep more money in your pocket.
By empowering Medicare to negotiate drug prices, preventing excessive price hikes faster than inflation and capping out-of-pocket costs to $2,000 per year, you'll keep more money in your pocket.
If you’re one of the 13 million working Americans with an affordable plan under the ACA: The #InflationReductionAct will keep saving you an average of $800/year.
This new law locks in lower health care premiums, so you’ll be able to keep your coverage and save on health costs.
This new law locks in lower health care premiums, so you’ll be able to keep your coverage and save on health costs.
Nearly nine decades ago, amid the turmoil and hardship of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act – ensuring that, after a lifetime of hard work, seniors could enjoy the dignity of a secure retirement.
For generations, Social Security has been a pillar of financial stability: bringing peace of mind to those in retirement, living with a disability or grieving a loved one. Yet, Republicans are continuing their extreme efforts to unwind this transformative legislative achievement.
Today, tens of millions of Americans rely on their hard-earned Social Security checks to get by each month. Rather than safeguarding and strengthening these essential benefits, extreme MAGA Republicans are seeking to destroy Social Security as we know it.
Congratulations to @SenateDems for the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act.
This bill is a major step forward in Democrats' fight to put #PeopleOverPolitics: lowering kitchen table costs, reducing the cost of health care, creating jobs and addressing the climate crisis.
This bill is a major step forward in Democrats' fight to put #PeopleOverPolitics: lowering kitchen table costs, reducing the cost of health care, creating jobs and addressing the climate crisis.
Today is a victory for America’s families and for our planet.
This landmark legislation, which includes key proposals from @HouseDemocrats, will rein in health care costs: extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
This landmark legislation, which includes key proposals from @HouseDemocrats, will rein in health care costs: extending Affordable Care Act subsidies and empowering Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices.
By defending America’s energy security and reducing carbon pollution by nearly 40 percent by the end of the decade, it will slash energy costs and help save the planet.
On this day 57 years ago, our nation took an historic step toward forging a more perfect union with the landmark Voting Rights Act, helping realize our founding ideal: government of, by and for the people.
This transformative achievement – made possible by generations of Americans who bravely fought, marched and organized – cracked down on racist voter discrimination and opened the doors of polling places across the country.
Yet nearly six decades after this pillar of justice and Democracy was signed into law, extreme MAGA Republicans are still attempting to erase Americans’ sacred right to vote and even nullify the results of fair, free elections.
Today, Democrats took a monumental step toward fully honoring the sacrifice of our heroes in uniform. Thanks to @RepMarkTakano, @SenatorTester, veterans and veterans’ champions, the Honoring our PACT Act has overcome Republican obstruction and will soon be the law of the land.
The PACT Act secures access to life-saving care for millions of veterans exposed to deadly toxins in the line of duty, as well as empowering those harmed at Camp Lejeune to have their day in court.
Democrats have always sought to find bipartisan common ground in service of our veterans, and it is a profound disappointment that Senate Republicans chose to play partisan games with the well-being of sick war heroes.
Time to dispel a myth.
Missouri ISN'T a red state. The people of our great state are independent-minded, care about the issues, and look for leaders who speak to them directly without condescending. The numbers don't lie.
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Missouri ISN'T a red state. The people of our great state are independent-minded, care about the issues, and look for leaders who speak to them directly without condescending. The numbers don't lie.
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Since 2018:
☑ We rejected Right to Work.
☑ We passed Clean Missouri.
☑ We passed medical marijuana.
☑ We passed Medicaid expansion.
In short: we protected workers and wages, fought political corruption, and expanded healthcare to serve the people.
☑ We rejected Right to Work.
☑ We passed Clean Missouri.
☑ We passed medical marijuana.
☑ We passed Medicaid expansion.
In short: we protected workers and wages, fought political corruption, and expanded healthcare to serve the people.
So let me speak plainly:
As AG, I'll protect workers and take on corporations who deprive them of a fair wage. I'll defend Clean Missouri so politicians are accountable to the people. And I'll make sure our government safeguards your healthcare.
richfinneran.com
As AG, I'll protect workers and take on corporations who deprive them of a fair wage. I'll defend Clean Missouri so politicians are accountable to the people. And I'll make sure our government safeguards your healthcare.
richfinneran.com
For the next 99 days leading up to the election, @LawsonForIN and I will be discussing our vision for the future of Indiana and what we will do as Governor & Lt. Governor to achieve it. Follow along with us to put #PeopleOverPolitics
Day 1: Criminal Justice Reform. Recent police-involved killings and public outcry have made it clear that our systems of policing and criminal justice need to be transformed. You can read our entire R.E.F.O.R.M. plan on how we will address this issue here: drwoodymyers.com/criminal-justi…
Day 2: Repairing our Criminal Justice System. We need to expand intervention efforts to keep people out of traditional courts and prisons. This includes decriminalizing mental illness and addiction, growing homelessness intervention, and ending the school-to-prison pipeline.
