Congressional #Republicans have a different plan—more giant tax cuts for #billionaires & big #corporations, ending the Affordable Care Act [#ACA], undermining workers by cutting #overtime & making it harder to #organize, & imposing a national sales #tax that would raise costs by nearly $4k/year. While they put billionaires first, we’ll keep fighting to grow the #MiddleClass.

Make no mistake: We have more to do to lower #costs & expand #opportunity. #Congress should pass our plan to build millions of new #homes, expand prescription #drug price caps, empower #workers & protect the #RightToOrganize, & cut #taxes for hardworking #families.

Under my [the #Biden] Administration, #unemployment has been the lowest in 50 yrs, a record 19M new businesses have been created, & #inflation & #InterestRates are falling. And we’re seeing the power of #CollectiveBargaining to lift up #workers’ wages—including the progress made by #dockworkers on record #wages w/carriers, & #port operators & the reopening of East Coast & Gulf #ports.

#economy #Bidenomics #DemocratsDidThat #ILA #unions #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024

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#POTUS recounted his various #legislative achievements, arguing they helped put the country back on track after the #COVID19 #pandemic, lower the #unemployment rate & bolster the #MiddleClass.

#Biden cited the $1.2T bipartisan #infrastructure #law that funded improvements to roadways, railways, ports & airports across the country.

He pointed to the #Chips & #Science Act, another bipartisan piece of #legislation that funded investments in semiconductor chip manufacturing.

If disparities exist between mental & medical care, insurers will need to lay out how they are attempting to address these gaps.

“#MentalHealth care is #HealthCare. But for far too many Americans, critical care & treatments are out of reach,” #POTUS Joe #Biden said in a press release announcing the final rules. “There is no reason that breaking your arm should be treated differently than having a mental health condition.”

[damn straight!]
#DemocratsDidThat #accountability #medical #policy #law

#Democrats in the #Arizona Legislature made a final push Wed to repeal the state’s long-dormant #ban on nearly all #abortions, which the state’s supreme court said can be enforced.

Voting wasn’t complete but the Senate had the 16 votes it needed to advance.

14 Dems in the Senate were joined by 2 Republican votes in favor of repealing the bill

#DemocratsDidThat #VoteBlue #ReproductiveRights #law
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-abortion-1864-ban-repeal-24578e546b69ca087e01034bcaf4aa01

The #RulesCommittee has traditionally been an organ of the speaker, & #legislation is typically advanced to the floor in a straight party-line vote.

It reflected the extent of #FarRight anger over Speaker #MikeJohnson’s plan to push through the #legislation over the opposition of #ultraconservative #Republicans, & underscored how heavily the speaker will have to rely on #Democrats to push it across the finish line.

#HouseRepublicans took a critical step late Thurs night toward bringing up the long-stalled foreign #aid bill for #Ukraine, after being forced to rely on Democrat votes to move a plan to consider it out of a key cmte & onto the floor.

The 9-to-3 vote in the critical #RulesCommittee was an early step in the convoluted process the #House is expected to go through over the next couple of days to approve the $95B aid package.