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🧵 #BuildBackBetter immediately increases access to #childcare by increasing income eligibility right away. @ALG_G21 details state-by-state how the current system compares to the eligibility limit in the first year #BuildBackBetter Act. fal.cn/3lRF0
Under #CCDBG, families with incomes up to 85% SMI have access to #childcare assistance. But with limited resources, states often set their initial income eligibility below that.
#BuildBackBetter Act would expand eligibility from day one to 100 percent SMI. This means the maximum amount a family can earn and still receive assistance, would increase by thousands of dollars.
Here're gems from #JenPsaki statement on #JoeManchin
"Sen. Manchin claims that this change of position is related to inflation, but the think tank he cites—the Penn Wharton Budg Instit—issued a report <48 hrs ago that the Build Back Better Act will have virtually no..."
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"Sen. Manchin claims that this change of position is related to inflation, but the think tank he cites—the Penn Wharton Budg Instit—issued a report <48 hrs ago that the Build Back Better Act will have virtually no..."
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"...impact on inflation in the short term, & in the long run...will ease inflationary pressures."
"#Manchin cited deficit concerns in his statement. But the plan is fully paid for...Manchin knows that: #POTUS has told him that repeatedly, including this wk, face to face."
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"...impact on inflation in the short term, & in the long run...will ease inflationary pressures."
"#Manchin cited deficit concerns in his statement. But the plan is fully paid for...Manchin knows that: #POTUS has told him that repeatedly, including this wk, face to face."
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"On Tues, Sen #Manchin came to @WhiteHouse & submitted—to #POTUS , in person, directly—a written outline for a #BuildBackBetterAct that was the same size & scope as the President’s, & covered many of the same priorities. Manchin promised to continue conversations..."
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"On Tues, Sen #Manchin came to @WhiteHouse & submitted—to #POTUS , in person, directly—a written outline for a #BuildBackBetterAct that was the same size & scope as the President’s, & covered many of the same priorities. Manchin promised to continue conversations..."
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HAPPENING NOW: We're hosting a live town hall about gun violence prevention with @jerrytjordan, @fred_guttenberg, @abbeyclements & @rweingarten at 6:45 p.m. ET.
Follow along in the thread below, and watch live here: facebook.com/AFTunion
#EndGunViolenceNow
Follow along in the thread below, and watch live here: facebook.com/AFTunion
#EndGunViolenceNow
.@rweingarten: The last few days have been really difficult, with the anniversary of #SandyHook and the recent shooting in Oxford, MI. #EndGunViolenceNow
.@rweingarten: I wish say this is going to be our last town hall about preventing gun violence. But with the filibuster rules in the Senate, with the NRA, with the vigilantism growing in our country, we'd argue that gun violence is getting worse, not better. #EndGunViolenceNow
As an educator, I am committed to #BuildBackBetterAct's investment in students. From the youngest learners to higher education, this bill increases access and the affordability of learning.
Check out what's included for our students 👇
Check out what's included for our students 👇
Universal Pre-K for over 180,000 kids in Georgia is an enormous win in #BuildBackBetter 📚
High-quality preschool is the foundation of growing life-long learners and preparing our children for the future.
High-quality preschool is the foundation of growing life-long learners and preparing our children for the future.
#BuildBackBetter tackles higher education costs with an historic increase in Pell Grant values, the backbone of the financial aid system🎓
This bill invests in apprenticeship & training programs and makes a college degree more affordable across the board.
This bill invests in apprenticeship & training programs and makes a college degree more affordable across the board.
#ÚltimaHora 🇲🇽🇺🇸
Demócratas en la cámara de representantes de EE.UU aprueban el #BuildBackBetterAct, este proyecto incluye reformas migratorias importantes que por primera vez en años pasan al senado.
Demócratas en la cámara de representantes de EE.UU aprueban el #BuildBackBetterAct, este proyecto incluye reformas migratorias importantes que por primera vez en años pasan al senado.
Si bien no es la gran reforma migratoria es importante pues si se aprueba en el senado tal cual fue aprobada por los congresistas, este proyecto significa:
1. trabajar sin que empleadores inescrupulosos utilicen la falta de estatus migratorio para abusar del trabajador
1. trabajar sin que empleadores inescrupulosos utilicen la falta de estatus migratorio para abusar del trabajador
2. Permite otorgar una licencias de conducir.
3. Permite llevar a sus hijos a la escuela sin el temor a que la policía o ICE le detengan.
4. Permiso para visitar a sus seres queridos en su país de origen después de décadas de estar separados.
3. Permite llevar a sus hijos a la escuela sin el temor a que la policía o ICE le detengan.
4. Permiso para visitar a sus seres queridos en su país de origen después de décadas de estar separados.
The Build Back Better plan will:
-Creates millions of jobs
-Cuts costs for families and government
-Cuts taxes on the middle and working class
-The largest investment to fight climate change in American history
(1/3) #BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
-Creates millions of jobs
-Cuts costs for families and government
-Cuts taxes on the middle and working class
-The largest investment to fight climate change in American history
(1/3) #BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
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-Expanded access to affordable housing
-Increased investment in higher education
-Access to universal preschool
-Making the rich and corporations pay their fair share #BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
-Expanded access to affordable housing
-Increased investment in higher education
-Access to universal preschool
-Making the rich and corporations pay their fair share #BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
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-Universal pre-K
-$555 billion for climate
-$3k-3,600 cash for parents
-4 weeks paid leave
-Child and long-term care investments
-Expand Medicare
-Fill Medicaid coverage gap
-Lower drug prescription costs
#BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
-Universal pre-K
-$555 billion for climate
-$3k-3,600 cash for parents
-4 weeks paid leave
-Child and long-term care investments
-Expand Medicare
-Fill Medicaid coverage gap
-Lower drug prescription costs
#BuildBackBetterAct #BBB
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed the #BuildBackBetterAct!
What will it do for our climate and communities? (Thread!)
What will it do for our climate and communities? (Thread!)
The #BuildBackBetterAct is the biggest investment in climate action in U.S. history, and the biggest investment in social programs since the New Deal.
(Plus, it's fully paid for by raising taxes on the
ultra-wealthy and corporations.)
(Plus, it's fully paid for by raising taxes on the
ultra-wealthy and corporations.)
The #BuildBackBetterAct will fight the #ClimateCrisis.
It puts us on the path to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 2005 levels by 2030. This is essential for protecting us all from climate disasters, especially the BIPOC & frontline communities that are most harmed.
It puts us on the path to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 50% of 2005 levels by 2030. This is essential for protecting us all from climate disasters, especially the BIPOC & frontline communities that are most harmed.
1/ YES!!! My statement on the historic passage of paid family and medical leave and other care priorities in the Build Back Better Act (linked & below).
#paidleave
#paidleaveforall
#BuildBackBetterAct
#Childcare
#HCBS
#CareCantWait
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#paidleave
#paidleaveforall
#BuildBackBetterAct
#Childcare
#HCBS
#CareCantWait
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2/ “The United States is one step closer tonight to finally enacting a national paid family and medical leave program so that every working person can care for themselves, a new child or an ill loved one...
3/ Paid leave supports women’s full participation in the labor force. It boosts earnings, mitigates families’ costs, honors the caregiving that happens within our homes, promotes racial and economic justice, and shrinks health disparities....
With last night’s theatrics behind us, this morning @HouseDemocrats are going to pass the #BuildBackBetterAct.
This transformational package creates an economy that works for everyone and takes on climate change so that there is a future for generations to come. 🧵
This transformational package creates an economy that works for everyone and takes on climate change so that there is a future for generations to come. 🧵
The #BuildBackBetterAct lowers healthcare 🩺 costs by:
- finally allowing Medicare to negotiate Rx drug costs
- halting Big Pharma’s outrageous price hikes above inflation
- expanding the #ACA to make insurance more affordable
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- finally allowing Medicare to negotiate Rx drug costs
- halting Big Pharma’s outrageous price hikes above inflation
- expanding the #ACA to make insurance more affordable
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The #BuildBackBetterAct lowers childcare & family costs 👪 by:
- providing universal pre-k to all 3-& 4-year-olds
- capping childcare costs for families
- extending the ARP’s child tax credit
- expanding access to affordable home care for older adults & those w/ disabilities
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- providing universal pre-k to all 3-& 4-year-olds
- capping childcare costs for families
- extending the ARP’s child tax credit
- expanding access to affordable home care for older adults & those w/ disabilities
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Dems seem likely to vote on @POTUS' $1.6tn #BuildBackBetterAct today. One thing missing: Reform of the unemployment system.
Why does that matter? @economics dived into what happened in Georgia to 2.25m claims filed in the first year of the pandemic.
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Why does that matter? @economics dived into what happened in Georgia to 2.25m claims filed in the first year of the pandemic.
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The data we got show Black workers were more likely than White ones to be denied unemployment benefits in Georgia. As much as twice as likely...
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Georgia’s labor force has roughly 2x as many White workers as Black ones. But more Black workers filed for unemployment than White ones.
In the end 35% of the >900k Black workers who applied for help in the year after March 2020 did not get any.
In the end 35% of the >900k Black workers who applied for help in the year after March 2020 did not get any.
Kevin McCarthy's hack speech on the House floor is lasting longer than some of my marriages.
LOL, McCarthy is comparing Biden's presidency to Carter's. Dude. Biden is the modern FDR.
- American Rescue Plan, BIF, & now BBB to be passed
- US econ added 531K jobs in Oct in rebound from Sept
- Unemployment from 6.3% in Jan to 4.6%
- 80% of jobs lost in pandemic recovered
- American Rescue Plan, BIF, & now BBB to be passed
- US econ added 531K jobs in Oct in rebound from Sept
- Unemployment from 6.3% in Jan to 4.6%
- 80% of jobs lost in pandemic recovered
McCarthy is giving the GOP greatest hits -- he's now crying about us being out of Afghanistan, as if Trump didn't sign the withdrawal agreement; there was also Green new Deal, the border, masks....This is why booze was made.
While cable news likes to talk about everything that's NOT in the Build Back Better Act, the reality is @HouseDemocrats are going to pass the most significant legislation since Roosevelt's New Deal. It’s impossible to overstate the positive impacts this bill will have on America.
@HouseDemocrats To better understand just how important this legislation will be, let’s break down some of what’s in the bill and what it will do for communities in Chicago and across the country.
@HouseDemocrats First, let’s start with our nation’s first federal paid leave policy. Families will finally be empowered to care for their new child or a sick parent thanks to a federal program providing four weeks of paid family and medical leave.
Report on #familychildcare supply is here!🎉 FCC educators face many barriers to entry & sustainability. The biggest? #ECE #policy challenges. But their strengths keep them going. Buckle up 🧵(1/n) bit.ly/3bj0gps
#solvechildcare #earlyedchat #childcare @JulietBromer
#solvechildcare #earlyedchat #childcare @JulietBromer
In this exploratory mixed method study, we asked 179 current/former regulated #familychildcare educators (FCCEs) across 4 states (CA, FL, MA, WI) about their experiences entering, staying in, and/or leaving the field, and we learned A LOT. (2/n)
ON LEAVING: 30 former FCCEs (small N, exploratory!) shared intersecting challenges w/ systems, economics, working conditions, & personal factors that contributed to their decisions to close their businesses (pre-COVID). Most mentioned at least 2/3 of the core challenges. (3/n)
💊💊TWEETORIAL ALERT💊💊
New work out this evening in @NEJM @NEJMPerspec on the plan to redesign #Medicare #PartD and how much savings there might be for people enrolled in the program! This has been a moving target (I'm looking at you #BuildBackBetter)! I've got you covered! 1/7
New work out this evening in @NEJM @NEJMPerspec on the plan to redesign #Medicare #PartD and how much savings there might be for people enrolled in the program! This has been a moving target (I'm looking at you #BuildBackBetter)! I've got you covered! 1/7
The article is here for your reading pleasure:
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
I calculated savings relative to the 2022 benefit for the top 15 highest spending drugs in Part D for the major bills introduced that aimed to redesign the program. None are an exact fit, but HR3 is maybe the closest given the $2000 cap. Some details are still unknown. 2/7
Today the House released its updated #BuildBackBetterAct. It continues to include all the essential funding allocations listed below! It also phases in S8 vouchers faster to create more new vouchers (300,000+) & expands/makes important improvements to LIHTC.
For the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, the #BuildBackBetterAct will phase in (over 3 years) temporary 40% increase of credits and lower the 50% test for bond financed properties to 25% for 5 years.
The bill also improves LIHTC program w/: new 8% set-aside for ELI properties & permanent 50% basis boost in properties w/ELI tenants; permanent basis boost for tribal properties; a fix to qualified contract loophole, & modified/improved Right of First Refusal
NEWS: Numerous West Virginia organizations have released a strongly worded joint statement calling on Congress to pass #BuildBackBetter.
In it, they condemn @Sen_JoeManchin for shrinking the bill and call on him to stand with Democrats to pass it now. 🧵1/
In it, they condemn @Sen_JoeManchin for shrinking the bill and call on him to stand with Democrats to pass it now. 🧵1/
2/ "West Virginians are counting on Democrats to ensure the #BuildBackBetterAct is passed. West Virginia needs the President’s full agenda to pass and we cannot count on our Senator to make sure it does.
3/ "For months now all eyes have been on @Sen_JoeManchin, one of only two Democrats in Congress who have opposed President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.
Senator Manchin could have used that attention to shine a spotlight on the struggles of families across West Virginia.
Senator Manchin could have used that attention to shine a spotlight on the struggles of families across West Virginia.
Long🧵on the provisions of #BuildBackBetter on all things #electricity & #grid. The act starts w/ ~3bn in loans for electric co-ops @NRECANews, incl. projects w/ #batteries. Co-ops have been very involved in @ENERGY-funded R&D & are now enabled to bring results to practice! 1/
It is funny that in my postdoc work @CMU_ECE & @NRECANews w/ @eeregov funding, we actually studied the added value of #battery to #photovoltaics for residential customers' energy cost savings: energy.gov/eere/solar/pro… & [1],[3], [4] here panay1ot1s.com/publications-s… 2/
Another ~10bn to co-ops for loans until 2031 to improve #resilience & #reliability w/ investments in #renewables & #transmission . Co-ops 'own' transmission lines & this money can motivate adjacent upgrades. Also critical that #renewables & #transmission appear together here! 3/
1/ MAHA incoming executive director Symone Crawford issued the following statement today after President Biden and Congressional leaders released the framework for the #BuildBackBetterAct
2/ the agreement includes significant funding for affordable housing, including a first-generation down payment assistance program inspired by MAHA’s STASH matched savings program for first-gen homebuyers. #mapoli #bospoli #FirstGenHome
“3 years ago when we designed the nation’s 1st program for buyers without a family history of homeownership, we never dreamed the concept of targeting #FirstGenHome buyers would go from an idea to the verge of reality in the halls of DC in such a short time. #fromDorchestertoDC
The House #BuildBackBetterAct includes key climate investments to reach the United States’ 2030 goals and deliver real benefits for all Americans. As Congress negotiates the bill, more than $600 billion in climate spending is on the table.
Here's what's at stake [thread]:
Here's what's at stake [thread]:
Clean Electricity Payment Program: CEPP would incentivize utilities to transition electricity generation from fossil fuels to clean energy through grants and fees. If implemented together w/ clean energy tax credits, 80% of US electricity could come from clean sources by 2030.
CEPP would be a game changer for climate and public health. More in my op-ed with Lori Bird in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/energy…
@AnnAnne700 @Sludge @BruceAl97473014 @frankthorp @AriNatter @CNN @MSNBC @Sen_JoeManchin reneged on his agreement to support $3.5T in spending for the wildly popular #BuildBackBetterAct not for ideological reasons but because he & his family make vast amounts of wealth from the giant corporate tax cheats who will pay for it. And the #MSM is complicit.
@AnnAnne700 @Sludge @BruceAl97473014 @frankthorp @AriNatter @CNN @MSNBC @Sen_JoeManchin @JoeManchinWV's word is worthless. He agreed to spend $3.5T to #BuildBackBetter for the American people to get @SenateDems to pass his corporate trickle down BIB. Once it passed, he reneged on that agreement. He cannot be trusted. #VoteHimOut @WVCantWait
@AnnAnne700 @Sludge @BruceAl97473014 @frankthorp @AriNatter @CNN @MSNBC @Sen_JoeManchin @JoeManchinWV @SenateDems @WVCantWait Arrogant, condescending @Lawrence of @TheLastWord smugly devoted an entire show on Thursday singing the praises of #corrupt Machiavellian #JoeManchin. That's the last time I will watch his show. He needs to be fired. @maddow
Listen as my sweet pup talks about the importance of calling your 2 Senators&demanding that they pass the infrastructure bill!
☎️ 202-224-3121 ☎️
#demsdeliverjobs
#BuildBackBetter
#dogsoftwitter
Ask your friends to call,too-calls R counted so call no matter who your Senators are
☎️ 202-224-3121 ☎️
#demsdeliverjobs
#BuildBackBetter
#dogsoftwitter
Ask your friends to call,too-calls R counted so call no matter who your Senators are
Here's how we pay for it. Btw, it's half the defense budget, but it'll help the American people millions of times more! And it will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, protect the environment & health of our country.
#DemsDeliverJobs #BuildBackBetterAct
#DemsDeliverJobs #BuildBackBetterAct
And this plan is popular!
So please call your Senators!
202-224-3121
If not you, who?
#DemsDeliverJobs
#BuildBackBetter
#BuildBackBetterAct
So please call your Senators!
202-224-3121
If not you, who?
#DemsDeliverJobs
#BuildBackBetter
#BuildBackBetterAct
If the nuclear power industry is so prosperous, why are they lobbying for over $50 billion in federal subsidies from #BuildBackBetter to keep aging reactors online? There’s no “innovation” in simply bailing out the status quo.
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Let’s talk jobs. Did you know that bailing out existing reactors would not create a single new American job? Nuclear power plants have actually been cutting jobs, despite the big state-level bailout checks they have cashed.
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🚨NEW DRUG PRICING REPORT FROM @OversightDems
Our shocking findings confirm what patients have always known: Our system is unfair, unsustainable, and COSTS TAXPAYERS BILLIONS in lost savings.
Now we have Big Pharma's internal docs that show just how bad it is! 👇 1/7
Our shocking findings confirm what patients have always known: Our system is unfair, unsustainable, and COSTS TAXPAYERS BILLIONS in lost savings.
Now we have Big Pharma's internal docs that show just how bad it is! 👇 1/7
Over just a 5 year period, if Medicare had secured the same deals as other federal health care programs that CAN NEGOTIATE, taxpayers would have saved $25.1B on JUST SEVEN DRUGS. 2/7
When we looked at just 3 frequently used insulin products over a 7 year period, we found that Medicare could have saved more than $16.7 BILLION. 3/7
I want to pull out some of the great labor provisions in the House #BuildBackBetterAct
Tho reconciliation rules prevent Congress from completely re-balancing Corporate V Labor power, this bill is a big win for workers
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Tho reconciliation rules prevent Congress from completely re-balancing Corporate V Labor power, this bill is a big win for workers
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First, the @EdLaborCmte bill cracks down on Wage Theft, with hefty new fines (10X the old fines!) the @USDOL can impose when employers steal from their workers
This will make employers think twice and obey overtime and min wage laws
This will make employers think twice and obey overtime and min wage laws
Its important because @JaniceFine6 @jennround @Daniel_J_Galvin @RutgersCIWO documented that wage theft:
-is quite common
-the avg violation steals 20% of a workers wage
-affects women and people of color most, exacerbating the #WageGap
equitablegrowth.org/research-paper…
-is quite common
-the avg violation steals 20% of a workers wage
-affects women and people of color most, exacerbating the #WageGap
equitablegrowth.org/research-paper…
