Monday, June 29, 2026

Tag: Build Back Better

As US squanders $728.5 billion/ yr on Pentagon, China captures 65%...

The US Republican Party and their plus-one, Sen. Joe Manchin, are preventing the US from becoming the dominant automaker in the world in this decade by consistently shooting down the green energy and transportation provisions.

Why are we torching our best tool to end child poverty?

Ada Mae’s beautiful blonde curls are wild on this sunny, mild winter afternoon. I’ve just picked her up from...

Why getting Congress to fund help for US children in poverty...

The Build Back Better bill, the centerpiece of the Biden administration’s domestic policy, cleared the House of Representatives by a slender margin...

How Joe Manchin betrayed America’s working families

Ed Barnette long ago realized that affordable child care and paid sick leave, among other resources, would be essential to helping West...

‘Not true’: Sanders counters Manchin’s bogus inflation argument against Build Back...

"It's time for the American people to understand which side their senators are on."

Manchin under fire for blowing potential $60 billion hole in US...

The death of Democrats' $1.75 trillion reconciliation measure could deprive the U.S. economy of $60 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) over the next three quarters, hampering the nation's fragile recovery.

Probe shows Big Pharma ‘manipulated’ patent system and ‘raised prices with...

"The evidence overwhelmingly supports the need to pass the Build Back Better Act."

How the Build Back Better bill would save workers’ lives

Congress is poised to pass a bill that would help revitalize OSHA and provide the resources needed to protect workers in a growing economy.

The hypocrisy of the federal spending debate

We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.

Progressive caucus applauded as House delays bipartisan infrastructure vote

“That sound you hear is the Build Back Better agenda still alive and kicking.”

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Apathy in the American Medical Association

It is well past time that they break their silence.

Native American tribes came together to secure their rights to Colorado River water. Four...

If passed into law, the Northeastern Arizona Indian Water Rights Settlement Act would resolve the largest outstanding claim on the Colorado River while providing about $5 billion in federal funding to build infrastructure to transport the water across the reservations.

A mulish fool, a farce-spoiled pool and more swill from staggering misrule

No matter the mayhem, great or small,/ Dredge up “vandals did it” protocol.

Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta 

Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.

UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.