Let’s Celebrate!
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Who:
All of Us as American Citizens!
What:
The Biden administration’s legislative accomplishments of the last year and a half.
Just look at key items on the list:
03/11/2021 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a sweeping $1.9 trillion relief to address the continued impact of COVID-19 on the economy, public health, state and local governments, individuals, and businesses.
11/15/2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, $1.2 trillion investment in “hard infrastructure” including roads and bridges.
03/29/2022, Emmett Till Antilynching Act, 120 years after an anti-lynching bill was first introduced and after failing on nearly 200 prior occasions, Congress passed a bill designating lynching as a hate crime. Only three representatives—one each from Texas, Kentucky, and Georgia—voted against the bill.
06/25/22 Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, extended background checks for gun purchasers under 21, funding for state red flag laws and other crisis intervention programs, and partial closure of the “boyfriend” loophole.
07/29/2022 CHIPS and Science Act, the most significant research bill passed in a generation, including a $56 billion investment in American semiconductor production to incentivize companies to move chip production back into the United States.
08/02/2022, Honoring our PACT Act of 2022, provides healthcare and other services related to veterans who were exposed to toxic substances during military service.
08/07/2022, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the largest climate investment in US history, lowers prescription drug prices by giving Medicare the power to negotiate the prices of certain prescription drugs and extends expiring health care subsidies for three years.
Why:
In the past 18 months, Democrats have:
rebuilt the economy after the pandemic shattered it,
invested in technology and science
expanded the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to stand against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
eliminated al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri,
pulled troops out of Afghanistan,
passed the first gun safety law in almost 30 years,
put a Black woman on the Supreme Court,
reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act,
addressed the needs of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits,
invested in our roads, bridges, and manufacturing.
Excerpted from Heather Cox Richardson, Letters from an American, August 7, 2022 and Robert Hubbell, Newsletter, August 8, 2022
