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Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan
We now see what happens when the Democrats control the House, the Senate and the Presidency. The Republicans taking over at least one of the three will be a much needed improvement.
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What happens when the Democratic Party is the majority in Congress and holds the White House?
We Americans get a chance to see something closer to a functional and normal government as opposed to the chaos & dysfunction caused by the extremists and radical conspiracists of the MAGA movement which is led by a psychopath whose goal is to tear down our institutions, undermine our Constitution, and mock our foundational principles of democracy.
Yep, here is a sampling of what we Americans see when the Democratic Party is in the majority in the Senate & House and has a Democratic leader such as Biden in the Oval:
Inflation Reduction Act:
*Will bring down costs, reduce the deficit, and take aggressive action on climate – all paid for by making sure the largest corporations and billionaire tax cheats finally pay their fair share in taxes.
*Lowers health care costs for millions of families and allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time ever. Caps out-of-pocket spending for prescription drugs at $2,000 per year and ensures no senior citizen on Medicare will pay over $35 per month for insulin.
*Under the law, 13 million Americans, covered under the Affordable Care Act, will see their health insurance premiums reduced by $800.
*Takes aggressive action to combat the existential crisis of climate change. These are historic clean energy investments and will help families save hundreds of dollars every year on their energy bills while strengthening our country's energy security, creating jobs, and getting us closer to meeting climate goals.
President Biden promised to make the government work for working families again and that’s exactly what this law--- which is a massive alteration to climate change, health care and tax policy does but had no Republican votes.
Improved health care for veterans
*PACT Act – the largest single bill to address our service members’ exposure to burn pits and other toxins in American history.
*Signed several other bills he and the Democrats passed to honor and improve care for veterans.
The Democratic Party and President Biden for the past 2 years have worked to ensure we make good on our nation's sacred obligation to take care of our military and veterans. Had no Republican support.
*CHIPS and Science Act
*Accelerates semiconductor manufacturing in the United States.
*Helps lower the cost of everyday goods
* Strengthens American manufacturing and innovation,
*Creates good-paying jobs
* Bolsters our national security, by making us competitive with China by bringing manufacturing jobs back to America.
This law enacted by Democratic leadership in Congress and the White House makes historic investments in research and development to accelerate the industries of the future and advance U.S. technological leadership. Because pf the Biden Made In America strategy, the United States has created hundreds of thousands of new manufacturing jobs and American businesses are investing in new manufacturing lines across the country. Had no Republican votes.
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act President Biden brought together Democrats and Republicans to pass the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, breaking a 30-year streak of federal inaction on gun violence legislation.
This legislation includes important steps to work toward decreasing gun violence, including requiring people under 21 to undergo enhanced background checks, closing the “boyfriend loophole,” and providing funding to address youth mental health.
President Biden launched a whole-of-government approach to make our communities safer and issued more executive orders to reduce gun violence in his first year than any other President at the same point in their administration.
Addressed gender-based violence:
Biden and the Democratic Congress broke through 2 years of Republican obstruction and signed legislation in to reauthorize and strengthen the Violence Against Women Act which was allowed to expire under the Trump administration. (Did you know that in 1994, then-Senator Biden authored the Violence Against Women Act which provided legal protection against domestic violence and sexual assault for 28 years until the Republicans and Donald Trump would not reauthorize it? ) So thanks to Democratic control in Congress and the White House the Violence Against Women Act is now reauthorized through 2027.
Passed the American Rescue Plan
*Helped get over 500 million shots in arms, distribute millions of therapeutics, and dramatically expand testing capabilities.
*Delivered needed relief to families by sending over 160 million checks to Americans, expanding food and rental assistance, and providing aid to thousands of small businesses. The expanded Child Tax Credit led to the largest-ever one-year decrease in childhood poverty in American history.
*Safely reopened America’s schools and made a historic investment to tackle learning loss and address mental health. Had no Republican votes.
Biggest year of job growth in American history
Passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
*Thanks to President Biden in the White House and Democratic leadership and their majority in Congress we Americans are done talking about infrastructure week. Now, we are actually building an infrastructure decade.
This Infrastructure Law is a once-in-a-generation, transformational investment that will help create thousands of jobs and set America up to win the 21st century. In 2022 alone, repairs will begin on 65,000 miles of roads and 1,500 bridges. Had no Republican support.
*Billions in funding to repair bridges and roads
*Plan to replace every lead pipe in America
*Upgrade our ports and airports,
*Expand broadband access to all.
* Largest federal investment in public transit ever
Expanded Health Care to Millions of Americans
The Democratic Party of Congress and the White House expanded health care to millions of Americans.
After four years of endless attempts to strip health care from millions of Americans under Trump & the Republicans, the current administration took action to strengthen the Affordable Care Act by expanding eligibility and extending the open enrollment period.
They brought down costs and expanded health care access where millions of families on ACA plans are saving an average of $2,400 yearly on their premiums. Republicans only want to repeal the ACA. No plans. Just repeal.
We now do indeed see what happens when the Democrats control the House, the Senate and the Presidency. And those are good things for we the people and our grand American experiment of self rule. What the Republicans are offering America in these midterms are election deniers and radical forced birthers and an extremist Republican power-hungry movement pledging allegiance to a defeated and disgraced insurrectionist over allegiance to America.
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