and on the democratic side, for most people who are democrats, voting rights is very important, but there are 19 other issues that are equally or more important. it may be climate. it may be immigration. it may be economic stimulus. it may be child care tax credits. it may be minimum wage. it may be student loans. we could go on and on with the list. but democracy is just one of that set of issues, and what needs to change on the among democrats is that democrats need to understand that none of those seven things i just listed are going to matter at all if we lose our democracy. and none of those seven things are even going to happen if we lose our democracy. so, democracy needs to be first, and it also needs to be integrated into every issue because every issue that democrats and progressives care about is a democracy issue. i believe the white house knows that, and i think they re working on that, and i know that senator schumer and speaker
heal our country s wounds overnight but i remain steadfast in my commitment to do everything in my power. democrats approved president biden s build back better school and safety net i should say, and climate bill. on this vote, the ayes are 220. the nays are 213. the build back better bill is passed. democrats celebrating briefly there on the house floor. the $1.9 trillion plan now heads to the senate where it s certain to undergo some changes. as for what is currently in the bill that house democrats passed, $570 billion for clean energy and combatting climate change. 381 billion for child care and preschool. $205 billion for paid family and sick leave. and $303 billion in child care
There are six other ongoing petitions demanding recurring monthly stimulus checks until the pandemic ends and they have altogether garnered more than 1.5 million signatures.
Stephanie Bonin, the petition s creator, criticized Congress for "ghosting" American families by failing to make the Child Tax Credit payments permanent.
that ll make significant on climate change. senator manchin have talked about the lead for those incentives. he made the hard line very clear on energy and child care tax. there is opportunities here and responsibility to negotiate. i think the senator from west virginia and arizona are participating in good faith negotiations but have to play out the next two weeks. this is not a drive-thru where you go in and order your super size burger and move on. we are not getting the $3.5 trillion passed. we can get there on child care tax credits and on expanding medicaid and making certain that we pass the climate test of reducing emissions significantly by 2030. senator manchin has said the right things on most of those and we got a little bit of time