First look: Biden to sell BBB in Spanberger's swing district

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

President Biden will take his Build Back Better roadshow to Rep. Abigail Spanberger's swing district on Thursday, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: The Virginia Democrat was one of the most pointed critics of Biden's sweeping social agenda after their party was thumped in statewide elections in November. By highlighting his proposal to reduce prescription drug prices, the president will focus on one of his solutions to address soaring costs.

Democrats in swing states and vulnerable districts have been distancing themselves from him on social media as his poll numbers have hit their lowest point, Axios has reported previously.

The president's trip to Virginia will be his second jaunt out of Washington to tout his nearly $2 trillion plan since he said during a news conference last month he had to go out and sell his proposals more aggressively.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/biden-build-back-better-spanberger-sell-virginia-aaa541fb-b2e4-4bb2-b1d5-73559fd75ff3.html

[PoliticAverse]

1. Spanberger Votes to Move Build Back Better Framework Forward...

Spanberger Votes to Move Build Back Better Framework Forward, Touts Prescription Drug, Child Tax Credit, & Climate Priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Representative Abigail Spanberger today voted with a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives to move the Build Back Better framework forward. This draft legislation now moves to the U.S. Senate for further consideration and to add, remove, or adjust provisions before returning to the U.S. House.

The House-passed Build Back Better framework includes several priorities Spanberger has consistently fought to include in this legislation, including giving Medicare the power to negotiate prescription drug prices and extending the refundable Child Tax Credit — which originally passed as part of the American Rescue Plan. This framework also includes several bipartisan or bicameral provisions she led as Chair of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee to support Central Virginia’s crop and livestock producers as they work to tackle the climate crisis and protect the Commonwealth’s natural resources.

Additionally, Spanberger successfully removed multiple tax provisions she opposed that would have had negative impacts or placed significant burdens on Central Virginia families, small businesses, and farms. Last month, Spanberger pushed for the removal of a burdensome provision to require banks to provide the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with details on customers with accounts worth more than $600. Additionally, Spanberger successfully blocked any changes to the stepped-up basis for capital gains in tax law — an important protection for family-owned farms in Central Virginia and across the country.

From: https://spanberger.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4225

[westerebus]

2. I'm going to miss her.

With the new Congressional District's redesign she will no longer be my Rep.

[elleng]

3. Good. Received this from her. She's a keeper, imo.

'Among the honors of my job is learning the history and stories of the communities I represent, and while the Loving v. Virginia case is one I have long known for its impact and importance across the country, I am proud that this story of bravery, love, perseverance, and ultimately justice took place in Virginia’s 7th District.

Mildred and Richard Loving, a couple from Caroline County, Virginia, were longtime friends who fell in love. Mildred, a woman of color, and Richard, a white man, lived in a Virginia with harsh, strict, Jim Crow segregation laws that prohibited them from marrying. To evade our state’s discriminatory laws, the couple traveled to Washington, D.C. where they were married.

Upon returning to their Caroline County home, police arrested them, claiming they had violated state law. The two were sentenced to a year in jail for cohabiting as man and wife. Their sentences were soon suspended, but on the condition that neither would return to Virginia together for the next 25 years.

Mildred and Richard were separated from their loved ones and banished from their home.

In a true act of bravery, the couple, with the ACLU by their side, challenged their conviction, a case which eventually reached the Supreme Court. Unanimously, the court overturned Mildred and Richard’s conviction and struck down Virginia’s law, holding that it served no legitimate purpose other than targeted, unfair racial discrimination.

Black History Month is a time to uplift and celebrate stories like the Lovings’ – but it is also a time to recommit ourselves – citizens and lawmakers alike – to supporting and pursuing policies of fairness and justice year-round.

Sincerely,
Abigail'

[ancianita]

4. Atta boy, Joe. Take it right to him. In his face. Voters love that.