I hope somebody can help me out of this. I feel absolutely HEARTSICK.

[ancianita]

58. I'm with you. This is chaos theater, and as the party of SANITY, we will always do clean up of the destruction,

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and as we do it their corporate media and rethugs sickeningly yell and scream that we're not doing it fast enough, smart enough. That we have a "messaging problem" when it's corporate media refusal to explain what and why we're doing what we do WHILE we clean up their mess.

It was that way with Obama and then Biden, even though Biden's teams hit the ground running and Pelosi's majority passed four major bills into laws that were and still to this day, benefitting most if not all Americans --

1. Historic stimulus bill passed: - Created nearly 8 million jobs, 200 million Americans fully vaccinated, and unemployment claims are the lowest on average since 1969. 85% of households received stimulus payments. It re-opened 99% of schools and sparked the fastest economic growth in decades

2. Passed largest infrastructure improvement bill in U.S. history into law

3. THE PACT ACT
Ensures high-quality health care screenings and services to veterans exposed to potential toxic exposure
Extends period of time veterans have to enroll in VA health care from 5 to 10 years post discharge
Codifies VA's new process for evaluating and determining exposure and service connection for various chronic conditions
Removes need for certain veterans and their survivors to prove service connection if diagnosed with one of 23 specific conditions
Requires VA to conduct new studies of veterans health trends
Provides critical resources to VA to ensure delivery of
Invests in VA health care facilities by authorizing 31 major medical health clinics and research facilities in 19 states

4. THE CHIPS AND SCIENCE ACT
Provides $52.7 billion to secure domestic supply of American made semi-conductor chips, create tens of thousands of good-paying, union construction jobs and thousands more high-skilled manufacturing jobs, and catalyze hundreds of billions more in private
$39 billion in manufacturing incentives
$2 billion for the legacy chips used in automobiles and defense systems
$13.2 billion in R&D and workforce development
$500 million to provide international information communications technology security and semiconductor supply chain activities
Provides a 25 percent investment tax credit for capital expenses for manufacturing of semiconductors and related equipment

5. BEYOND BIDENOMICS:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016356222

1. FOUR STRONGEST YEARS OF JOB GROWTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
2. 40 MILLION BORROWERS BENEFIT FROM DEBT RELIEF INSTIGATED BY BANKSTERS
3. 12+ MILLION JOBS CREATED SINCE 2021
4. 100 ACTIONS TO LOWER HOUSEHOLD ENERGY COSTS BY $100 PER YEAR
5. GAS PRICES DOWN BY OVER $1.60 SINCE ITS PEAK IN 2022
6. SIGNED THE MOST IMPACTFUL GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION LEGISLATION IN 30 YEARS
7. INCREASED THE VALUE OF PELL GRANT SCHOLARSHIP BY $900
8. 3.5% UNEMPLOYMENT RATE THE LOWERT IN 50 YEARS
9. 750,000 NEW MANUFACTURING JOBS
10. RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR HISPANICS
11. NEAR RECORD LOW UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS
12. RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
13. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS SAVING $800 PER YEAR ON HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
14. $15 MINIMUM WAGE FOR FEDERAL WORKERS AND CONTRACTORS
15. FULLY VACCINATED 79% OF AMERICAN ADULTS AGAINST COVID-19
16. LED THE WORLD IN AN HISTORIC RELEASE OF STRATEGIC RESERVES
17. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS IN ALL 50 STATES, TERRITORIES AND TRIBAL NATIONS
18. OVER 16 MILLION MORE HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVING LOWER COST OR FREE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE CONNECTIVITY PROGRAM
19. S. 2991, the “Countering Human Trafficking Act of 2021,” which authorizes the Department of Homeland Security’s Center for Countering Human Trafficking, which coordinates the Department’s efforts to combat human trafficking and the importation of goods produced with forced labor
20. Signed the American Rescue Plan https://www.whitehouse.gov/american-rescue-plan/
— Increases poorest 20% of Americans' income by 20% permanentl
— 85% of households receiving stimulus payment
— Four provisions which lower Americans’ 2021 tax bills by an average of $3,3660
— Re duces backlog of Veterans compensation and pension claims by more than half
21. Signed largest infrastructure improvement bill in American history — the Build Back Better Act

$11 billion in transportation safety programs
$7.5 billion for electric vehicles and EV charging
$2.5 billion in zero-emission buses

$2.5 billion in low-emission buses and
$2.5 billion for ferries
$21 billion in environmental remediation

$47 billion for flooding & coastal resiliency and "climate resiliency," including protections against fires
$39 billion to modernize transit, largest federal investment in public transit in history
$25 billion for airports

$17 billion in port infrastructure
$11 billion in transportation safety programs
$110 billion for roads, bridges and other much-needed infrastructure

$40 billion for bridge repair, replacement, and rehabilitation
$17.5 billion is for other major projects
$73 billion for electric grid and power structures

$66 billion for rail services
$65 billion for broadband

According to data compiled by Bloomberg, no one comes close to matching
Biden's combination of No. 1 and No. 2 rankings for nine economic measures:

Gross domestic product (1)
Profit growth (1)
S&P 500 performance (2)
Consumer credit (1)
Non-farm payrolls (2)
Manufacturing jobs (2)
Business productivity (2)
Dollar appreciation (2)
S&P 500 relative performance (2)

Restores access to healthcare.gov

-- Student Loan Forgiveness:
Round One: Cancels $1 Billion in student Loan Debt
Round Two: Cancels another $1.3 billion in student loan debt
Round Three: Cancels another $500 Million In Student Loan Debt (6/16/21)
Round Four: Erases student debt for students with disabilities - ($5.8 Billion)
Round Five: $1.1 billion in student debt for 115,000 ITT students