A diverse coalition of more than 250 progressive advocacy organizations, labor unions, and small business groups on Monday implored the U.S. Senate to immediately pass the Build Back Better Act, warning that millions of people across the nation are"at a breaking point" as the coronavirus pandemic rages on and economic tumult persists."America's workers, businesses, and families need this law," the coalition wrote in aspearheaded by the advocacy group MomsRising.
"The Senate now has a historic opportunity to prioritize building a durable, equitable, family-focused care infrastructure that cuts costs for families, helps address inflation, boosts businesses, promotes public health, and creates and improves jobs, including by raising wages and providing better opportunities for workers to join unions," the groups wrote, pointing to the Build Back Better Act's proposed investments in child care, paid family and medical leave, home-based care...
interview last month that he would oppose the Build Back Better Act in its current form, imperiling a centerpiece of President Joe Biden's policy agenda.