This is an abomination.
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What’s happening in Congress right now is an abomination.
Behind closed doors, corporate lobbyists have teamed up with Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to kill some of the most popular and progressive measures in President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better plan.
Our last best chance to slash greenhouse gas emissions and prevent climate catastrophe may already have been lost. Paid family leave and cheaper prescription drugs are also rumored to be on the chopping block while billionaires and large corporations are winning out.
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