View as Webpage   Senate is expected to take up $3.5 trillion package this week Last week, the Senate took up the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684), a $1 trillion bipartisan public works bill that includes an extension of the Secure Rural Schools program, lead pipe removal, and electrified school buses.  Take Action   […]

View as Webpage   Biden’s plan to build back better clears key hurdle In a major victory for the Biden administration, the Senate voted 67-32 to take up a bipartisan bill providing $1 trillion for roads, bridges, rail, transit, water and other physical infrastructure programs.  Take Action   House votes for historic increase in education funding The […]

View as Webpage   Republicans block comprehensive voting rights bill, but it’s not over The For the People Act, a comprehensive bill to expand, ensure, and strengthen voting rights nationwide, failed to muster the 60-vote supermajority necessary to advance in the Senate.  Take Action   Denying D.C. statehood is dangerous as well as unjust “Taxation […]