As he and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus gathered with President Joe Biden earlier this year, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn made note of the portrait of FDR that was hanging on the Oval Office wall.
Echoing Clyburn’s comments on the New Deal, some are concerned that programs benefiting Black and brown people could be cut altogether or significantly weakened, potentially widening inequities. Clyburn himself said in an interview he was concerned the final product would expand Medicare to cover dental, vision and hearing services, while giving Medicaid proponents little to latch on to.
Others in the party make the case that passing Biden’s “Build Back Better” package into law, even a scaled back version, would itself prove critical to closing racial equity gaps, and that the party shouldn’t lose sight of that potential achievement.“And yes, it's infrastructure, and yes, it's social spending, but it should be viewed as the Biden administration views this, which is an opportunity to address historic wrongs and ongoing injustice.
Biden’s original plan sought to achieve that by funding everything from historically Black colleges and universities, to Medicaid expansion in Republican-led states, to pay increases for home care workers, who are predominantly women of color. House leadership and the House’s moderate New Democrat block are pushing Congress and the Biden administration to prioritize an expansion of Medicaid to cover roughly 2 million uninsured people in red states that refused to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act — arguing that the majority of those helped would be poor people of color.
“The lack of that benefit falls particularly heavily on the same populations that always tend to lose out in federal legislation,” he said.
If he wants to get re-elected he will do the right thing. Unfortunately so called 'blacks' are long suffering. They must institutionalize resources for permanent gains.Selfsufficiency
Don’t understand this “don’t leave the people of color” out. WHY? do they live on a different areas other than USA? Social programs are for everyone living in America no matter the color or race as long as they are in a certain income level.
And… not a single Republican would even contemplate such a notion.
Oh, here is a radical thought. With our debt and deficit so out of control, why doesn't Congress actually CUT the existing budget, or even just freeze spending at current levels? Both Democrats AND Republicans are spending us into oblivion. And POLITICO is OK with spending more?
Yes, all the selfish pigs need to get their fair share from the government trough. Washington has become one giant money pie for hack politicians to slice up for over priced projects nobody needs or kickbacks to unions. And you wonder why Americans have lost all faith in Congress
Why doesn’t Biden just go T.V. and tell everyone what’s in the BBB Bill? Child care EV tax credits Medicaid Community college Medicare Elder care Pre-K EV charging stations ACA Subsidies Black Colleges Paid Leave Utility clean energy incentives Home energy rebates
Blame the Republicans for forcing those cuts.
Feckless docile cowards..
Build back better = make America great again Same shit to me
This 'plan' has very little to do with infrastructure and is more of a hidden amnesty for illegals where the Democrats are lying once again to the public about what they are up to. They have been using and playing Black America for decades. And now they are using them again.
Clyburn assured his abandonment when he sold out Bernie to Obama. How's that victory tasting now?
So they want make sure that Black People are taxed for driving per-mile? ...and to trigger red-flags with the IRS when they conduct a bank transaction for more than $600? I doubt they have anything to worry about there....
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