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​Biden Gets it Right!
Third in a Series
 
Since he took office in 2021, President Joe Biden has signed many bills that benefit individual Americans and their families. 

 His American Rescue Plan provided direct economic relief to businesses, local governments, and families during the crushing pandemic, and increased the Child Tax Credit, which according to the census bureau lifted more than 2 million children out of poverty. Biden is now supporting legislation to expand the Child Tax Credit for the next three years. The House of Representatives has already passed this bill, and the Senate is favorable to it.
 
His Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill has so far allocated $6 billion to Massachusetts to support more than 190 projects across the state. These projects will reduce the monthly cost of high-speed Internet for more than 360,000 qualifying households, fund the upgrade of Terminal E at Logan International Airport (finished), restore and modernize the Sagamore Bridge on the Cape Cod Canal, to name a few.  

President Biden's CHIPS and Science Act provides public investment and incentives for private investment in semiconductor manufacturing. Semiconductors were invented in the US, but 90% are now produced in Asia. This led to a major blockade in the supply chain needed to support America's technological needs. Microchips for future critical technologies (phones, computers, cars) will be manufactured in America.  
 
Biden described his initiatives as “growing the economy from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down.”
 
Recently reported
 
Special Counsel Robert Hur published the report on Biden's handling of classified documents. It said the evidence did not support the prosecution of the president.
 
The prize for irony this week goes to Biden’s opponent. Trump told an audience he would encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” to NATO countries that do not devote 2% of their gross domestic product to building up their military.
This from a man who routinely didn’t pay millions he owed to building contractors for the work they performed for the Trump Corporation, then boasted that if they sued for payment, he would automatically counter sue for double the amount to intimidate the contractors. And he/his companies declared bankruptcy six times.
 
 The US Senate passed the $95 billion foreign aid bill for Ukraine’s defense against Russia, security aid for Israel, humanitarian aid for Gaza and more.  Twenty-two Republicans supported this Democratic bill, demonstrating that President Biden can bring parties together. 
 
We are at a crossroads.

We can sit back and just hope the right path is taken or we can STAND UP AND JOIN IN to ensure that we take the best path for America. For the next generation. We support policies that care about people. Democrats and most Americans are talking about achieving the following goals:
 
universal healthcare 
universal reproductive healthcare
the Child Tax Credit
excellent educational opportunities for ALL students
affordable housing
living-wage jobs 
affordable groceries
solutions to extreme weather/climate change
civil rights for ALL Americans
improved immigration laws
safety and harmony throughout the world
government actions that help people.  

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are working to achieve these goals for a better life for all Americans! Stand up, join in and actively work to re-elect them in their efforts to reach these goals.
 
Yair Rosenberg, a writer at The Atlantic, said it best: “The President’s strength is not orating, but legislating; not inspiring a crowd, but connecting with individuals.” 
 
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After the last blog, readers reported they are post carding with Indivisible. Another reported being part of SwingLeft North Shore. Another reported participating in Danielle Allen’s Partners in Democracy (nonpartisan.)  https://partnersindemocracy.us/ Please refer to the previous blog HELLO #44 for other organizations. 
Let us know how you are standing up, joining and actively working to re-elect President Biden.
Collaborators – Elizabeth Kilcoyne, Kathy Pasquina, Patricia Skibbee