Today’s cloture vote fell short of the 60 vote threshold needed to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastructure framework. Claire Guzdar, spokesperson for ProsperUS, released the following statement on behalf of 80+ progressive advocacy groups.

We call on Congress to reject any cuts to these proposed investments and pass the resolution through both houses before August recess.

“The President’s Memorial Day deadline is around the corner and there is absolutely no reason to allow a minority of senators to block deeply needed investments that will support workers, families, and the economy. People need more than the president initially proposed, not less.

“A second best compromise with Senate Republicans is totally unacceptable while millions across the country are unemployed and struggling to survive in a deadly pandemic,” says Claire Guzdar, spokesperson for the 80 member ProsperUS coalition.

“A second best compromise with Senate Republicans is totally unacceptable while millions across the country are unemployed and struggling to survive in a deadly pandemic,” says Claire Guzdar, spokesperson for the 80 member ProsperUS coalition.

“President Biden’s first 100 days in office have made it crystal clear that federal investments are critical to ending the COVID recession, avoiding another devastatingly slow recovery, and building an economy that works for all families, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Helping the families, workers, and communities that make up the economy recover from the COVID pandemic and recession is an important step, but we need a lot more: decades of disinvestment precede our current economic crisis and we can’t return to the ‘normal’ of January 2020.”

“President Biden has a once in a generation opportunity to build an economy and future where we are safe, secure, and thriving. Today’s proposal is the first step in securing that future. But we must do more.

While the CARES act was much-needed and critical to the livelihood of tens of millions of people, economic policy experts agree that it will take much more substantial and sustained public investment for us to achieve full recovery and rebuild our fragile and unequal economy.

President Biden and Congressional Democrats have taken a strong step forward toward national recovery with the signing of the American Rescue Plan.

President Biden and Congressional Democrats have taken a strong step forward toward national recovery with the signing of the American Rescue Plan.

ProsperUS pens letter urging Congressional leadership to oppose efforts to water down President Biden's relief proposal.