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  Maura Quint · [email protected]
October 6, 2021 at 5:15 PM

Voters in key swing districts love the Billionaires Income Tax

President Biden and Democrats were elected on the promise of unrigging our tax code to make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, Right now, billionaires could get off scot-free from paying any new income taxes in the Build Back Better plan, even while Congress pa…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
October 2, 2021 at 2:21 PM

RE: Joe Manchin: “That’s the number one thing we should be doing is fixing the tax code so everyone pays their fair share.”

The poll comes at a critical moment as the framework for the Build Back Better Act is being negotiated between progressives and moderates on Capitol Hill. John, We’re keeping the pressure on Joe Manchin and conservative Democrats to fully invest in President Biden’s 10-year $3.5 …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
October 1, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Joe Manchin is moveable.

The poll comes at a critical moment as the framework for the Build Back Better Act is being negotiated between progressives and moderates on Capitol Hill. John, Joe Manchin is moveable. This week, when confronted by activists demanding the rich and corporations start paying thei…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 30, 2021 at 6:07 PM

RE: TONIGHT: We’ll see who is truly with the American people and who’s with Wall Street and Corporate America

That infrastructure bill could be voted on tonight. If it passes before the Build Back Better Act, our entire agenda could be sunk. John, Our pressure is working! Right now, 23 House Democrats have publicly declared they will oppose the bipartisan infrastructure bill until our Bu…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 30, 2021 at 1:40 PM

Can we defeat the massive lobbying effort of Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Oil, and the Chamber of Commerce?

That infrastructure bill could be voted on tonight. If it passes before the Build Back Better Act, our entire agenda could be sunk. John, In order to pass the once-in-a-generation Build Back Better agenda―paid for by finally making the rich and corporations pay their fair share―p…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 29, 2021 at 2:33 PM

#RewardWorkNotWealth

Call your U.S. representative today and tell them to support the full Build Back Better Act and to raise these critical funds by making the rich and corporations pay their fair share! John, Our entire agenda is on the line THIS WEEK! In order to achieve our long-held demands of …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 29, 2021 at 2:08 PM

Join us today at 12:30pm to #HoldTheLine

Together, we’re showing the strength of our progressive movement as we demand Congress pass President Biden’s―and the American people’s!―Build Back Better agenda. John, In order to pass the once-in-a-generation Build Back Better agenda, progressives are holding the line, demandin…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 28, 2021 at 3:24 PM

RE: Demand Congress make billionaires pay their fair share by passing the Billionaire’s Income Tax

The House will likely vote by the end of the week on this once-in-a-generation investment in our future. John, There’s a new plan in Congress to tax billionaire wealth like work: the Billionaires Income Tax. And it has support from the White House. Right now, billionaires pay n…
  Maura Quint · [email protected]
September 27, 2021 at 6:38 PM

Demand Congress make billionaires pay their fair share by passing the Billionaire’s Income Tax

The House will likely vote by the end of the week on this once-in-a-generation investment in our future. John, This is the week when we’ll learn who in Congress stands with working people and who stands with billionaires and corporations. In order to pay for President Biden’s $3…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 24, 2021 at 3:22 PM

RE: We’re standing side-by-side with President Biden to get this done!

In order to create an economy that works for all of us, we need millionaires and billionaires to start paying their fair share. John, We’re fighting alongside President Biden to make the greatest investment in working families since the Great Depression. Our latest digital ad is …
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 23, 2021 at 4:46 PM

We’re standing side-by-side with President Biden to get this done!

In order to create an economy that works for all of us, we need millionaires and billionaires to start paying their fair share. John, We’re on the cusp of the greatest investment in the American people since FDR’s New Deal. But we’re up against massive corporate interests―Big Oil…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 22, 2021 at 4:39 PM

Tell Congress: Reward work, not wealth

Did you know that 69% of Americans think the rich and corporations should pay more of their fair share in taxes? John, Did you know that 69% of Americans think the rich and corporations should pay more of their fair share in taxes? [1] That’s exactly what we’re fighting for in Pr…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 21, 2021 at 3:36 PM

RE: Tell Congress: We can afford the full $3.5 trillion package, when the rich and corporations pay their fair share

Demand Congress fully invest in President Biden’s $3.5 trillion package, and make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, The U.S. House could vote as early as Friday on the ten-year $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act. And our priorities―including the revenue to pa…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 7:31 PM

Tell Congress: We can afford the full $3.5 trillion package, when the rich and corporations pay their fair share

Demand Congress fully invest in President Biden’s $3.5 trillion package, and make the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, We urgently need you to take action to tell your U.S. representative and senators to support President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better A…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 17, 2021 at 3:24 PM

RE: House committee votes on taxing the rich. Here’s what’s in and what’s not:

Check out our latest infographic, which shows how far we’ve come in ensuring the rich and corporations pay their fair share, and what still needs to get done to fully fund President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. John, We’re making major progress in ensuring the rich and corporat…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 16, 2021 at 3:16 PM

Infographic: What’s in; what’s out?

Check out our latest infographic, which shows how far we’ve come in ensuring the rich and corporations pay their fair share, and what still needs to get done to fully fund President Biden’s Build Back Better Act. John, We’re in the 11th hour in the House of Representatives of our…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
September 14, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Join Elizabeth Warren and other congressional champions tonight at 5:30 PM ET for a national mobilization townhall.

On the call, we’ll hear from leaders and activists across the country about how we can take action to get Congress to unrig our tax code to make historic investments in families like yours. John, Tonight at 5:30 PM ET, Americans for Tax Fairness and our allies are hosting a cri…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 13, 2021 at 10:08 PM

RSVP: Join Elizabeth Warren and other congressional champions for a critical national mobilization call

We’re up against a massive lobbying effort by Wall Street and Corporate America, which is trying to protect the obscene wealth of a handful of the richest Americans. John, Did you know that America’s billionaires have gotten $1.8 trillion richer during the pandemic? But some in C…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 13, 2021 at 5:08 PM

RE: Tell Congress: Close the Billionaires Loophole through budget reconciliation

President Biden wants to close this Billionaires Loophole, which would raise $325 billion over ten years. John, The House Ways and Means Committee just released the details about how it plans on raising the $3.5 trillion to pay for President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. It’s a…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 12, 2021 at 2:58 PM

Close the Billionaires Loophole! Invest in our future.

President Biden wants to close this Billionaires Loophole, which would raise $325 billion over ten years. John, Right now, our new digital ad is driving calls into congressional offices, demanding Congress close the Billionaires Loophole through budget reconciliation. This is how…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 10, 2021 at 2:16 PM

RE: The billionaires loophole

This billionaires loophole allows massive wealth gains to go completely tax free. John, Unless we close the billionaires loophole, most ultra-wealthy families probably won’t pay any more in taxes in the ten-year $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package. In order for our grass…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 9, 2021 at 8:13 PM

The billionaires loophole

President Biden wants to close this billionaires loophole, which would raise $325 billion over ten years. John, Wall Street lobbyists are swarming Capitol Hill to protect the profits of billionaires and corporations. Did you know that billionaires and other ultra wealthy people …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 8, 2021 at 3:27 PM

Time is running out to demand the rich and corporations pay their fair share

Send a message to your U.S. senators and representative demanding they go BIG and fully fund President Biden’s ten-year $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan. John, Every dollar of revenue not raised from the rich and corporations is a dollar not invested back in working families.…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
September 4, 2021 at 2:34 PM

RE: [take action] demand Corporate America pay its fair share in taxes

This Labor Day weekend, let’s demand Congress invest in working people, not tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and corporations. John, We’re in an all hands on deck moment. Right now, a group of 11 corporate Democrats are arguing that multinational corporations shouldn’t …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 3, 2021 at 4:15 PM

Our entire Build Back Better agenda is at risk

This Labor Day weekend, let’s demand Congress invest in working people, not tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and corporations. John, The fight to pass President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan has reached a critical moment. This week, Corporate America announ…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
September 1, 2021 at 3:41 PM

We can defeat the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

We’re rallying our allies across the country to demand Congress go big and bold. John, What do ExxonMobil, Pfizer and Walt Disney Company have in common? None want to pay their fair share in taxes. This month, the House will vote on a once-in-a-generation $3.5 trillion packag…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 31, 2021 at 2:02 PM

11 House Democrats want to continue Trump’s handouts to greedy multinational corporations

Every dollar of revenue not raised from the rich and tax dodging corporations is a dollar not invested in working families. John, Did you know that American corporations dodge an estimated $60 billion each year in taxes by shifting profits offshore? President Biden is proposing …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 30, 2021 at 4:11 PM

11 House Democrats want to continue Trump’s handouts to greedy multinational corporations

Every dollar of revenue not raised from the rich and tax dodging corporations is a dollar not invested in working families. John, Nearly one-third of the revenue needed to cover the costs of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better agenda could be in jeopardy if 11 moder…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 28, 2021 at 3:20 PM

RE: We can cut child poverty in half — when the rich and corporations pay their fair share

Congress has an opportunity to make the Child Tax Credit expansion permanent, lifting millions of children out of poverty. John, This month, the parents of 61 million children received cash payments through the expanded Child Tax Credit, helping them buy school supplies, pay ren…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 27, 2021 at 2:47 PM

We can cut child poverty in half — when the rich and corporations pay their fair share

Congress has an opportunity to make the Child Tax Credit expansion permanent, lifting millions of children out of poverty. Tell Congress: “Cut child poverty in half by making the expansion of the Child Tax Credit permanent.” ADD YOUR NAME John, Today, 11 mil…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 26, 2021 at 3:20 PM

Corporate lobbyists are already swarming Capitol Hill

Several moderate Democrats have indicated that they will only approve investments that are fully paid for―meaning the less revenue we raise from the rich and corporations, the fewer investments we’ll be able to make benefiting working families. John, Politico is reporting that th…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 25, 2021 at 4:01 PM

This will be a test of our grassroots power vs. corporate lobbyists

Several moderate Democrats have indicated that they will only approve investments that are fully paid for―meaning the less revenue we raise from the rich and corporations, the fewer investments we’ll be able to make benefiting working families. John, Thanks to you, we’re one step…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 24, 2021 at 3:46 PM

Vote expected today: Keep up the pressure on Democratic holdouts!

By blocking passage of the budget resolution, these 8 – 10 Democratic holdouts are protecting the obscene wealth growth of a handful of millionaires and billionaires. John, A handful of moderate Democrats are standing in the way of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. Spea…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 23, 2021 at 2:21 PM

Do you know how your U.S. Representative is voting tonight?

Will the Build Back Better agenda clear a hurdle in the House of Representatives tonight and tomorrow? John, The House is returning to Washington today to vote on the Senate-passed budget resolution. Tonight is a procedural vote, and if that succeeds tomorrow is a vote on final p…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 21, 2021 at 3:39 PM

RE: We’re holding conservative Democrats accountable >>

We have a chance to fulfill President Biden’s promise to Build Back Better and invest in working families. And we can afford it when the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, We have a chance to fulfill President Biden’s promise to Build Back Better and invest in work…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 20, 2021 at 3:15 PM

Critical House vote:

We have a chance to fulfill President Biden’s promise to Build Back Better and invest in working families. And we can afford it when the rich and corporations pay their fair share. John, On Monday, the U.S. House will return for a vote on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Bac…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 18, 2021 at 2:32 PM

RE: The House is coming back for 24 hours to vote on $3.5 trillion of investments for working families, funded by making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share

The Senate passed President Biden’s and Senator Sanders’ $3.5 trillion Build Back Better budget resolution last week. The House of Representatives is next. John, There are just a few days left to make your voice heard before the House returns for just 24 hours early next week to …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 17, 2021 at 3:45 PM

ACT NOW: Will the House stand up for working families or defend Trump’s tax cuts?

The Senate passed President Biden’s and Senator Sanders’ $3.5 trillion Build Back Better budget resolution last week. The House of Representatives is next. John, Last week, Senate Democrats stood united in passing a bold budget resolution that set a framework for advancing Presid…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 14, 2021 at 2:23 PM

RE: Social Security turns 86 years old. Congress has failed to increase benefits for the last 50 years.

We know that when the wealthy start paying their fair share, we can shore-up the Social Security Trust fund and expand benefits for millions of Americans. John, Happy Birthday Social Security! 86 years ago today, FDR signed Social Security into law. It’s time to build upon this…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 13, 2021 at 5:04 PM

5 million seniors who rely on Social Security still live in poverty

We know that when the wealthy start paying their fair share, we can shore-up the Social Security Trust fund and expand benefits for millions of Americans. Tell Congress: “This month, as we celebrate 86 years of Social Security, it’s time for Congress to strengthen and expand …
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 11, 2021 at 8:32 PM

Sinema and Manchin want the budget to be “paid for.” We can, when the rich and corporations pay their fair share!

Wall Street lobbyists see an opportunity to pick off a few moderate Democrats, which is all it would take to undermine this once-in-a-generation opportunity. John, Thanks to you, Senate Democrats were able to muster the 50 votes needed to advance President Biden’s $3.5 trillion B…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 10, 2021 at 2:30 PM

Vote expected this week; critical step toward enacting President Biden’s Build Back Better plan.

Those who block investments in jobs, healthcare affordability, and education are protecting tax loopholes for the richest 1% and corporations. John, Want to know what we’re fighting for in the Senate this week? Keep reading to learn more![1] If Senate Democrats successfully pass…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 8, 2021 at 2:56 PM

RE: [take action] Historic vote next week: Demand the Senate take bold action on behalf of working people, seniors and children

The U.S. Senate is taking up Biden’s plan to invest $3.5 trillion in working families -- paid for by big corporations and the wealthy. John, Senators are voting this week on a budget framework that will determine how big and bold we can be this year in building an economy that wo…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 7, 2021 at 4:45 PM

[take action] Historic vote next week: Demand the Senate take bold action on behalf of working people, seniors and children

The U.S. Senate is taking up Biden’s plan to invest $3.5 trillion in working families -- paid for by big corporations and the wealthy. John, The U.S. Senate will vote this coming week on the framework of a budget that represents the most ambitious investment in working people, ch…
  Andrea Haverdink · [email protected]
August 6, 2021 at 3:06 PM

RE: URGENT: Get this ad in front of millions of Americans today!

We have a choice: Protect the Trump tax cuts for the rich and corporations or Build Back Better by making the rich and tax dodging corporations pay their fair share. John, This is urgent. The U.S. Senate is preparing its first vote on the budget reconciliation package next week.…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
August 5, 2021 at 6:47 PM

URGENT: Get this ad in front of millions of Americans today!

We have a choice: Protect the Trump tax cuts for the rich and corporations or Build Back Better by making the rich and tax dodging corporations pay their fair share. John, We have a choice: Protect the Trump tax cuts for the rich and corporations or Build Back Better by making th…
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
August 3, 2021 at 6:08 PM

Fight back: Put working people first!

The PRO Act is the most significant worker empowerment legislation since the Great Depression. Tell the U.S. Senate: “Pass the PRO Act and protect workers’ rights!” ADD YOUR NAME John, It’s no coincidence that as workers’ rights are eroded, the gap between…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 31, 2021 at 3:32 PM

RE: This is how we strengthen and expand Medicare >>

We have an opportunity to make healthcare more affordable for all Americans — and do so with just 50 votes. John, Healthcare is a human right. But instead of doing their part, investing in our future, greedy corporations influence politicians to rig our tax code and avoid paying …
  Sarah Christopherson · [email protected]
July 30, 2021 at 6:36 PM

This is how we strengthen and expand Medicare >>

We have an opportunity to make healthcare more affordable for all Americans — and do so with just 50 votes. John, For 56 years, Medicare has guaranteed coverage for basic medical care as a right to older Americans. But, as we fight to expand access to high quality, affordable he…
  Frank Clemente · [email protected]
July 29, 2021 at 10:11 PM

18 states have enacted 30 restrictive voting laws this year. Demand the president act:

Demand President Biden fight to pass the For the People Act. Tell Congress: “Use the full power of your office―including appealing to senators, calling for an end to the filibuster, and ramping up the use of your bully pulpit―to ensure the Senate responds to the voting rights…