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"The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or were taxed more)."

"As a doctor I can tell you: Your eyes, your ears, and your teeth are connected to your body. I did not have to go to medical school to tell y'all this, but apparently I do have to tell Congress this."

"No Senate rule supersedes people's constitutional rights," said the Democratic senator from Georgia. And shame on us if we're more committed to a Senate rule than we are to the principles of democracy," Senator Raphael Warnock added.

"The embargo is absurdly cruel and, like too many other U.S. policies targeting Latin Americans, the cruelty is the point."

"Wasteful spending at the Pentagon will do nothing to help our country recover from this pandemic."

"We're saying across this country, it's time for people... to march on these Senate offices," ... "We don't need compromise and capitulation. Pass the bill! Break the filibuster!" declared Rev. William Barber.

"The Republican Party has made clear that they are not prepared to stand up for the American people and address the many crises facing working families today. We can get to work without them."

"Mitch McConnell and the Koch brothers are not worth setting the planet on fire for," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. "No climate, no deal," Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) tweeted Wednesday.

"Unless we abolish the filibuster, there will be no progress on any agenda focused on justice, fairness, or basic survival," said Sen. Ed Markey.

"You can't be on the side of the wealthy and the powerful if you're going to really fight for working families."