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"Many of us made a major compromise in going from the $6 trillion bill that we wanted" to the proposed $3.5 trillion package, said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

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The Federal Theater is a model for employing jobless people and at the same time building the nation’s physical, environmental, social, and cultural resources.

"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."

"This moment provides opportunities to raise wage demands, but it must be a moment where workers organize in order to sustain and pursue demands for improvements in their living and working conditions.”

There is very little evidence that enhanced unemployment insurance benefits created sectoral labor shortages.

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How the infrastructure bill could easily be engineered to also build justice.