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The American Jobs Act - Comparisons to The American Jobs Plan

With Reference to and Sources via PolitiFact

compared to the ...

Green New Deal

The Biden Administration's The American Jobs Plan, legislative plan/Act as announced and in legislative process

Citizens United comments, tweet, March 31, 2021 https://twitter.com/Citizens_United/status/1377308915227107336

New York Times, Biden, in Pennsylvania, Details $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, March 31, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/31/us/biden-news-today/biden-introduces-his-infrastructure-plan-calling-it-a-once-in-a-generation-investment-in-america

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, need a larger plan tweet, March 31, 2021 https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1377015344703942659

Sierra Club, White House BBB package and THRIVE, March 31, 2021 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oAy7k0Zi1Ei9K-30-_bEjfj8FS84CPyUaFmMytZSj4c/edit#gid=0

White House, Fact sheet: The American Jobs Plan, March 31, 2021 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan/

Green New Deal Network, THRIVE Act, accessed April 2, 2021 https://www.greennewdealnetwork.org/the-thrive-act

PolitiFact, 7 questions about the Green New Deal, Feb. 12, 2019 https://www.politifact.com/article/2019/feb/12/seven-questions-about-green-new-deal/

GreenPolicy360, History of the Green New Deal https://www.greenpolicy360.net/w/Green_New_Deal

Green New Deal Resolution, Feb. 7, 2019 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/109

U.S. Department of Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture Provisions in H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan, March 10, 2021 https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/03/10/fact-sheet-united-states-department-agriculture-provisions-hr-1319

Email exchange, Ryan Schleeter, spokesman, Greenpeace USA, April 1, 2021 - "The American Jobs Plan is similar in intent to the THRIVE Act, but far narrower in scope and scale." https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5729035/Green-New-Deal-FAQ.pdf#page=5

Note: The American Jobs Plan has been announced as having two separate legislative parts/packages. The second legislative package has yet to be presented, although the procedues for a reconciliation process in the Senate for two packages were announced as approved by the Parliamentarian on April 5.

April 5, 2021

Rules of Procedure for 'The American Jobs Plan Legislation'

The U.S. Senate parliamentarian ruled today that Democrats can use special budgetary rules to avoid a GOP filibuster on two more pieces of legislation, setting the stage for President Biden's infrastructure agenda to pass in two packages with simple-majority votes.

The new ruling will enable Majority Leader Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi to break up Biden’s infrastructure proposal into two legislative packages.

The first portion, a $2.25 trillion measure unveiled by the White House last month, includes more traditional infrastructure priorities. The second part, planned for later in the year, will include more people-focused spending priorities favored by progressives, such as expanded child care, free community college, universal prekindergarten and more affordable housing.

• https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/546215-senate-parliamentarian-to-let-democrats-bypass-filibuster-with-third-bill

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