Build Back Better Support and Opposition: A Running List
President Biden’s Build Back Better Agenda is a historic proposal that centers women, addresses the climate crisis head on, cuts taxes for the vast majority of Americans and lowers costs for working families that’s paid for by making the wealthiest few & big corporations pay their fair share. It would be the biggest investment in the American economy and the American people, in decades and enjoys widespread public support. The proposal’s primary opponents are special interest groups that represent drugmakers, the oil and gas industry, and large corporations. The pharmaceutical industry and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce alone have spent a combined $45 million to lobby against the bill.
Below is a running list of key organizations and groups who largely oppose and support the Build Back Better proposal:
Oppose:
National Association of Manufacturers
National Restaurant Association
Support:
9 to 5 National Association of Working Women
American Association of People with Disabilities
American Federation of Teachers
American Sustainable Business Council
Campaign for a Family Friendly Economy
Communications Workers of America
Democratic Governors Association
Economic Security Project Action
Environmental Defense Action Fund
Faith in Public Life
For Our Future Fund
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
National Alliance to End Sexual Violence
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation/ Black Women’s Roundtable
National Congress of American Indians
National Council of Jewish Women
National Domestic Workers Alliance
National Education Association
National Employment Law Project
National Immigration Law Center
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
Small Business for America’s Future
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW)
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