10/22/2024
VOTED for yesterday BLUE down the ballot and looked up every single NP justice to make sure they were DEMS TOO!
Why I voted for
First priorty: WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES! And here are 32 more reasons I voted for
1. Set a new record for the most tie-breaking Senate votes cast by a VP in history
2. Expanded the Child Tax Credit to cut child poverty in half
3. Provided $450 billion in relief to 6 million small businesses
4. Sponsored legislation to expand and strengthen Social Security
5. Led the push for the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, federal worker unionization, and overtime pay for farm workers
Healthcare and Public Health
6. Led the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health Crisis
7. Created the first-ever federal health and safety requirements for maternal emergency services in hospitals
8. Extended postpartum Medicaid coverage from 2 to 12 months to provide lifesaving coverage in 46 states
9. Connected 38,000 people to free 24/7 support with the new National Maternal Mental Health Hotline
10. Shut down scam healthcare websites
11. Sued drug companies for unlawful drug pricing and marketing tactics
12. Allowed Medicare to negotiate lower drug costs, expected to save taxpayers $6 billion
13. Capped the cost of insulin to $35/month for seniors
14. Voted against Trumpâs budget cuts to Medicare and Medicaid
Reproductive Rights
15. Stood up for reproductive rights during Trumpâs Supreme Court nomineesâ confirmation hearings
16. Launched a national reproductive rights tour, becoming the first VP to visit a reproductive health clinic
17. Invested $370 billion to combat climate change and expand energy production
18. Won $20 billion settlement for homeowners during the foreclosure crisis
19. Took on for-profit colleges that scammed Americans
Took on big corporations that took advantage of working people
Introduced a student loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals
20. Won settlements from companies that underpaid workers and violated labor laws
21. Announced administrationâs plans to remove medical debt from credit reports
22. Protected seniors from fraud and abuse
23. Oversees the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention
24. Stopped nearly 30,000 fi****ms sales to convicted domestic abusers
25. Closed the gun show loophole to ensure sellers conduct background checks
26. Led the fight to pass a red flag law
27. Strengthened global alliances by meeting with more than 150 world leaders
28. Kept Americans safe while serving on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
29. Oversaw the countryâs largest state justice department
Prosecuted transnational gangs, the drug cartels and human traffickers
30. Presided over the vote to confirm Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
31. Voted to confirm more women and people of color to make the judiciary look more like America
32. Officiated some of the nationâs first same-sex marriages