Affordability Agenda Essential in Defining Democrats

The Congressional Progressive Caucus released its "New Affordability Agenda" this week, an essential step in defining what Democrats are for. The agenda contains 10 concrete legislative reforms, each providing help for Americans sinking beneath the rising costs of basics: healthcare, energy, housing, childcare, wages. The goal is to forge an agenda that all but the most compromised Democrats could unite behind. Twenty-two national organizations endorsed the agenda on its release.

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