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Sep 16, 2021

New Deal Descendants call on CCC and WPA to be included in Reconciliation

Dear Madam Speaker and Majority Leader: As descendants of the men and women who designed the New Deal’s CCC and WPA, we strongly support inclusion of robust versions of both in the pending reconciliation bill. President Biden has identified a new subsidized jobs program as a top priority in his…

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Mar 28, 2021

New Deal Descendants write to President Biden regarding the Jobs for Economic Recovery Act, Civilian Climate Corps

Passage of JERA and creation of a CCC would embody the spirit of the original New Deal and usher in a 21st Century New Deal, say descendants — Dear Mr. President: We write, as the descendants of the men and women who designed the New Deal, to commend your focus on the urgency of big, bold action to create jobs to help America build back better. …

New Deal

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New Deal Descendants write to President Biden regarding the Jobs for Economic Recovery Act…
New Deal Descendants write to President Biden regarding the Jobs for Economic Recovery Act…

Aug 19, 2020

Congress has 65 Million Reasons to Protect and Defend Social Security

The successful, popular government program is under attack — Since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Social Security into law eighty-five years ago, widespread bipartisan support in Congress and among the American people has existed for what may be the most important, consequential legislation in the history of the United States. Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower — in a candid…

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Congress has 65 Million Reasons to Protect and Defend Social Security
Congress has 65 Million Reasons to Protect and Defend Social Security

Jun 23, 2020

Dear Vice President Biden: We must fight for a 21st Century New Deal

An Open Letter to Vice President Biden from the children and grandchildren of FDR and his New Dealers — Dear Vice President Biden: We are descendants of the men and women who designed and implemented President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal policies during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the worst economic decline of the 20th Century. We are tremendously heartened to hear of your recognition that today’s crises…

New Deal

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Dear Vice President Biden: We must fight for a 21st Century New Deal
Dear Vice President Biden: We must fight for a 21st Century New Deal
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