Jake Johnson

"If you can't or won't," nearly 70 groups wrote to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, "please step aside so that someone more willing can take your place."

"Failure to enact a waiver will prolong the pandemic leading to more death, illness, economic hardship, and social and political disruption."

Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized his colleagues who complain about social spending but "all of a sudden forget about the deficit when we're talking about an annual defense budget of $778 billion."

"What really dampens turnout is when Democrats make promises that they don't keep."

"Wealthy nations need to understand that unless everyone everywhere is vaccinated, the situation is not going to change."

"During his tenure, Chair Powell first ignored climate change and then resisted calls for the Fed to use its tools to fight it."

Republicans and a pair of Senate Democrats are "using the filibuster to destroy and undermine the life of this democracy and the daily lives of people," warned Rev. Dr. William Barber II.

"Give Republicans this: they're not dismantling democracy in secret. They're doing it right out in the open."