Julia Conley

"There is something profoundly wrong in our political system when a handful of billionaires, through super PACs that spend millions of dollars, try to defeat progressive candidates for Congress," said Sanders.

The bill stands virtually no chance of passing in the Senate, but campaigners said a vote would "show young people why we need to turn out to expand [Democrats'] majority in the Senate."

"It is a complete shame that the Senate's Inflation Reduction Act does not include inflation-fighting funding for child care."

"Climate collapse is here, now... For all of us it means increasing instability and devastation if we fail to act."

"These firms are buying up a lot of housing, and they're particularly buying up housing in places that have relatively weak tenant protections," said one eviction expert. "And I don't think that that is coincidental."

"If corporate interests were actually serious about workplace flexibility, you'd see them supporting the rights of their employees to have a say in what goes on in the workplace."

"He expected me to cower and hide," said Olivia Julianna, "but that's not how it played out."

The lieutenant governor said he plans to campaign with his former primary rival to "unite Wisconsinites from every corner of the state to defeat Ron Johnson."