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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The American Rescue Plan delivered an enormous $1.9tn stimulus to the economy and also strengthened the social welfare safety net, making it what the New York Times called "the largest antipoverty effort in a generation".
57% : The bitter partisan fights over voting rights, national security policy, a massive infrastructure program, law enforcement and gun policy reforms, and even the state of race relations all signal that the soul of America very much hangs in the balance.
55% : - that supports a Green New Deal and stricter regulations - from being translated into law.
52% : The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve - which jointly regulate the banking sector - could raise capital requirements for institutions that invest in fossil fuels, helping stem the flow of Wall Street cash into coal, oil and gas.
50% : A more expansive vision of racial equity would seek to address the root causes of racial disparities that lead to underserved communities' greater need for federal programs, including government actions that curtailed Black Americans' prospects for building and maintaining intergenerational wealth.

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