Wednesday, January 26
6:30 pm (Zoom)
6:30 pm (Zoom)
Clallam Democrats are preparing for an all-out struggle to elect or reelect our Democratic candidates in 2022! We want to start discussion and planning now!
Our monthly Let’s Talk program will give us a chance to hear your ideas.
To kick off Let’s Talk for January, we have invited Washington State Democratic Chair, Tina Podlodowski to fire us up and get us talking! Please mark your calendar and join in.
The Zoom link will be available on the CCD calendar closer to the date.
Our monthly Let’s Talk program will give us a chance to hear your ideas.
To kick off Let’s Talk for January, we have invited Washington State Democratic Chair, Tina Podlodowski to fire us up and get us talking! Please mark your calendar and join in.
The Zoom link will be available on the CCD calendar closer to the date.
The Biden Presidency—A Record of Firsts
- Jobs: President Biden’s first year was the greatest year of job creation in American history, with more than 6 million jobs created.
- Unemployment Rate: The unemployment rate dropped from 6.2% when Biden took office to 3.9% – the biggest single year drop in American history.
- Unemployment Claims: The average number of Americans filing for unemployment every week has been at its lowest level since 1969. When the President took office, over 18 million were receiving unemployment benefits; today only 2 million are — also the biggest single year drop in history.
- Economic Legislation Passed: Most significant economic impact of any first-year president.
- Child Poverty: Experts estimate the US reached its lowest child poverty rate ever in 2021.
- Expanded Access to Health Care: Nearly five million Americans have newly gained health insurance coverage.
- Reduced Hunger: The number of households reporting that they sometimes or often did not have enough to eat dropped by 32%.
- Judges Confirmed: More judges confirmed to lower federal courts than any president since President Kennedy.
- Judges That Reflect Our Nation: More Black women appointed to the US Court of Appeals than any president -- even over 8 years -- in history.
- Cabinet: First majority non-white Cabinet in history, with most women in the Cabinet, including first female Treasury Secretary, first LGBTQ+ and Native American Cabinet officials, and first female Director of National Intelligence.
- Climate Investments: Largest investments ever in climate resilience, the power grid, and electric vehicle chargers.
- Clean Water: Largest investment and national, bipartisan plan to get safe and clean drinking water to all Americans.
- Cleaner Cars: Strongest vehicle emissions standards ever, saving drivers money at the pump and reducing pollution.
- Wind: First-ever approvals of large-scale, offshore wind projects.
- Personnel: Most diverse Administration in history – most women, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+, first-generation American, and first-generation college graduates.
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
President Joe Biden has signed the $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act into law!
Since 1981, the United States have badly underinvested in our infrastructure. Now our bridges are crumbling, and some of our water pipes are still leaching lead into our drinking water. After months of hard negotiation this bipartisan bill will bring imperative investment into our country.
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“This new law makes the most significant investment in roads and bridges in the past 70 years, the most significant investment in passenger rail in the past 50 years, and the most significant investment in public transit in our nation's history… “We’re finally getting this done.”
President J.R. Biden (November 15, 2021)
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The new law commits $550 billion to rebuild the hardscape of our infrastructure. It provides:
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Congratulations to President Biden and all those Congressional representatives who voted for this bill!!
Our work goes on...
The Democrats of Clallam County are committed to promoting wise
environmental stewardship, social justice, economic prosperity for working families, and
vital social programs by electing principled public servants
who will pursue these goals at the county, state, and federal level.
environmental stewardship, social justice, economic prosperity for working families, and
vital social programs by electing principled public servants
who will pursue these goals at the county, state, and federal level.
