Given our urgent need to be internationally competitive and the staunch Republican opposition to helping poor families and young children in favor of tax cuts for the super wealthy, the news comes at a particularly bad time for the Party of Nope , aka Republicans or the grand old white NOPe. When will they put country over ideological allegiance to what is now the party of insurrection and treason? A growth crisis is the last thing the ailing economy needs in the face of recovering demand and the ongoing job creation of the Biden Administration that has seen ~5% GDP growth in one year. Simply put overall our economy is on track to improve more in Biden’s first 12 months than any president during the past 50 years. The American Rescue Plan, which invested $66 billion into 36 million households and reduced the child poverty rate by 50%, is a great legislative accomplishment. However, we need to keep moving forward by preparing for the future.