With the elections behind us, it's time to urge Congress to focus on the urgent needs of the people and to demand that President Biden act on progressive priorities.

We can start by becoming citizen co-sponsors of the progressive legislative agenda laid out by the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

The Congressional Progressive Caucus's People's Agenda for 2021 demands that our government deliver bold and equitable relief, and real opportunity, for all people within the first 6 months of 2021 by taking the following steps:

• Provide COVID relief that meets the scale of the crisis and addresses the disproportionate focus on harm to Black, Indigenous, people of color and other vulnerable communities.

• Put people back to work, give workers more power, and transform to a clean, renewable energy economy.

• Ensure health care for everyone by taking important steps to expand healthcare and making equitable investments in public health infrastructure as we work towards Medicare for All.

• Defend and expand voting rights, strengthen democracy and end corruption to return the vote and voice back to the people.

• Dismantle racism, white supremacy and inequality in all institutions to create justice, ensure equality and opportunity for all and end the racial wealth gap.  

• End endless wars and invest in diplomacy and peace. It’s time to end massive increases and significantly reduce Pentagon budgets that fuel wars and sap communities of vital investments in education, housing and more.

• End corporate greed and corporate monopolies to end poverty and stop poor and working people from getting poorer while huge corporations and the wealthiest get wealthier.