build back better plan
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Access to affordable child care, combating climate change, reducing housing costs, and local eligibility for the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI), are the among the many benefits that American Samoa is expected to receive under U.S President Joe Biden’s “Build...

![Pres. Joe Biden explaining aspects of the Build Back Better bill in October. Republicans are against this proposal, so Democrats are using a special budgetary process to get this legislation passed. This process is called 'reconciliation' and will help avoid the 60-vote filibuster threshold, allowing the program to pass into law. Although Democrats have set a number of deadlines, the bill has yet to reach the floor for a vote. [photo: AP] President Joe Biden](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/biden_bbb_plan.jpg?itok=Zpj3-zgn)