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against each other. this year during the game folks dropped banners over the bleachers at the stadium that said things like our lives are not a game, pass 3.5 t, as in 3.5t, which at that point was the price tag for the build back better bill. they also had one that cut right to the point, dems, don t eff this up. in october members of the disability rights group, the absolutely nails uncompromiing disability rights group adapt, they staged a protest outside the hart senate officer building where senator manchin and senator kyrsten sinema have officers. among other things the adapt activists were trying to move those two conservative democrats to agree to pass build back better. 15 of the protesters from adapt were arrested that day. by the next day, several of those same disability rights activists were already at another direct action outside the capitol. they did a 24 hour vigil. for 24 hours straight they camped outside the capitol and
a few innings against each other. this year during the game, folks dropped banners over the bleachers at the stadium that said things like, our lives are not a game. pass 3.5 t, $3.5 trillion, which at that point was the price tag for the build back better bill. they had one that cut right to the point. dems, don t f this up. in october, members of the disability rights group, the absolutely nails uncompromising disability rights group, adapt, they staged a protest outside the office building where senator manchin and senator kyrsten sinema have offices. they were trying to move those two conservative democrats to agree to pass build back better. 15 of the protesters from adapt were arrested that day. by the next day, several of those same disability rights activists were already at another direct action outside the capitol. they did a 24-hour vigil for 24 hours straight, they camped
manchin to come out and talk to them from the deck of his yacht and listen to their concerns and debate his concerns. you might also remember right around that same time congress held its annual congressional baseball game. republicans and democrats faced off against each other for seven innings at nationals park. during this year s game, activists dropped banners over the bleachers that said stuff like our lives are not a game, pass 3.5 t, the price tag for the build back better bill. they had one that said dems, don t eff this up. they didn t say eff. in october we saw members of the venerable disability rights group adapt staging a protest outside where joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have offices. 15 protesters from adapt were arrested that day. but by the next day, several of those same disability rights
which turned out to be a 24-hour visual for 24 s straight hours for disability rights activists camped outside the capital. and they talked about why so many lives depend on passing build back better. specifically, the billions of dollars of support in that bill for home and community based care for elderly and disabled people. so, elderly and disabled people who need extra help don t have to be institutionalized, if that is not otherwise in their interest. they can stay, home they could get help at home. there s billions of dollars in support for that in the build back better bill. and i ll tell you, that part of president biden s agenda has not gotten this much agenda some of the other parts but it s a big deal that affects a big number of americans. right, now the number of elderly and disabled americans who are on the waiting list for that kind of care, for home based care services, it s about 800,000 people. on the waitlist. at one point, in the night,