NEBRASKA - Nebraska’s three Republican congressmen voted against President Joe Biden’s expansive social and environmental package, dubbed the “Build Back Better” plan.

The House approved the plan by a slim margin of 220-213 which sent the bill to the Senate. There, it will undoubtedly face changes as a result of criticism from the all-Republican congressional delegation.

Nebraska's Republican representatives mostly take issue with the increased federal control embedded into the proposed bill, which includes far-reaching changes in taxation, health care, energy, climate change, family services, education, and housing.

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said, “Americans are about to have a new form of governance, concentrated in D.C.”

These concerns were echoed by Rep. Don Bacon, who said, “Our nation does not desire to be a giant welfare state with ‘cradle to grave’ government oversight controlling our lives.”

Included in the bill's 2,100 pages are initiatives to bolster child care assistance, create free preschool, curb seniors' prescription drugs costs, and increase efforts to slow climate change. Also included are tax credits to spur clean energy development, bolstered child care assistance, and extended tax breaks for millions of families with children, lower-earning workers, and people buying private health insurance.

Tax increases on the wealthy, big corporations and companies doing business abroad would be used to pay for the initiative.

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