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2 February 2022

“We have to tax the billionaires”: California Democrat Ro Khanna on seizing the moment for change

The congressman on bipartisanship, refusing apathy and how to make tech work for all.

By Emily Tamkin

Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call

WASHINGTON, DC – The Democrats are in the doldrums.

That’s how it can feel, anyway. Biden’s ambitious Build Back Better legislation is stalled in the Senate. Voting rights legislation is stuck there, too.

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