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Janelle Jones is the first Black woman to serve as chief economist at the Labor Department. She says helping marginalized groups boosts the entire economy.

2 Min Read White House Council of Economic Advisers Chair Cecilia Rouse and Washington Center for Equitable Growth CEO Heather Boushey join White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki for Equal Pay Day during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top White House economist Cecilia Rouse on Tuesday defended President Joe Biden’s plan to spend $400 billion on the “care economy” as a legitimate infrastructure i...

Please verify your request* Advertisement Even as Senate Democrats prepare to push the $1.9 trillion Covid relief package over the finish line as soon as this weekend, some policy experts are still worried that the bill is poorly targeted, focused on the wrong issues or just plain too big. According to The Washington Post’s Jeff Stein, Heather Long and Erica Werner Thursday, the grumblings of discontent aren’t limited to Republicans, whose opposition to the bill is both unanimous ...

Skip to main content Currently Reading As Senate rushes $1.9 trillion bill through Congress, Biden faces doubts over whether its still the right package Jeff Stein, Heather Long and Erica Werner, The Washington Post March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail President Biden speaks about the Paycheck Protection Program at the White House on Feb. 22.Washington Post photo by Jabin Botsford. WASHINGTON - It was dark days when, six days before his inauguration, President Joe Biden first released his $1.9 t...

Critics have questioned numerous facets of the stimulus plan Democrats are rushing to pass.

February 26, 2021 6:36 p.m. After the Senate parliamentarian dashed Democrats’ hopes of crowbarring a $15 federal minimum wage into the COVID-19 relief package Thursday night, members and their staffs have been scrambling to figure out a way around the ruling.  Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT), who chair the Senate Finance and Budget Committees respectively, have proposed a backdoor approach that the parliamentarian might approve of, one that would inv...

Bidens 36-Year-Old Economist Has Her Eye on an Equal Recovery Bloomberg 2/26/2021 In a one-bedroom apartment above a Washington neighborhood of bars, clubs and brunch spots, Janelle Jones is busy trying to fix the U.S. labor market -- one economic report and one Mario Kart race at a time. The Biden administration appointed the 36-year-old as the Department of Labor’s chief economist, a little-known position that will influence the futures of millions of people. In between wading through end...

How Biden learned to go big Vox.com 2/16/2021 Emily Stewart and Ella Nilsen © Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the national economy and the need for his administration’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief legislation on February 5. President Joe Biden appears ready to do what it takes to get the American economy back to full capacity — and then some. Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package to help steer the...

President Joe Biden appears ready to do what it takes to get the American economy back to full capacity — and then some. Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package to help steer the economy through the pandemic, and he’s planning to propose a second spending package — one with an even heftier price tag — that invests heavily in infrastructure, climate, and caregiving. His administration is focusing on those most in need, and is even willing to run the economy a little h...

The risks of going too big on the economy are real, as Summers warns in a Washington Post op-ed — but the White House argues going too small could be riskier.