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Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring that federal contract workers earn $15 per hour. The order builds on previous actions taken by the Obama administration that created a wage floor and extended the protections to Americans with disabilities working on contracts. Following the signing of the order, Karla Walter, senior director […]

RELEASE: Nicole Lee Ndumele Named Vice President of Racial Equity and Justice at CAP Date: April 20, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress announced that Nicole Lee Ndumele will be its new vice president of Racial Equity and Justice. In this role, Ndumele will lead the organization’s cross-cutting work to advance bold, large-scale policy solutions, from the economy to the education and justice systems, that meet the long-standing challenge of...

RELEASE: CAP Welcomes Senator Doug Jones as a Distinguished Senior Fellow Date: April 20, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick “Sen. Jones has been a leader in the fight for civil rights for decades,” said  John Podesta, founder of the Center for American Progress. “At this critical moment, I’m grateful that the former senator will bring to CAP his deep expertise and commitment to racial equity and strengthening our democracy.” “Events over the past year have brought our country to a mome...

STATEMENT: Biden’s Discretionary Funding Request Is a Historic Reinvestment in the American People Date: April 9, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Mara Rudman, executive vice president for Policy at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: President Biden’s funding request to Congress lays out a progressive foundation for sustainable growth that will benefit the American people, especially workers and the middle class, not just the wealthy. The president’s proposal wi...

Washington, D.C. — Today in Pittsburgh, President Joe Biden unveiled the American Jobs Plan, a new proposal to build back better and create millions of new, good-paying jobs by investing in people, communities, and the economic infrastructure that will give every American the opportunity to thrive. In response, John Podesta, founder of the Center for […]

Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress provides a road map for how U.S. manufacturers can regain global competitiveness and overcome the strategic risks presented by global supply chains, particularly with respect to health care and national defense. Until recently, the United States was the world’s largest manufacturing exporter. In recent […]

RELEASE: New Polling Shows Strong Bipartisan Support for Federal Aid for People in Need Date: March 10, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new poll from the Center for American Progress, in partnership with GBAO Strategies, shows that there is strong bipartisan support for policies that will help provide short-term relief for Americans navigating the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as long-term investments to strengthen the social safety net and many o...

Date: March 1, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Brendan Boyle (D-PA) unveiled the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, which would levy a 2 percent annual tax on households and trusts worth between $50 million and $1 billion, as well an additional 1 percent annual surtax on assets above $1 billion. Following the announcement of the bill, Alexandra Thornton, senior director of tax policy at the Center for American...

RELEASE: Expanding the Child Tax Credit Would Lead to a Stronger and More Equitable Recovery Date: February 23, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new analysis from the Center for American Progress examines the benefits of expanding the child tax credit along the lines of what is proposed in the American Rescue Plan. The issue brief finds that provisions of the child tax credit expansion in the American Rescue Plan would have a dramatic impact on child poverty and be more effect...

Washington, D.C. — New state polling shows overwhelming support in Michigan for President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, with a 26-point margin, even after Michiganders hear the most effective political arguments against it. A new economic analysis from the Center for American Progress finds that Michigan’s economy is in an extremely perilous state—but that the […]