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Washington, D.C. — New state polling shows overwhelming support in Wisconsin for President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, with a margin of 60-35, even after Wisconsinites hear the most effective political arguments against it. A new economic analysis from the Center for American Progress finds that Wisconsin’s economy is in an extremely perilous state—but that […]

Washington, D.C. — Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) released the committee’s section of the fiscal year 2021 budget reconciliation bill, the legislation implementing President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan. The Ways and Means Committee draft would provide families with a child tax credit of $3,600 for children under age 6 […]

STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the January 2021 Jobs Report Date: February 5, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist  Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the January 2021 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Today’s data underscore that 10 months into the COVID-19 crisis, the economy is still fragile. The numbers also show that Americans who have historically faced some of...

STATEMENT: The Family Security Act Demonstrates There Is Bipartisan Urgency in Addressing Child Poverty Date: February 5, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. —  Yesterday, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) announced the Family Security Act, which would provide a monthly benefit of $350 a month for young children and $250 a month for school-aged children. Crucially, the Family Security Act is not dependent on earnings, meaning that unlike the existing Child Tax Credit families with little or n...

STATEMENT: The Raise the Wage Act Is Essential for Economic Recovery Date: January 26, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate announced the introduction of the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025, helping more than 30 million Americans make ends meet. The House originally passed the Raise the Wage Act with bipartisan support in 2019. Following the bill’s introduction,  Wi...

Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden took action to put federal agencies on a path toward raising the minimum wage for federal employees and contract workers to $15 dollars per hour, providing them with emergency paid leave, and restoring essential collective bargaining rights and protections to federal employees. The order builds on previous actions taken by […]

STATEMENT: Biden’s Executive Orders To Address Hunger in the United States Will Save Lives Date: January 22, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Today, President Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the growing hunger crisis in the United States. Following the signing of the orders,  Alexandra Cawthorne Gaines, vice president of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: At a time when tens of million...

RELEASE: 10 Recommendations That Will Improve Maine’s Economy and Democracy Date: January 22, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — In Maine, more than 12 percent of residents live below the poverty line, and more than 1 in 3 families do not earn enough to pay for basic expenses. A new report from the Center for American Progress explains how strengthening worker power is key to reducing poverty and economic inequality in the state and how it would help to raise wages, close racia...

RELEASE: New CAP Report Examines the Implications of Climate Change to the Agricultural Lending Sector Date: January 14, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress examines the mounting threat of climate change for the agricultural finance sector. From emerging pests and diseases to changing weather patterns, the climate crisis poses extreme risks to farmers and ranchers. If left unchecked, climate change will likely devastate the agricult...

RELEASE: CAP Report Outlines the Structural But Solvable Problem of Child Poverty in the U.S. Date: January 12, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — The United States consistently has the highest child poverty rate of any OECD country. Nearly 11 million—or 1 in 7—children in the United States live in poverty. And systemic inequalities stretching back before the country’s founding contribute to disproportionate rates of poverty for Black, Latinx, Asian American, and Native chil...