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Congress can help Americans living with disabilities by passing the ABLE Age Adjustment Act Fiona Ma and John McMillan, opinion contributors © Getty Images Congress can help Americans living with disabilities by passing the ABLE Age Adjustment Act The coronavirus pandemic has underscored the importance of financial stability, especially amongst the disability community, where unemployment reached a 7-year high in 2020. For the estimated 8 million eligible Americans, ABLE accounts have provided an opportunity for financial stability during a tumultuous time. Now, Congress ha...

© Getty Images Of some 30,000 laws passed in the history of Congress, a remarkably small number stand out for their positive impact and minimal adverse effects. This subject is important because controversy over lawmaking and congressional gridlock have prevented us from solving critical national problems for more than 30 years. This essay lists 15 laws that meet both criteria. Laws mainly correcting injustices, such as the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, are not included. Except for its fateful slavery provision, the U.S. Constitution is widely regarded as the most visionary and also practi...

Cuba to continue working on preventing irregular migration Cuba to continue working on preventing irregular migration Havana, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will continue working on preventing irregular, unsafe and disorderly migration as well as events that endanger human life, the country´s Foreign Ministry reported. Cuba´s Foreign Ministry also urged the United States to take all measures to avoid these tragic events and reaffirms its commitment to the Joint Declaration on immigration matters, signed on January 12, 2017. Cuba rigorously fulfills its obligations under said agreement, and bra...

DEAD OF WINTER Leonine Public AffairsThe legislature continued developing the FY2022 budget this week. The House and Senate Appropriations Committees started the week with a joint public hearing via Zoom and heard from more than 70 organizations and members of the public on a wide variety of budget proposals. House Appropriations spent the rest of the week hearing from state agencies and departments on the governor's proposed FY2022 budget. Meanwhile, many of the policy committees focused on the sections of the budget over which they have jurisdiction. The policy committees are refining thei...

With everyone trying to predict what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will do under the Biden Administration, there is one certainty that we can let you know about. As...