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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 the worst discrimination in the labor market—women and people of color, especially women of color...

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 no federal income tax liability, who are often experiencing the worst poverty, would benefit. In a 2...

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,  Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president for external affairs at the Center for American Progress,...