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STATEMENT: CAP Economist Michael Madowitz on the December 2020 Jobs Report Date: January 8, 2021 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Center for American Progress Economist  Michael Madowitz released the following statement today on the December 2020 employment situation figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: December’s employment report underscores what has been apparent for months: Delayed economic relief and a mismanaged public health crisis are pushing the economy into a double-dip recession. Job growth had already slowed in each of the past six months, while weekly u...

Date: December 21, 2020 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Tonight, both houses of Congress passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief package. Following the passage of the bill, Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: The relief package passed by both houses of Congress tonight will undoubtedly save lives, businesses, and jobs. Importantly, it includes protections for people who were on the brink of eviction in the dead of winter; enhanced unemployment insurance for hundreds of thousands of Ame...

STATEMENT: Today’s Google Lawsuit Underscores the Seriousness of Anti-Competitive Behavior in the Tech Industry Date: December 17, 2020 Contact: Julia Cusick Marc Jarsulic, chief economist at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: The lawsuits brought by nearly every state attorney general acknowledge what many have long observed—that Google has exercised its dominance in search and online advertising in ways that are prohibited by antitrust law. They claim that Google has used its significant market power in online advertising to dominate the invisible b...

RELEASE: CAP Outlines Blueprint To Address Climate Resilience and Environmental Racism in Low-Income Communities of Color Date: December 17, 2020 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — A new report from the Center for American Progress outlines a new framework to restructure the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to address environmental racism and build climate resilience in low-income communities of color. The CRA was enacted in 1977 to combat redlining and other forms of discriminatory lending but did not factor in environmental criteria. Since then, it has become increasingly clear tha...

STATEMENT: Bipartisan Relief Proposal a Necessary First Step for Recovery Date: December 15, 2020 Contact: Julia Cusick Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, a bipartisan group of senators announced a proposal for a COVID-19 relief package. Following the announcement, Winnie Stachelberg, executive vice president for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement: Over the past seven months, the U.S. House of Representatives has twice passed relief bills comprehensive enough to meet our country’s unprecedented public health and economic crisis. Beyond these...