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Democrats are the Party of Fiscal Responsibility
Over the past year, we have seen a repeat of long-standing Republican fiscal and economic policies: Republicans have passed a deep tax cut, overwhelmingly benefitting corporations and wealthier...
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What It Would Take to Cut Spending by $5 Trillion
After adding $1.9T to our deficits with the #GOPTaxScam, now the the Republican Budget calls for $4.7T in cuts. Republicans wouldn’t identify all changes needed to achieve these extreme savings, so we...
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These Are Our Numbers — The Importance of the 2020 Census
These Are Our Numbers — The Importance of the 2020 CensusThe U.S. Constitution mandates a complete count of all persons living in the United States every ten years — a process known as the decennial...
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The First Tax Filing Season Under the GOP Tax Law Shows the Rich & Big...
The First Tax Filing Season Under the GOP Tax Law Shows the Rich and Big Corporations Benefitted the MostAs Americans file federal income taxes for the first tax year under the Republicans’ 2017 tax...
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It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
It’s been nearly 10 years since Congress last raised the federal minimum wage — the longest period in our nation’s history without an increase.Due to this inaction, the minimum wage is worth 17 percent...
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Building A More Dynamic Economy: The Benefits of Immigration
The United States is home to more immigrants than any other country in the world, with more than 44 million people — nearly 14 percent of our population — born abroad. The strength and vibrancy of the...
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Climate Changes Puts Coastal Communities and Agriculture at Risk
The consequences of climate change are real, they are devastating, and they are already affecting communities across the country, from the coasts to the heartland. If Congress does nothing to address...
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Why Climate Change is a Public Health Emergency
Climate change is real and increasingly harming people across the country. The consequences are intensifying and without substantial global mitigation and regional adaptation efforts, climate change is...
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How Climate Change Can Lead to Global Instability
Climate change just doesn’t just impact communities across the country and pose a risk to public health — the rapidly changing climate also threatens defense readiness and stability around the world....
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Economic inequality in America is getting worse, but here’s how we could...
Decades of failed economic policies have left hard-working Americans behind. While the GOP tries to tout a “booming” economy, that doesn’t reflect the reality for many of our working...
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The Trump Budget Forgot About Veterans in Need
When American troops return home after serving their country, the last thing they should be worrying about is putting food on the table, affording their health care, or meeting their basic human needs....
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Two Years Later: What Republicans Won’t Say About the GOP Tax Scam
By Rep. John Yarmuth, Chairman of the House Budget CommitteeIt will pay for itself. It will help middle-class Americans. It will incentivize investments in our economy and our workforce. Republicans...
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The 4 Things Senate Republicans Are Not Saying When They Talk About the...
Republicans short-sighted COVID response is hurting our economic recovery.#1. COVID’s Economic Impact Has Been Brutal & UnevenCoronavirus has impacted every community. But blows to workers’...
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Why We Must Support States & Localities Through the COVID-19 Pandemic
We Can’t Afford to Make the Same Mistake Again: Why We Must Support States & Localities Through the COVID-19 PandemicWe’ve seen this happen before. After the Great Recession, the slow recovery of...
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How the Protecting Our Democracy Act Will Strengthen the Bedrock of our...
How the Protecting Our Democracy Act Will Strengthen the Bedrock of our Democracy Now & for Future GenerationsThis package of landmark reforms will prevent presidential abuse, restore our system of...
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America’s Decades-Old IT Systems Need a Reboot
Why Federal IT Investments Will Help to Ensure Timely COVID-19 ReliefThe COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the struggle at all levels of government to provide timely information, resources, benefits,...
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House Budget Committee Investigation Exposes Trump Administration’s Systemic...
House Budget Committee Investigation Exposes Trump Administration’s Systemic Abuse of Executive Spending AuthorityMore than two years after our investigation started, the House Budget Committee...
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Smart Federal Investments Are Needed for Artificial Intelligence to Improve...
Smart Federal Investments Are Needed for Artificial Intelligence to Improve Work, Lives, and the Economy for All AmericansEven before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed our economy and tens of millions of...
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House Budget Dems Will Keep Fighting for an Economy #ForThePeople
To Move Our Nation Forward, House Budget Dems are Fighting for an Economy that Works #ForThePeopleOur nation’s federal budget is more than a bottom line, it’s a statement of our nation’s values. That’s...
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Chairman Yarmuth Delivers Floor Remarks on the 2021 Budget Resolution
A photograph of the United States Capitol building with a duotone blue filter over it and text that says “Chairman Yarmuth delivers floor remarks on the 2021 budget...
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