The 2021 Top 10 List of Federal Policy Victories
President Biden, operating with a razor-thin Democratic majority in the United States Congress, did not get everything he wanted...
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STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments in U.S. Jobs, Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org; 215.510.9336 STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments...
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The State of Working Pennsylvania 2021
DOWNLOAD REPORT HERE. See the State of Working Pennsylvania 2021 presentation. ...
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Doubling of PA Billionaire Wealth—Almost All Tax-Free—Shows Need for Biden’s Investment & Tax Plans
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission Warns of “Financial Havoc From Climate Change”
As forest fires rage in California, and flooding and drought become more common in many parts of the country,...
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Congressional Republicans Rally to Herbert Hooverism: Starve the Poor, Crush the Economy!
News flash: extending enhanced federal unemployment benefits, due to expire today, won’t discourage workers from returning to their jobs,...
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Our Opportunity to Re-evaluate: Pennsylvania’s COVID-19 Policy Response and Priorities Moving Forward
The COVID-19 pandemic has turned our lives upside down. Many of us worry about the health and well-being of...
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A New Proposal Would Give a Much-Needed Boost to Pennsylvania’s Working Families
Senator Bob Casey today joined Senators Sherrod Brown, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden to introduce the Working...
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STATEMENT: About 300,000 Pennsylvania Workers Left Behind by New Trump Admin Proposal on Overtime for Salaried Workers
Last week, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) unveiled a proposal to set the overtime salary threshold, beneath...
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Educational Tax Credits: Increasing Public Funding of Private Schools at the Expense of Public Schools
In the last few days of the legislative session, state lawmakers are fast-tracking a bill that would expand and...
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Shortsighted Policies Led to PA’s Money Woes
Pennsylvania is already short of money and borrowing to pay bills less than three months into a new budget...
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