A study released the eight Democratic members on the congressional Joint Economic Committee relies on data showing where rural areas are lagging their urban counterparts and what policy solutions might close gaps. The report, Investing in Rural America, looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
Jun 20 2018
KRWG - JEC Democrats Report Outlines Ways to Expand Economic Opportunity in Rural America
Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century. The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
Rural communities have not fully recovered from the Great Recession and face a unique set of economic challenges. Wednesday the Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century. The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
The lack of access to broadband and health care in less-populous areas of the U.S. are two of the issues that Democrats hope they can use to loosen the Republican grip on rural voters. A study being released today by the eight Democratic members on the congressional Joint Economic Committee relies on data showing where rural areas are lagging their urban counterparts, and what policy solutions might close gaps.
DYK rural families on average earn 25 percent less than their urban counterparts, but live in areas with some of the highest rates of upward economic mobility in the nation? Joint Economic Committee Democrats today released a new report that examines the current state of the rural economy, and proposes policies that could revitalize rural communities and help them thrive in the 21st century.The report, “Investing in Rural America,” looks at several aspects of the rural economy including infrastructure, family financial security, housing, clean energy and public lands, health care, and agriculture.
Dems out with new report on Medicaid's benefits. The Joint Economic Committee Democrats' report touts the role of Medicaid in providing health coverage and economic security to individuals, the latest attempt to attack Republican-backed changes to the program.
Hours before Trump's announcement, Democratic lawmakers warned that gas prices, which have risen almost 50 cents a gallon in the last 12 months, were poised to climb higher with Trump's withdrawal."With Memorial Day and the beginning of the summer driving season just a few weeks away, higher prices could limit travel and dampen tourism," said the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee, in a blog post.
It’s a scenario that new parents, particularly mothers, face across the country. Many times, parents must leave their newborns – a crucial bonding time between infant and mother and father – before they’re ready because they’ve exhausted all of their sick and vacation time. Several national studies, including a recent one by U.S. Congressional Joint Economic Committee, found that access to paid family leave significantly increases the likelihood that workers will return to work rather than being forced to quit.
Apr 27 2018
Financial Planning - Social Security 'is under attack,' say these congressional Democrats
A report from lawmakers on the Joint Economic Committee states that Social Security is being threatened, and the federal government should consider modernizing and enhancing the program, according to this article on CNBC. "Cuts to Social Security are not a credible solution to pay for the $1.9 trillion that Congressional Republicans have recently added to the deficit in passing their tax legislation," said Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., in a statement. "We must ensure that our seniors are able to retire with dignity."
More than 51 million American retirees or their survivors collected Social Security benefits last year, according to the Social Security Administration. Those payments function as the foundation for their economic security during retirement, providing 90% or more of the income of almost one-third of those beneficiaries and the majority of the cash income for about 60% of them, according to a new report from the Democratic staff of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC).