A new report from the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) finds that 12.4 percent of Post-9/11 veterans are living in poverty. Younger veterans have fared the worst, with 21.3 percent of veterans between the ages of 18 and 24 living in poverty. The report also examines the challenges of millions of veterans currently in poverty and how Congress can help them to regain and maintain their economic footing.

Today, Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Chairman of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), former Chair of the JEC, released a new GAO report requested by the JEC that details the gender-wage gap among low-wage and less-educated workers.

Today, the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) released the October 2011 edition of its state-by-state snapshots which detail each individual state’s economic progress for the previous month. This report shows that despite an improvement in the national employment report, only 22 states saw an expansion in their private-sector employment in September with three states, Texas, Florida and California, accounting for over half of the private-sector gains.

The U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), Chaired by Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), today released a report detailing the negative impact of trade on vulnerable sectors of the workforce. The report entitled, “Nowhere to Go: Geographic and Occupational Immobility and Free Trade,” shows that trade-displaced workers, who tend to be older and less-educated than other workers, find it more difficult to move to other regions of the country or to other occupations.