Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, House Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country. Here’s a list of ten ways that TrumpCare will have a damaging impact on rural America.
May 23 2017
TrumpCare: Leaving Rural Health Behind
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report today on the damaging impact TrumpCare would have on rural America. Instead of focusing on improving health care delivery in rural America, House Republicans passed a bill that will only make it harder to access affordable, quality health services in rural communities across the country.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a report this week on the importance of investing in clean energy.
May 22 2017
May Economic Snapshot of the States
In July, President Trump will reach the 6 month mark of his term in office and stewardship of the U.S. economy. With lags in releases of economic data, a full accounting of this milestone is a few months away. However, as this economic snapshot of all 50 states shows, Trumponomics has the U.S. economy trending in a worrisome direction
May 18 2017
Clean Energy, It's Where the Jobs Are
The report, “Clean Energy, It’s Where the Jobs Are” highlights that 3.3 million Americans worked in the clean energy economy in 2016. It shows that renewable energy specifically now employs more than one in three Americans who work in electric generation and fuel production employment. Projections indicate that this is just the beginning and the transition to clean energy will create millions of additional jobs.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats released a new report today on the economic challenges in rural America. In recent years, rural and urban communities experienced developments in the U.S. economy in vastly different ways. Congress’s work on economic development, infrastructure, and education must tailor approaches to meet the unique challenges facing rural communities.
Joint Economic Committee Democrats will release a report later this week on the costs of corruption for the U.S. economy. Beyond enriching the corrupt, evidence from around the world shows that corruption poses real and significant economy-wide costs.
President Trump’s plan to rely on public-private partnerships (P3) to meet much of the nation’s infrastructure needs took a hit last week when the Texas House rejected legislation that would have allowed P3s to participate in 18 highway projects in the state. Opposition to new tolls reportedly led to the bill’s defeat.
Congressional Republicans seem to have already forgotten the wreckage left in the wake of the financial bubble of the late 2000s. During the 2008 financial crisis and related recession, 8.7 million Americans lost their jobs, 3.8 million homes were foreclosed on, and households lost $17 trillion in wealth. As a result of Wall Street’s actions, the U.S. economy lost an estimated $7.6 trillion in goods and services from 2008 to 2018—lost output that Americans are still feeling today.
May 11 2017
The State of Child Care in America
As women have entered the workforce and become breadwinners, access to affordable, high-quality child care has become an increasingly important part of a family’s economic success. High-quality early learning and care provide many benefits to families