Publications

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.

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

State-by-state graphics with information about the cost of child care for single mothers and families.

House Republicans are hoping to overturn the financial safeguards put in place to prevent the next financial crisis and to protect consumers from the costs of reckless, abusive, and fraudulent behavior on Wall Street. Republicans’ proposal, the Financial CHOICE Act (Choice 2.0), is a wrong choice for America.

TrumpCare’s funding for high-risk pools falls short by at least $200 billion over 10 years (a conservative estimate, assuming very small pools).

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin recently claimed long-term economic growth will pay for the cost of President Trump’s proposed tax reform plan. This claim relies on using so-called “dynamic scoring,” a tactic long exploited by Republicans to justify not paying for immense tax cuts. However, dynamic scoring methodologies can lead to wildly different estimates that often underestimate how much these tax cuts increase the budget deficit.

Joint Economic Committee Democrats

Publications

May 18 2017

Clean Energy, It's Where the Jobs Are

May 16 2017

Understanding Economic Challenges in Rural America

May 15 2017

Median Weekly Earnings Vary Widely Across Asian American and Pacific Islander Groups

May 12 2017

Medium Post: Texas Says No to P3s, Rejecting Centerpiece of Trump Infrastructure “Plan”

May 12 2017

The Financial CHOICE Act: The Wrong Choice for America

May 11 2017

The State of Child Care in America

May 10 2017

The Costs of Child Care State-by-State

May 09 2017

The Financial CHOICE Act: The Wrong Choice for America

May 08 2017

How Many Americans Have Pre-Existing Health Conditions?

May 05 2017

Dynamic Scoring Threatens Budget Deficits and Working Americans