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Clean Slate for Budget Reconciliation: How Democrats Can Reform Labor Rights, Even with the Filibuster

Feb 11, 2021 Maxwell Ulin

President Joe Biden’s ambitious pro-worker agenda is confronting a cruel legislative reality. Thanks to the Senate filibuster—a parliamentary maneuver that blocks legislation indefinitely barring a 60-vote override—Democrats’ razor-thin Senate margins make it exceedingly difficult for President Biden to deliver on his pledge to pass the recently reintroduced PRO Act and other Clean Slate Project reforms. […]

February 8, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Messner

The long-running dispute between the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the city’s school district (CPS) may be nearing its end. On Sunday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the Union announced a tentative deal that would resume in-person learning in a series of staggered waves over the coming month and could potentially restart pre-K and special education […]

January 21, 2021
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Yesterday marked a momentous occasion in the nation’s history, as former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris were inaugurated president and vice president, respectively. Shortly after their swearing in, President Biden wasted little time carrying out his agenda, issuing 17 executive orders after the inaugural ceremony that included rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, repealing the Muslim ban, […]

January 6, 2021
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

All eyes are on the Georgia Senate run-off race. Democrat Raphael Warnock won his race against Republican Kelly Loeffler. The race between Democrat Jon Ossoff and Republican David Perdue remains close. The nationwide rollout of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines is not moving fast enough. State officials are pointing the finger at multiple targets: the […]

October 26, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

In a near party-line vote this Sunday, the Senate took its second-to-final step toward seating Amy Coney Barrett on the country’s highest court, thwarting Senate Democrat’s efforts to stall the highly controversial confirmation. Trump’s third nominee to the Supreme Court, Barrett’s confirmation would consolidate a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. The confirmation is expected […]

August 2, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

As Congress has allowed the $600 weekly unemployment bonus to lapse, some states are taking advantage of the CARES Act provision offering extended unemployment benefits for states suffering from high unemployment rates. Extended benefits in eligible states are offered to those that have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits and their Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation assistance. […]

March 18, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

Yesterday, the Trump Administration announced a plan for a $1 trillion stimulus, which would include $250 billion in direct checks to Americans by the end of April. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin told Republican senators that he envisioned direct payments covering two weeks of pay would go out by the end of April. Secretary Mnuchin warned […]

July 24, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer published an op-ed in today’s N.Y. Times, in which he outlined the Democratic Party’s “better deal” for American workers. The three stated goals of the new agenda are to increase pay, reduce expenses, and provide workers with tools for the new economy. Democrats will announce policy proposals to stop prescription […]

April 16, 2017
News & Commentary

Hannah Belitz

Yesterday, in dozens of cities across the U.S., tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets to demand that Trump release his tax returns. Reuters explains that organizers of the “Tax March” wanted to draw attention to Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. The marches were planned for April 15 because it is the traditional filing deadline […]

Weekend News & Commentary—April 15-16, 2017

Apr 16, 2017 Hannah Belitz

Yesterday, in dozens of cities across the U.S., tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets to demand that Trump release his tax returns. Reuters explains that organizers of the “Tax March” wanted to draw attention to Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. The marches were planned for April 15 because it is the traditional filing deadline […]

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