Samantha Dietel, Florida Phoenix Congressional Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday to extend funding for five years for a pandemic-era child care subsidy program set to expire at the end of the month. The legislation would extend the child care stabilization grant program, which Congress established in 2021 to help child …
Read More »Congress Takes Recess as Childcare and Health Center Funding Cliffs Loom
More than 3 million kids across the United States could lose childcare and nearly 7 million patients could lose access to primary care if Congress doesn’t approve funding by September 30. But lawmakers in both the House and Senate left town for August recess late last week after making little …
Read More »Senate Dems Revive Bill to Fix Nation’s ‘Broken’ US Childcare System
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Stressing “the need to rebuild a stronger, more robust, and more equitable childcare system,” progressive U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren on Thursday reintroduced a bill to improve access to quality, affordable childcare—one of multiple childcare bills unveiled in Congress in recent days. The Building …
Read More »Senate Report Warns Inaction Pushing US Childcare System to ‘Brink of Collapse’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams Already among the worst and least affordable in the developed world, the U.S. childcare system could soon be “pushed closer to the brink of collapse” if Congress doesn’t act before emergency federal funding runs dry at the end of September. That grave warning is at the …
Read More »Inside President Biden’s $6 Trillion Budget Proposal
President Joe Biden has proposed funding infrastructure, free pre-K, and community college in his $6 trillion budget for next year paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. Biden’s American Jobs Plan to rescue the economy from the COVID-19 pandemic and “build it back better,” creating millions of jobs by …
Read More »Gig Workers In 20 GOP-Led States To Lose All Unemployment Benefits
Republican states that are withdrawing early from the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program are stirring up trouble for gig workers. Selina Smedly, who owns a clean business in Dallas, says she will be cut off from the jobless aid without being prepared. She believes that she will have a hard time …
Read More »White House Will Propose A $6 Trillion Budget For 2022
The White House will propose a $6 trillion budget for 2022 on Friday, a senior administration official told CNN. The budget proposal is President Joe Biden’s first formal request to Congress. President Biden wants to rebuild the United States infrastructure and move the country towards greener energy. “As we turn …
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