Work and Welfare
After the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation had the highest annual increase in nearly 40 years–up 6.4 percent from…
Read More (Brady: Biden’s Higher Taxes Doubles Down on Rising Prices as Families’ Income Falls for Seventh Straight Month)The Bureau of Labor Statistics February Job Opening and Labor Turnover (JOLTS) Survey today showed President Biden’s worker shortage remains…
Read More (Job Openings Near Record High after President Biden Discouraged Work)Passed successfully today through the House of Representatives, the Securing a Strong Retirement (SECURE 2.0) Act of 2022, introduced in…
Read More (Stronger Retirement for Americans: What They’re Saying About SECURE 2.0)Key Takeaways: Less than $1 billion has been recaptured of the total taxpayer dollars lost in improper UI payments over…
Read More (WATCHDOG: Less than $1 Billion Recovered as Key UI Fraud Estimate Increases to $163B)A new report from the Heritage Foundation shows that the benefits of the 1996 bipartisan welfare reform have persisted decades after its…
Read More (Report: Republican Welfare Reform Cut Child Poverty, Democrats’ Expanded Child Tax Credit Threatens That Progress)As the Biden Administration prepares to release its FY 2023 budget several months late, Americans are still suffering from the…
Read More (Biden’s Budget Last Year Stoked Inflation, Ignored IRS Backlog, Slowed Recovery)For the past year, even with paychecks increasing, workers have earned less and paid more for everything from rent to…
Read More (Paycheck Increases Can’t Keep Up with Bidenflation)The evidence-based home visiting program for at-risk children serves as a model for other federal programs for low-income families, Republican…
Read More (Walorski: Evidence-Based Funding Better Serves Low-Income Families and Taxpayers)Year-over-year increases in wholesale prices jumped the highest in the history of collecting the data, according to a new Producer…
Read More (Brady: Highest Year-Over-Year Increase in Wholesale Prices Debunks Biden’s Inflation Excuses)In an op-ed for the Washington Examiner, Ways and Means Republican Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA) writes that Democrats are adding…
Read More (Ferguson: Dems’ Big-Government Socialist Spending is Bleeding Americans Dry)