State-By-State Analysis Of Minimum Wage Increase
Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee worked with staff of the Employment Policies Institute to prepare an information sheet for each state on how the proposed increase in the minimum wage would affect employment and who would be affected. The Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737) calls for an increase in the Federal minimum […]
Murray on GOP Debt Limit Turnaround: Republican Leaders Finally Bowed to Reality, Put Economy Before Tea Party
Washington, D.C—Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Budget Committee released the following statement on the House Republican plan to move forward with a debt ceiling bill with no ransom demands attached, as she and other Democrats have been demanding. “I’m glad that Republican leaders finally bowed to reality and put families and the […]
BUDGET HEARING: Murray Calls for Investments in Broad-Based Growth, Fair and Responsible Deficit Reduction
Today, Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing with Congressional Budget Office Director Dr. Douglas Elmendorf, who testified and answered questions about CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: 2014 to 2024. At the hearing, Murray highlighted that while many in Congress have singularly focused on reducing the budget deficit, it has […]
DEBT LIMIT: Murray Calls for Compromise and Bipartisanship Following GOP Turnaround On Debt Limit
Today, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Budget Committee released the following statement after the Senate vote on a clean debt limit bill. “I am pleased that Congress has put the latest round of threats and brinkmanship firmly behind us, hopefully for the last time. We have taken another basic but critical step toward […]
BUDGET HEARING: Murray Hears From Americans on How Federal Budget Decisions Affect Them
Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the Economic and Budget Outlook for Individuals, Families, and Communities. Majority witnesses included Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress, Edith Kimball, Elementary School Food Services Professional at Lee Elementary School, and Courtney Johnson, High School English Teacher at Fort […]
Sessions Urges ‘National Effort To Reduce The Welfare Rolls And Grow The Employment Rolls’
“The centerpiece of the strategy should be a consuming national effort to reduce the welfare rolls and grow the employment rolls… Imagine how much could we could do if we redirected [our $750 billion yearly welfare budget] to focus on job training, job placing, and work preparation. Wouldn’t that be a better, more productive, and […]
Ranking Member Sessions Opposes Debt Limit Increase
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the debt limit increase: “This measure would increase America’s debt limit approximately $1 trillion while failing to reduce spending by a single penny. And the legislation takes no steps whatsoever to eliminate gimmicks that allow spending above […]
Sessions Delivers Statement At Hearing To Examine CBO’s Obamacare Report And Budget Outlook
“The President said his stimulus bill, the Affordable Care Act, increased taxes and regulations, and more government spending would result in a strong [economic recovery]… Sadly, CBO’s report recognizes that the President’s 2010 health care law is a hammer blow to lower-income workers… It is our duty to take principled, achievable steps that will benefit […]
Sessions: Time To Begin National Conversation About Moving People Off Welfare And Into The Workforce
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the state of U.S. labor markets: “Today’s jobs report provides further evidence of the damage done to labor markets by the slow economic recovery. One of the most troubling factors is the sheer number of people who […]
The Economic Effects Of Mass Immigration On U.S. Workers
“The great public policy question of whether the United States should continue admitting about 1 million immigrants a year under current law, or triple that number as proposed in the recently passed Senate bill, has now come to the House. This question is momentous not only because our immigration system needs reforming, but primarily because proposals to do so include massive increases in migrant flows in addition to the legalization of millions currently residing in the U.S. illegally.”