By Nat Baldino Public comments submitted by CLASP in response to U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy’s July 30, 2024 hearing entitled “Banning Noncompete Agreements: Benefits for Workers, Businesses, and the Economy.” On behalf of the Center for Law and…
In 2021 and 2022, President Biden signed three critical bills into law—the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors and Science Act (CHIPS and Science Act). They provide nearly $2 trillion in federal…
By Elizabeth Lower-Basch CLASP supports the language at §200.202(b) that clearly states that “Federal agencies should develop programs in consultation with communities benefiting from or impacted by the program.” CASP urges the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include an assessment of whether and…
By Juan Gomez: Ahead of the 2020 election, President Biden spent months on the campaign trail decrying President Trump’s punitive and inhumane approach to immigration. Yet Biden’s immigration policies mirror those of his predecessor, undermining hope among immigrant advocates and families that a new administration…
Expanding EITC for Young Adults The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) temporarily expanded Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) eligibility for the 2021 tax year to young workers (19-24) who don’t have dependent children and increased the maximum credit from $542 to $1,502. This EITC expansion…
Providing Income to Unemployed Workers Federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance—enacted by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act—helped people unable to work due to the pandemic. This included self-employed workers, those seeking part-time employment, or people who otherwise wouldn’t qualify for regular unemployment benefits.…
Indivar Dutta-Gupta, President and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Social Policy, testifies to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Economic Disparity & Fairness in Growth Hearing on: Building a Modern Economic Foundation: Economic Security and Income Support for 21st Century…
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