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Issue Report: January 14, 2020

Ten Years After Citizens United, House Democrats Call on Senate to Take Up House-Passed Government Reform Measures

This month marks ten years since the Supreme Court’s major ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case. The ruling removed reasonable campaign contribution limits and has allowed a small group of individuals and corporations to spend enormous sums of money on campaigns without disclosing their identities. As a result, this “dark” money has been able to drown out the will of the people on key issues.
 
Issue Report: January 9, 2020

House Democrats Take Action to Protect Americans from Toxic PFAS Chemicals

This week, the House is voting on the PFAS Action Act, which responds to the urgent public health threat posed by per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) chemicals. PFAS chemicals are toxic contaminants that never break down in the environment, and the exposure to them has been widely linked to causing cancer, infertility, thyroid disease, and other serious health problems. They are referred to as “forever chemicals” and have been found in communities across the country. The PFAS Action Act is bipartisan legislation to address PFAS pollution in a comprehensive way.  
Issue Report: December 20, 2019

House Democrats Continue to Work For The People

House Democrats have been hard at work since day one of the Majority, delivering on our For the People agenda. We’ve passed legislation to lower health care and prescription drug costs, raise wages, expand opportunity, tackle corruption in Washington, and protect Americans. Yet, this legislation to address the priorities of the American people continues to stall in the Senate due to GOP obstruction. View the full legislative progress report here.
Issue Report: December 10, 2019

House Democrats Deliver on Promise to Lower Prescription Drug Prices with H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act

Millions of Americans are burdened with skyrocketing drug prices that makes life-saving medication, including insulin and medication for cancer treatment, unaffordable. With H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, House Democrats are delivering on our promise to the American people to lower health care costs by addressing prescription drug prices.
 
Issue Report: December 5, 2019

House Democrats Restore the Vote with H.R. 4, the Voting Rights Advancement Act

Six years ago, the Supreme Court struck down key voting rights protections in the Shelby County v. Holder case. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 established a process called “preclearance,” which worked to block voter discrimination before it occurred by requiring jurisdictions with a history of voter discrimination to obtain approval before changing voting rules. In its decision, the Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act, which determined which states and localities were covered by Section 5, and ruled that Congress must pass a new formula to determine which states and localities would be subject to “preclearance.” Since that decision, nearly two dozen states have implemented voter suppression tactics.
Issue Report: November 13, 2019

House Democrats Take Up Legislation to Support Job Creation, Ensure American Businesses Can Compete Globally

The Export-Import Bank plays a critical role in helping businesses in the U.S. maintain a strong, competitive presence in the global economy.
Issue Report: November 6, 2019

House Democrats Continue to Work For The People

House Democrats have been hard at work since day one of the Majority, delivering on our For the People agenda. We’ve passed legislation to lower health care and prescription drug costs, raise wages, expand opportunity, tackle corruption in Washington, and protect Americans.
Issue Report: October 30, 2019

House Democrats Work for the People While Republicans Increase the Deficit

Before Congressional Republicans enacted their GOP tax scam, House Democrats warned that it would be a sweeping giveaway to the wealthy and harm our economy, while leaving the middle class behind. Not only do reports confirm the GOP tax scam disproportionally benefited wealthy Americans, but newly released official government financials show that the law contributed to swelling the deficit to nearly $1 trillion dollars, a 26% increase over last year and 48% over 2017, just before the GOP tax scam was signed by President Trump.
Issue Report: October 23, 2019

Democrats Take Action to Safeguard Our Democracy, Address the Threat of Foreign Interference in Our Elections

Foreign interference in our elections continues to be a serious threat to the integrity of America’s democratic process. After passing H.R. 1, the For the People Act; the SAFE Act; and funding legislation to improve our election infrastructure, House Democrats are continuing to advance legislation to prevent foreign interference and shed a light on dark money in our democracy.
 
Issue Report: October 16, 2019

​​​​​​​Bipartisan, Bicameral Outcry Against the President’s Decision to Withdraw U.S. Forces from Northern Syria

Americans across the country are joining together in a chorus of opposition against the President’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria’s northern border. The consequences of the President’s decision are growing by the day: Kurdish allies are fleeing, our national security is weakened, our credibility abroad is eroding, and our adversaries in Syria, Russia, and Iran are emboldened. 
Issue Report: October 4, 2019

House Democrats Continue to Work For The People

House Democrats have been hard at work since day one of the Majority, delivering on our For the People agenda. We’ve passed legislation to lower health care and prescription drug costs, raise wages, expand opportunity, tackle corruption in Washington, and protect Americans. Yet, this legislation to address the priorities of the American people continues to stall in the Senate due to GOP obstruction.
Issue Report: September 26, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of September 23, 2019

The Majority Leader’s Office is now sending a weekly e-mail highlighting economic statistics and news that Members can use as they discuss the state of the economy and how House Democrats are working to spur economic growth, support job creation, and raise wages for the people.
Issue Report: September 26, 2019

What’s At Stake for the American People as Drug Costs Skyrocket

This week, House Democrats will begin to move H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act, through the House, with hearings held by subcommittees of the Energy & Commerce and Education & Labor Committees.  In doing so, the Democratic-led majority is taking another important step toward lowering prescription drug prices for all Americans.
Issue Report: September 20, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of September 16, 2019

The Majority Leader’s Office is now sending a weekly e-mail highlighting economic statistics and news that Members can use as they discuss the state of the economy and how House Democrats are working to spur economic growth, support job creation, and raise wages for the people.
Issue Report: September 13, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of September 9, 2019

Economy Weekly: Week of September 12, 2019

The Majority Leader’s Office will begin sending a weekly e-mail highlighting economic statistics and news that Members can use as they discuss the state of the economy and how House Democrats are working to spur economic growth, support job creation, and raise wages for the people.
Issue Report: September 11, 2019

While Democrats Are Working For The People, President Trump’s Broken Economic Promises Are Felt Across the Country

President Trump continues to tout success under his economic policies, but a look at new reports and recently-released data shows those policies and the uncertainty he has created in our economy are causing real harm:
 
Issue Report: July 26, 2019

House Democrats Fighting For The People

Since taking the Majority, Democrats have made significant progress on the For The People agenda, acting to protect and expand affordable health care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, raise wages, ensure more people have the training and skills needed to make it in America, and clean up corruption in Washington.
Issue Report: July 24, 2019

200 Days of Fighting For The People

Sunday marked 200 days of a Democratic Majority in the House of Representatives, and in that time, Democrats have made significant progress on behalf of the American people. Democrats have spent the past 200 days advancing our For the People agenda: taking action to lower health care costs and the price of prescription drugs, raise wages, and clean up corruption. Take a look at how Democrats have made progress For the People: 
 
Issue Report: July 16, 2019

The Raise the Wage Act of 2019

This week, the House will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, legislation that will gradually increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in ten years.
Issue Report: July 9, 2019

What’s At Stake If Republicans Win their Lawsuit to Eliminate the Affordable Care Act

Today, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Republicans’ Texas v. U.S. lawsuit to strike down the Affordable Care Act. After failing to repeal and replace the ACA, the Trump Administration and Republicans are seeking to dismantle the law and its protections for millions of Americans through the courts.
Issue Report: June 27, 2019

Democrats Safeguard our Democracy With Election Security Legislation

Today, House Democrats are taking action to secure our elections and protect our democracy.
Issue Report: June 19, 2019

House Democrats Fighting For The People

Since taking the Majority, Democrats have made significant progress on the For The People agenda, acting to protect and expand affordable health care, lower the cost of prescription drugs, raise wages, and ensure more people have the training and skills needed to make it in America.
Issue Report: May 22, 2019

House Democrats Put American Consumers First

Today the House passed H.R. 1500, the Consumers First Act, introduced by Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA-43). This bill reverses the Trump Administration’s actions to undermine the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
 
Issue Report: May 21, 2019

House Democrats Are Taking Action to Lower Health Care and Prescription Drug Costs

Last November, House Democrats pledged to the American people that lowering health care and prescription drug costs would be a top priority.