PRESS RELEASES |
April 8, 2008 |
JEC Report Reveals Quick Extension of Unemployment Insurance Would Ease Pain of Rising Unemployment and Recession |
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March 31 , 2008 |
Schumer on Paulson Plan and Jackson Resignation |
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March 28 , 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee to Hold Employment Hearing on Release of New March Jobs Report |
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March 25 , 2008 |
Schumer on Falling Home Prices and Consumer Confidence |
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March 19 , 2008 |
On Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War, Schumer & Maloney Call On President Bush to Account for Past, Present and Future Economic and Budget Costs |
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Read the Letter to the President |
March 18 , 2008 |
Schumer on the Iraq War's 5th Anniversary and Its Backbreaking Costs |
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March 13 , 2008 |
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BERNANKE TO TESTIFY AT JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE ON THE U.S. ECONOMIC OUTLOOK |
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March 11 , 2008 |
Floor Statement of Sen. Charles E. Schumer Chairman, Joint Economic Committee During the
Humphrey Hawkins Budget Debate |
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March 7 , 2008 |
Schumer on Jobs Report: "How Many Wake Up Calls Does This Administration Need? |
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March 6 , 2008 |
Schumer Releases New JEC Analysis of MBA Foreclosure Data |
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Download the Chart: New State by State Foreclosure Analysis |
March 5 , 2008 |
JEC Report Finds Fortune 100 Companies Overwhelmingly Offer 6-8 Weeks of Paid Family Leave |
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February 29 , 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee and House Federal Workforce Subcommitee to Weigh Benefits of Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees |
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February 29 , 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee to Hold Employment Hearing on Release Of New February Jobs Report |
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February 21 , 2008 |
With Five Year Anniversary Of Iraq War Nearing, Joint Economic Committee To Examine The Increasingly High Costs Of War |
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February 21 , 2008 |
Schumer, Public Pressure To Keep Government's Economic Indicators Website Open |
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February 11 , 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee: President's Economic Report Wrongly Insists Economy Is Sound, Despite Serious Worries In Housing, Credit, Jobs Markets |
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February 8 , 2008 |
As Investment by Foreign Governments in the U.S. Increases, Schumer Convenes First 2008 Congressional Hearing on Sovereign Wealth Funds |
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January 25, 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee to Hold First 2008 Congressional Hearing on New Jobs Report on Day of Its Release |
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January 18, 2008 |
New JEC Report Finds: As Economy Slows, Demand for Children’s Health Insurance and Medicaid Grows |
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Download the Report: Worsening Economic Conditions Will Increase Demand for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and Medicaid |
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January 17, 2008 |
Schumer: Economic Stimulus Package Could Gel Quickly |
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January 11, 2008 |
Joint Economic Committee to Hold First Congressional Hearing to Determine Most Effective Ways to Stimulate the U.S. Economy |
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January 4, 2008 |
Schumer: With Rising Unemployment Rate and Anemic Private Sector Job Growth, Bush's Failing Economic Policies are Leaving the U.S. Economy Much More Vulnerable to Recession |
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December 20, 2007 |
Joint Economic Committee Releases Annual Report on
the State of the Economy |
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Download the Report: Joint Economic Committee Annual Report |
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December 19, 2007 |
Senator Schumer Delivers Major Policy Speech on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Possible Recession at the Brookings Institution |
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Download Senator Schumer's Speech: A Call to Action on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis: Putting Common Sense Ahead of Ideology |
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November 13, 2007 |
New JEC Report Reveals Total Economic Costs of War Could Exceed $3.5 Trillion if U.S. Stays the Course |
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Download the Report: War at Any Cost?: The Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget |
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November 6, 2007 |
Schumer: White House Plan for Import Safety Leaves Consumers in The Dark And A Hodgepodge of Federal Oversight |
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October 30, 2007 |
Schumer: Falling Home Prices are Serious Sign that Homeowners and Our Economy are in Danger |
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October 25, 2007 |
New JEC Report Reveals: Subprime Crisis to Cost Billions in Family Wealth, Property Values, and Tax Revenues Unless Action is Taken to Prevent Foreclosures |
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Download the Report: The Subprime Lending Crisis: The Economic Impact on Wealth, Property Values and Tax Revenues, and How We Got Here |
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October 11, 2007 |
Chairman Schumer: Unsustainably High Trade Deficit Will be a Lasting Legacy of this Administration |
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October 3, 2007 |
Leader Reid and Speaker Pelosi Join Schumer, Maloney, Dodd and Frank in Calling For Immediate Action to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Families from Foreclosure |
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September 25, 2007 |
Schumer: With Home Prices Suffering Largest Drop in Sixteen Years and Home Sales Falling Again, White House Must Not Ignore Obvious Signs of Crisis |
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September 18, 2007 |
Schumer Reacts to Federal Open Market Committee Rate Cut |
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September 18, 2007 |
On Heels of Foreclosure Spike and Regardless of What Fed Does Today, Schumer Calls on Bush Administration to Finally Deploy Tools to Calm Foreclosure Storm |
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September 12, 2007 |
New Analysis by Joint Economic and House Budget Committees: 83 Percent of Crushing Federal Debt is a Product of Past Three GOP Presidents |
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Download the Report: Fiscal Responsibility: Which Party has a Better Record? |
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September 5, 2007 |
Schumer: Weak Job Growth and Plunging Home Sales are Stark Evidence That Subprime Market Woes are Spreading |
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September 4, 2007 |
Schumer Statement on the Joint Guidance on Subprime Mortgage Servicing Issued By Federal Banking Regulators |
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September 4, 2007 |
Senator Schumer Reacts to Fmr. Rep. Jim Nussle's Confirmation to Head the Office of Management and Budget |
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August 28, 2007 |
Schumer/Maloney: American Families are Losing Ground on Bush's Watch; Income Down, Poverty Up Since 2000 |
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Read the Fact Sheets: |
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August 27, 2007 |
In the Wake of New Housing Statistics, Schumer Repeats Call for Increased Foreclosure Prevention and Renewed Focus on Housing Market |
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August 3, 2007 |
July's Employment Figures Raise Concerns For the Strength of U.S. Economic Expansion |
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July 31, 2007 |
Schumer: Mixed Bag of Economic News Proves We Must Act to Stem the Tide of Subprime Mortgage Meltdown |
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July 27, 2007 |
Schumer: GDP Rebound is Encouraging but Subprime Market Woes and Housing Slump Worrisome for Long-Term Strength of U.S. Economy |
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July 18, 2007 |
Schumer: CHIP a Proven Success in Expanding Health Insurance Coverage to Low-Income Children; Congress Must Reauthorize and Expand Program |
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Download the Report: CHIP Makes Economic Sense |
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July 18. 2007 |
Schumer: Hits Keep on Coming for U.S. Housing Market |
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July 12, 2007 |
Schumer Reacts to USTR Action Against China's Trade Distorting Subsidies |
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July 11, 2007 |
Schumer Reacts to Bush Budget Deficit Announcement |
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July 10, 2007 |
Schumer: Execution of Chinese Chief Food and Drug Administrator Will Not Solve Greater Problems with Faulty Goods |
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July 10, 2007 |
Schumer: Eye-Popping Trade Deficit with China Made Worse by Dangerous Quality Deficit with Chinese Goods Threatening Safety and Health of Americans |
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June 14, 2007 |
Senate Democrats Show That Energy Efficient U.S. Families Spend $1,600 Less on Utilities and Gasoline, Bolster Case for Senate Energy Bill |
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Download the Report: Energy Efficiency Is a Bright Idea |
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June 14, 2007 |
Joint Economic Committee Hearing Reveals Work-Family Policies from Abroad Would Benefit U.S. Economy, Workers, and Families |
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Hearing Information: Importing Success: Why Work-Family Policies from Abroad Make Economic Sense for the U.S. |
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June 5, 2007 |
Momentum Builds for JEC Chairman Schumer’s Call for Additional Federal Funds to Avert Subprime Foreclosure Crisis |
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June 1, 2007 |
JEC Chairman Schumer Questions Bush Jobs Record, Urges Shift in Overall Economic Policy |
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May 31, 2007 |
Joint Economic Committee Chair Calls Revised GDP Figures ‘Anemic’ |
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May 24, 2007 |
AS MEMORIAL DAY DRIVING SEASON BEGINS: New Analysis Reveals Raising Fuel Economy Standards Would Save American Families Thousands |
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Download the Report: Money in the Bank, Not in the Tank |
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May 17, 2007 |
Schumer: Fed Chair Bernanke on the Right Track, But We Need Action Now to Stem Tide of Forclosures Due to Softening in Subprime Mortgage Market |
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May 13, 2007 |
Happy Mother’s Day? New JEC Report Reveals Military Moms Face Tough Challenges to Get Mental Health Care, Child Care, and Family Leave |
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Download the Report: Helping Military Moms Balance Family and Longer Deployments |
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May 10, 2007 |
Schumer: ‘Higher Trade Deficit Pours Fuel on Fire -- Bush Admin. Must Act Quickly on China Trade Policy |
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May 4, 2007 |
Schumer: Slowest Job Growth Since November 2004 Combined with Weak Housing Market, Raises Serious Concern |
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April 27, 2007 |
Joint Economic Cmte Chair Calls Weak Housing Market And High Trade Deficits ‘Body Blows To U.S. Economy’ |
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April 23, 2007 |
Schumer: Plunging Home Sales Across U.S. Cause for Concern as Subprime Foreclosures Mount |
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April 23, 2007 |
Trustees’ Report Indicates Medicare Trust Fund Troubles Almost Twice as Imminent as Social Security Trust Fund |
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April 16, 2007 |
On Eve of Tax Day, Schumer Urges Free Electronic Tax Filing for All Taxpayers Directly with IRS |
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April 12, 2007 |
Schumer: All Stakeholders in Subprime Mortgage Mess Must be Responsible for Helping Homeowners and Communities Hit Hardest by Foreclosure |
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April 11, 2007 |
New Joint Economic Committee Report Reveals Serious Local Economic Impact of Subprime Mortgage Fallout Across Country |
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Download the Report: Sheltering Neighborhoods from the Subprime Forclosure Storm |
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March 27, 2007 |
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke to Testify at JEC Hearing on Economic Outlook |
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Hearing Information: The Economic Outlook |
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March 9, 2007 |
Schumer Responds to New Economic Indicators |
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February 28, 2007 |
Schumer Urges New Policies to Give Middle Class Families a Cushion in the Roller Coaster Economy |
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February 28, 2007 |
JEC Chairman Statement on Weaker Than Expected GDP Figures |
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February 27, 2007 |
JEC Holds First Major Hearing on Wage Insurance |
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Download the Report: Meeting the Challenge of Household Earnings Instability |
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Hearing Information: Meeting the Challenge of Income Instability |
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February 13, 2007 |
Schumer Reacts to Record Trade Deficit |
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February 12, 2007 |
Schumer Reacts to Economic Report of the President |
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February 6, 2007 |
State by State Budget Analyses |
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February 2, 2007 |
Schumer Repsonds to Jobs Numbers |
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January 25, 2007 |
New Joint Economic Committee Report Highlights Critical Flaws of Bush Health Care Proposal |
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Download the Report: The President's Health Care Proposal: All Risk, No Reward |
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January 17, 2007 |
New Joint Economic Committee Report Reveals: Oil and Gas Royalty Relief Yields No Economic Benefit |
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Download the Report: Billions in Offshore Royalty Relief for Oil and Gas Companies Buys Little for Taxpayers |
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January 10, 2007 |
As U.S. Heads Toward 5th Record Trade Deficit, Chair of Joint Economic Committee Calls on Administration to Put New Pressures on China |
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