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Joint Economic Committee Democrats Chairman - Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

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Apr 05 2017

AL.com - Alabama women working full-time earn 76 percent of what their male colleagues earn

Women in Alabama earn about 76 percent of the pay men earn in a year, according to a new wage gap analysis published by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. Nationally, the gap is 80 percent. The report ranks Alabama's gender wage gap at 39th out of all fifty states and the District of Columbia. Median earnings for women in Alabama are $34,310 per year, versus men's $45,057.

Mar 29 2017

Think Progress - Spicer says Trump ‘feels great’ about spending millions on Mar-a-Lago trips

On Tuesday, Joint Economic Committee Democrats released an analysis finding that “taxpayer money spent on Donald Trump’s vacations since January 2017 could have paid for child care for 2,338 kids in Mississippi (with the lowest child-care costs) or 521 kids in the District of Columbia (with the highest child-care costs). Instead of paying for President Trump’s vacations, taxpayers could have sent 3,140 students to college in Wyoming (with the lowest in-state tuition) or 815 students to college in New Hampshire (with the highest in-state tuition) this year.”

Mar 21 2017

AP - Wisconsin DHS Head Doesn't Know How Many May Lose Insurance

Democratic staff members of the Joint Economic Committee in Congress released a 50-state study of the bill last week that determined more than 129,000 people in Wisconsin would lose their health insurance next year — purchased either through their employer or the private marketplace — under the GOP overhaul.

Mar 21 2017

McClatchy - Trump tells GOP: Support this health bill or lose your seats

A new analysis by Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee found the Republican plan would provide the wealthy an average of $207,390 more per year in after-tax income while low-income families would lose $205 a year. “The Republican plan would mean a restaurant worker pays more for their health care so that a hedge fund manager can get a six figure tax break. That’s unconscionable,” said a statement from Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., the ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee.