A new JEC report finds that Social Security accounts for more than two-thirds of all income for women aged 65 and over, and that any efforts to tinker with this program could have a dramatic impact on retired women who rely on Social Security benefits to make ends meet.
Oct 20 2010
JEC Report Shows Republican Proposals Weaken Social Security Guarantees & Cut Benefits for Many Americans
A JEC new report finds that Social Security privatization proposals put forth by Republican lawmakers would result in benefit cuts for middle-income workers, jeopardize the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund and undermine the program’s ability to keep millions of Americans from living in poverty.
Sep 28 2010
New GAO Report on Gender Pay Gap for Women in Management and Working Mothers at JEC Hearing
The GAO today released a report requested by Representative Carolyn Maloney, Chair of the JEC, updating the groundbreaking 2001 report on women and management.
Sep 22 2010
JEC Releases State-by-State Economic Snapshots
The JEC released its monthly state-by-state report today, showing that the recovery, while uneven from state to state and across different sectors, continued in August, with seventeen states experiencing private sector job growth during the month.
Today, the JEC released a fact sheet on the U.S. Census Bureau’s report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage in 2009 which sheds new light on the toll of the Great Recession on America’s families.
Sep 15 2010
JEC Report Shows Income Inequality Peaked Before Great Recession
Maloney calls 2009 Poverty Data Final Report Card on Bush Economic Policies
On the eve of the Census Bureau’s release of the 2009 poverty data, a new report by the JEC shows that income inequality peaked under President Bush just before the Great Recession began.
JEC Chair Carolyn Maloney released the following statement on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' August jobs report showing that the unemployment rate was statistically unchanged at 9.6 percent and 54,000 total nonfarm jobs were lost.
