Joint Economic Committee Democratic staff are comparing job growth each month to the average in the late 1990s (a boom time in the economy), but also to the best individual month each series has ever seen.

Just 10 years after the worst financial crisis in over a century, the Senate is considering a bill that would dramatically roll back important market protections on our nation’s largest banks. The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S.2155) would undo many of the safeguards put in place under Dodd-Frank, threatening to once again leave Main Street on the hook for poor decisions on Wall Street.

Most companies that have made announcements on how they are using their tax savings are planning to pass those savings directly to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks or dividends, according to new nonpartisan research. Two thirds of the companies surveyed will use at least 75 percent of their savings to boost stock buybacks and dividends. In total, the research shows that companies plan to use 58 percent of their tax savings on these stock boosting moves, compared with 6 percent being passed to workers in the form of higher wages, one-time bonuses, higher benefits, or worker training.

In January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), under the direction of Mick Mulvaney, dropped a lawsuit against a payday lending company with a history of charging up to 950 percent interest on small-dollar loans. This move is part of the interim director’s strategic plan to deregulate and defang the consumer agency, which he repeatedly criticized as a congressman.