Since taking office more than seven months ago, the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans have failed to provide a credible plan to create good paying jobs and increase wages for America’s workers—it is evident in the August economic snapshot of states. The economic uncertainty created and fueled by this administration’s unprecedented dysfunction, despite controlling two branches of government, is stalling what had been resurgent wage growth that reached 3.9 percent in November 2016 for the median U.S. worker.

On-call scheduling also makes it more difficult to plan for child care, elder care, transportation and other arrangements that would allow employees to go to work while balancing their other responsibilities. Being required to call in an hour before their shift to see if they are needed prevents workers from doing anything else with their day, including furthering their education or seeking wages elsewhere.

To keep tabs on the current administration’s jobs numbers, a comparison between the July 2017 jobs report under President Trump and the average jobs report in the late 1990’s.

After the Senate voted down the repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump said to “let ObamaCare implode, then deal” and threatened to end government payments to insurers that lower consumers’ out-of-pocket costs. For Congress to move forward from the July repeal process, the administration must stop trying to sabotage the health insurance market.