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.

Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has helped nearly 800,000 young people who came to the United States as children work legally, get driver’s licenses, pursue a college education, and lead their lives without the constant threat of deportation. To build on these gains, Congress should pass the Dream Act now so that all Dreamers have the opportunity to fully contribute in the American economy and to their local communities.

Despite insisting that tax reform would focus on working families and small business tax relief, yesterday President Trump and Congressional Republicans released a tax plan that slashes taxes for “pass-through” income earned by the wealthiest Americans. Pass-through income is business income filed through an individual tax return. Cutting taxes for well-paid pass-through owners would do little to support Main Street entrepreneurship and would only force working Americans to shoulder more of the tax burden. Republicans should work with Democrats to craft a tax plan that helps small businesses grow in every corner of the nation, rather than finding backdoors to give sweetheart tax deals to Trump and big businesses that game the system.

To ensure that all Americans have access to resources that can help them thrive in a digital world, Congress must focus on expanding access to broadband internet and work to close the digital divides. Expanding broadband internet access connects people and information across the world, opening up previously unavailable economic, educational, and health care opportunities for Americans – particularly among those with limited access communities.