A plan from Senator Rick Scott, the chair of the Senate Republicans’ campaign committee, proposes a number of policies that would raise taxes and put vital programs in peril.

Each month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases national and state-level data on U.S. employment, which provide useful information about the state of the labor market and progress toward building back better.

The bipartisan innovation bills in Congress— the America COMPETES Act originally passed by the House and the United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) passed by the Senate—make critical investments for America’s future economic growth. They address problems that have long hindered American innovation, research and manufacturing. The bills invest in supply chains for critical technologies such as semi-conductors and support production in the U.S. from start to finish, beginning with cutting-edge research through to domestic manufacturing. The bills would improve America’s competitive edge internationally by spurring innovation and harnessing it to create new jobs, companies and industries.