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Bill Would Eliminate Child Tax Credit for Many Low-Income Families in 2018
The Child Tax Credit (CTC) provides families as much as $1,000 per child in tax relief. This partially refundable credit, when combined with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), lifted 5.3 million...
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Quick Action Needed on Federal Rules to Reduce Oil Train Dangers
On Aug. 1, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) published proposals in the Federal Register to address a recent string of...
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Billions of Dollars Missing From Government Spending Website
originally posted by Becky Sweger, National Priorities Project, on Aug. 5, 2014Last December, National Priorities Project and the Center for Effective Government noted that"hundreds of billions of...
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Toxic Toledo Water: Cities Nationwide Face Similar Risks
Harmful algal blooms can contaminate water and harm ecosystems and the economy. On Aug. 2, the City of Toledo, Ohio issued a water use ban for roughly 500,000 residents after chemists detected toxic...
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Unemployment Benefits Keep Families in their Homes
For breadwinners struggling to find work, unemployment insurance acts as a backstop against the worst financial devastation. A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that in states...
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GAO Report Finds Problems with EPA Groundwater Protection Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not adequately monitoring more than 172,000 wells used to enhance oil and gas drilling and dispose of drilling wastewater, according to a July 28...
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Industry Allies in Congress Assault Public Protections Once Again
Not content with restricting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to protect public health and the environment (see http://www.foreffectivegov.org/blog/congresss-latest-assault-epa),...
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S&P: Reduce Inequality for a Better Economy
Standard and Poor’s (S&P), a company recognized around the world as an international financial research and credit ratings company, said last week that the American economy would benefit from...
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Unemployment Insurance: A 79-Year Old Promise to American Workers That Needs...
“What was the New Deal?...It was, I think, basically an attitude…that found voice in expressions like 'the people are what matter to government,' and 'a government should aim to give all the people...
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Three and a Half Decades after Ban, PCBs Still Detected in Consumer Products
Consumer products and packaging ranging from newspapers to cereal boxes contain a category of toxic chemicals known as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), according to a report released Aug. 7 by the...
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20 Tax Dodgers: $240 Million for CEOs, Big Loss for the American People
USA Today published a story last week entitled “20 big profitable companies paid no taxes.” Using data provided by S&P Capital IQ, the newspaper identified 20 firms that paid no federal taxes in...
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Replacing Toxic Chemicals in Consumer Products: Out of the Frying Pan and...
With the increased focus on removing toxic chemicals from consumer products, it’s logical to assume that alternative chemicals used in these products will be substantially less dangerous to our health...
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"Flexibility" for Whom? Irregular Schedules, Other Practices Wreak Havoc on...
New proposals on the state, local, and federal levels aim to tackle inconsistent hours, haphazard scheduling practices, and on-call shifts among part-time workers. Such practices can wreak havoc on...
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Election Transparency Threatened by Lack of Resources for Key Agency
Impeded by a lack of resources, the Federal Election Commission (FEC) has been slow to publicly release recent campaign finance disclosures. The FEC is the independent agency charged with enforcing...
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Drinking Diesel? Fracking Companies Use Toxic Substance without Permits
When it comes to protecting drinking water, fracking companies have just one federal rule to follow – get a permit if they are using diesel. But a new report by the Environmental Integrity Project...
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Renters in Foreclosed Properties Could Be Left Out in the Cold
The Permanently Protect Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2013 (H.R. 3543, S. 1761) is just one of the many pieces of unfinished business for the 113th Congress. This bill would make permanent the only...
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Report: Obamacare Limits Subsidies for Excessive CEO Pay, Saves $72 Million
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) calculates that the Affordable Care Act (ACA), popularly known as Obamacare, reduced taxpayer subsidies by more than $72 million last year. It...
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Burning Money: Natural Gas Flaring Costs Millions in Lost Revenue
Nighttime satellite imagery makes it seem like a new metropolis has sprung up in the prairies of western North Dakota. But the large cluster of lights actually comes from natural gas flaring in the...
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Valuing Labor Means Helping Workers, Especially When There Are No Jobs
This op-ed was originally published by Common Dreams on Aug. 31, 2014.As we take a three-day weekend to celebrate those who labor, let us take a moment to remember the families who won’t be planning...
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World Health Organization: Public Health Rules Needed to Curb E-Cigarette Risks
Highlights:E-cigarettes pose significant public health hazards because of toxins emitted from the devices.The World Health Organization takes misleading marketing to task, noting the frequent use of...
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