"Democrats announced in early July that the progressive and moderate wings of the party had agreed to a top line spending level of $3.5 trillion for the upcoming reconciliation bill. They also promised to pay for most, if not…
To prevent their agenda from stalling, President Biden and congressional Democrats must secure two major policy victories before recessing for the upcoming month-long district work period: (1) complete negotiations on a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and pass…
Last week the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) released provisional birth data for 2020.(1) Most of the media coverage focused on the fact that the number of births (3.6 million) was the lowest since 1979, and the general fertility…
On Thursday, the Department of Commerce released its preliminary estimate of U.S. gross domestic product for the first quarter of 2021. Real GDP grew 1.6 percent over the previous quarter (2020 Q4), fueled by federal stimulus payments and an aggressive…
