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The Congressional Progressive Caucus Center works to create people-centered policies that confront the most pressing issues of our time. Through our network approach, we work closely with think tanks and movement organizations to educate and inform the public on solutions and strategies to build a more just, equitable, and resilient nation.

Explainers

Proposed Cuts to Worker Protection Agencies & What They Mean

Understanding the CHIPS Act and Child Care

Amendments to Watch: FY2025 NDAA

Empowering Communities Through the CHIPS Act

What You Need to Know About FY2024 Appropriations

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Warrantless Collection of Personal Data

Learning While Earning: The National Apprenticeship Act

The CEO Pay Problem and What We Can Do About It

Freedom to Learn Series: Weaponizing Books to Halt Students’ Freedom to Read

Lessons Learned from Two of the Longest Shutdowns in History

September 2023: Foreign Policy Legislative Outlook

Federal Spending on Immigration: Examining Key Programs and Impacts

Comparison of the House and Senate FY2024 National Defense Authorization Acts: A Primer

From Programs to People: The FY2024 Appropriations Process

FAQs about Government Shutdowns

Building on the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act

FAQs on Direct Pay: Building Jobs & Sustainable Public Energy in Local Communities

FAQs: LGBTQ+ Discrimination and 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis

Membership of Foreign Policy Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives: 117th-118th Congress

Breaking Down the Debt Ceiling Deal

Why the 14th Amendment Could Prevent Default

Avoiding Default: A Timeline

Debt Limit Crisis: A Look at the Limit, Save Grow Act

From Debt Ceiling Showdowns to Service Slowdowns: Understanding the Connection

10 Things to know about Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA

Manufactured Crisis: The Debt Limit in 2023

The Power of the Pen: Using Executive Actions to Deliver Policy Wins

Repealing the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force

Overview of President Biden's FY2024 Defense Budget Request

One Year On: The War in Ukraine and US Support

Show Me the Money: A Timeline of Key Steps in the Appropriations Process

A Look at Suspension Bills in the 117th Congress: Second Session

House Rules Changes in the 118th Congress

Deconstructing the Dais: House Committees in the 117th Congress

Understanding Capitol Hill Jargon: Committee Edition

Manufactured Crisis: Understanding the Debt Limit

State of the Unions: State-by-State Analysis of Increased Workload at the National Labor Relations Board

When Control of Congress “Flips”: What to Expect from a New Majority Party

Frequently Asked Questions on Migrant Relocations

Understanding Ranked Choice Voting

Justice for All? Understanding Nationwide Injunctions

The Expiration of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and What it Means for Discretionary Spending

The Fate of DACA: The Origins of Texas v. United States

Understanding and Addressing Long COVID

10 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Drawing New Congressional Districts

What the Supreme Court's Next Term Could Mean for the Future of Voting Rights and American

Federal Broadband Funding and Implementation in IIJA and ARP

What’s in the Final Text of the Inflation Reduction Act?

How the Inflation Reduction Act Changed in the Senate

What to Know Before the Senate Votes on the Inflation Reduction Act

Dismantling the War on Drugs with Federal Marijuana Decriminalization

Where Things Stand on the Inflation Reduction Act

Analysis of Climate and Energy Provisions in the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022”

Digging into the Details of the Inflation Reduction Act

Breaking Down the Inflation Reduction Act and Next Steps

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Biden v. Texas and “Remain in Mexico”

Strengthening the SEC's Proposed Climate Disclosure Rule

Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization: Analysis of a Post-Roe America

West Virginia v. EPA: The Supreme Court's Decision and Paths of Future Climate Regulation

FY23 Appropriations Explainer

Legislation or Consolidation: Key Proposals for Antitrust Enforcement in the Digital Economy

Inflation: Where Did It Come From and How Can We Fix It?

Support for Cuts to Weapons Programs in President Biden's FY2023 Defense Budget Request

Laws, Rulemaking, and Regulations: An Overview of the Federal Regulatory Process

Gun Reform: A Comparison of House and Senate Proposals

An Overview of President Biden's FY2023 Budget Request: International Climate Finance

Six Ways the Federal Government can Lower Costs and Fight Inflation

If Roe Falls, States Can Protect Abortion Access

If Roe Falls, Congress Can Protect Abortion Access

Towards a Just and Equitable Clean Energy Future

CPC Center's Policy and Research Council Executive Action Priorities

Don't Trade On Me: Proposals to Reform Stock Ownership

Responding to the Russia-Ukraine Energy Crisis

Overview: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action

A Look at Suspension Bills in the 117th Congress

Understanding Capitol Hill Jargon

Global Vaccine Equity

Continuing Resolutions Aren’t Enough: Our Communities Can’t Wait

A Climate Analysis of President Biden’s Build Back Better

FY22 Appropriations Explainer

Five Key Facts on the Protecting Our Democracy Act

Ending this Manufactured Debt Limit Crisis

COP26: The Glasgow Climate Conference

President Biden’s $650 Million Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia

Senate Consideration of the FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act

Means Tests and Earnings Tests Make Family Benefits More Burdensome to Access and More Vulnerable to Future Cuts

President Biden's Justice 40 Interim Guidance

Ending the Manufactured Debt Limit Crisis (and Preventing the Next One)

Medicaid Provisions in Build Back Better

Medicare Provisions in Build Back Better

The Pandemic Continues But Relief is Expiring

The National Defense Authorization Act

The Clean Energy Payment Program

Amendments to the FY 2022 Budget Resolution

Reconciliation Instructions in the FY Budget Resolution

Senate PAYGO

The MORE Act of 2021: Dismantling the Drug War with Federal Marijuana Decriminalization

Expanding Access to Reproductive Healthcare in FY2022 Appropriations

Congressional Review Act Resolutions Overturning Recent Trump Administration Rulemakings

Opportunities for Engagement on President Biden's Racial Equity Executive Order

Repealing the 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force

An Equitable Path to Retirement Security: Retirement Savings Vehicles and Social Security

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Relations with Iran

Census Data Sets the Timer on Redistricting Reform

Paving the Way to Student Debt Cancellation: Tax Forgiveness in the American Rescue Plan

Overdose Prevention Sites & Federal Drug Policy

Reconciliation in the Senate

New START and Next Steps for Reducing Nuclear Weapons Risks

The 10 Rules Changes in the 117th Congress

Amendments to the FY 2021 Budget Resolution

FY 2021 Appropriations

Reconciliation Instructions

The Application of the Congressional Review Act to Recent Trump Administration Rulemakings

Overcoming the Filibuster Through Budget Reconciliation

Demographic Composition of the House and its Commitees

Membership of Foreign Policy Committees in the U.S. House of Representatives

Ideological Composition of House Committees (116th Congress)

The MORE Act: Building on State Marijuana Policy Reforms

Stopping Obstruction with Inherent Contempt

"A Silent Pandemic": Racism, Negligence, and Medical Assault in ICE Detention Centers

The Case for Repealing Congressional PAYGO

6 Potential Rules Changes in the 117th Congress

UPDATED: Expiring Relief Measures During the Pandemic

Protecting Civil Liberties Before Reauthorizing Controversial FISA Powers

The Postal Service Crisis

Borrowing From Our Future: The Case for Cancelling Student Debt

Emergency Charity Stimulus for COVID-19 Recovery

Over-Militarization Reaches Our Streets

FY21 National Defense Authorization Act

COVID-19 and LGBTQ+ Communities

A Students' Stimulus: Supporting Young People During the COVID-19 Pandemic

No Corporate Immunity: Stop Corporations from Gambling with Workers' and Consumers' Lives

Steep Cliffs Ahead: Expiring Relief Measures During the Pandemic

Falling Through the Cracks: Immigrant Communities and Coronavirus Relief

Health Coverage for Everyone During COVID-19

Preserving the U.S. Postal Service and Protecting Postal Workers

Protecting Democracy and Advancing Vote at Home in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Paycheck Recovery Factsheet

Expand Healthcare Coverage During COVID-19

COVID-19's Impact on Communities of Color

A Comparison of the Paycheck Protection Program and the Paycheck Guarantee Act

Progressive Priorities for a Next Coronavirus Package

Child Care: Keeping Kids Safe and Essential Services Afloat

Foreign Policy and International Affairs

Pay People to Stay Home: Cash Assistance for a Nation in Crisis

#WhatWeNeed in the Next Coronavirus Bill

Aid for Workers, Not Executives and Shareholders

A Design for Workforce Equity

The Joint-Employer Standard and the National Labor Relations Act

President's Budget, FY 2021

The Congressional Budget Office

Retirement Savings Vehicles: Which Policies Do the Most Good for the Most Americans

Dangerous Attacks on Abortion Access Continue to Escalate

Getting to Paid Family Leave, Much Work Remains

Hidden Hate

Reducing the Unequal Burden of Student Loan Debt

The TCJA: A Tax Day Explainer

Raise the Wage Act: Winning the Fight for $15 in the House

US Complicity in Yemen's War and the Impact on Women and Girls

Reports

Cash for Communities: Leveraging Historic Federal Funds for Racial, Economic, and Climate Justice

Militarism at Home: The Excessive Surveillance of Our Communities

The Pentagon to Police Pipeline

The Militarization of Border Communities

The Bloated Pentagon Budget and the Militarization of Law Enforcement

We Are All In This Together: COVID-19 and the Case for Medicare for All

Motions to Recommit in the 116th Congress

Infected and Neglected: The Harrowing Coronavirus Crisis in Nursing Homes

The Moment for Labor Law Reform

Assessment of the Congressional Budget Office Study: Key Components and Considerations for Establishing a Single Payer Health Care System

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