Legislative Reports Archive
Week Ending March 18, 2022
Last week we celebrated the one-year anniversary of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) being signed into law by President Biden.
Week Ending March 4, 2022
In his first State of the Union address to Congress, President Joe Biden said our nation is stronger than a year ago and will be “stronger a year from now than we are today.”
Week Ending February 18, 2022
Last week, the Public Safety Officer Support Act was introduced with bipartisan support by Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in the Senate (S. 3635) and Rep. David Trone (D-MD) in the House (H.R. 3071).
December 2021
Check out this incredible list of wins AFSCME members worked hard to accomplish in 2021.
November 2021
The House passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), sending one of the largest investments in physical infrastructure in our history to President Joe Biden’s desk.
October 2021
Medicare Negotiating Prescription Drug Prices for People of All Ages
Part of Biden’s Build Back Better agenda is allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices for people of all ages. This proposal is far and away one of the most popu...
September 2021
Infrastructure
By battling on the front lines of the pandemic and advocating to pass the American Rescue Plan, public service workers saved our communities from collapse. Now, we can build our communities back better than before and level the playin...
August 2021
Infrastructure week is here!
Infrastructure week is finally upon us. The approximately $1 trillion proposal unveiled recently makes serious investments in our public infrastructure, including our roads, highways and bridges, along with improving our...
Week Ending June 11, 2021
The House Transportation and Infrastructure (T and I) Committee passed the INVEST in America Act (H.R. 3684) to authorize $547 billion (including $343 billion for roads, bridges and safety and $109 billion for transit.)
Week Ending May 28, 2021
The complete $6 trillion president’s budget was released today, adding proposals for taxes on corporations and the wealthy to pay for investments and expanding entitlement programs like Medicare.