Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing poverty and low wages from the bottom up.
Summary
This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that legislation and policies that address poverty, low wages, and related issues should be prioritized. Among other priorities, the resolution commits to updating the poverty measure; raising the minimum wage; expanding unemployment insurance; ensuring that all workers receive paid family and medical leave; implementing a federal jobs guarantee; guaranteeing safe and quality housing, a right to water, high-quality public education, and quality health care for all; enacting relief from household and personal debt that cannot be paid; ensuring that state, local, and tribal governments are adequately funded; expanding and protecting the right to vote; eliminating persistent racial inequities; protecting the constitutional rights of assembly and free speech; enacting comprehensive and just immigration reform; ensuring all the rights of Native and Indigenous peoples and tribal nations; transforming the economy into a green renewable energy economy; demilitarizing U.S. foreign policy, borders, and policing; enacting fair taxes on corporations and the wealthy; using deficit spending to meet pressing needs; and encouraging states and cities to enact policies that follow the direction provided by this resolution.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
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President
Introduced May 25, 2021
Last action May 25, 2021
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May 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
lower
May 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
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1 primary · 45 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
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Party
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District
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Barbara Lee
DDemocratic
Co
Al Green
DDemocratic
Co
Alan S. Lowenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
DDemocratic
Co
Alma S. Adams
DDemocratic
Co
André Carson
DDemocratic
Co
Andy Levin
DDemocratic
Co
Ayanna Pressley
DDemocratic
Co
Bennie G. Thompson
DDemocratic
Co
Bobby L. Rush
DDemocratic
Co
Bonnie Watson Coleman
DDemocratic
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