THE POVERTY CONSORTIUM

On Wednesday, December 11, the House Committee on Ways and Means will consider the Restoring Tax Fairness for States and Localities Act, which would temporarily repeal the $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes (SALT) imposed by the Trump tax law of 2017. While this law, known as → READ MORE...

In the coming weeks, the Trump administration is poised to make some major changes to how much—or more likely, how little—environmental review and public input is required for federal projects, including for roads and bridges, oil and gas development, and pipeline construction. In yet another handout to Trump's corporate donors and → READ MORE...

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019. H.R. 3 is a bold step toward reducing the high prices of prescription drugs through Medicare negotiation. The legislation gives the secretary of health and human services → READ MORE...

A conference ostensibly meant to showcase “family policy” reveals how anti-LGBTQ groups have embraced strong-family rhetoric to push their agenda of intolerance. → READ MORE...

Larry Klayman made his name as an ultra-litigious, political gadfly who filed numerous cases against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and then pursued debunked conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's birthplace. → READ MORE...