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Memo: Pandemic Preparedness Is the Most Popular Provision the HELP Committee Is Considering

We find that pandemic preparedness is both the most popular policy the HELP committee is currently considering, as well as the policy likely voters see as most important.

Guest UserSeptember 3, 2021Coronavirus, Healthcare, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Support For Investing in Pandemic Preparedness is Resilient to Partisan Arguments

As part of a survey of likely voters nationally fielded from late July into early August, Guarding Against Pandemics and Data for Progress tested support for investing $30 billion in pandemic preparedness funding.

Guest UserAugust 12, 2021Coronavirus, Healthcare

Memo: Voters See Pandemic Preparedness as Important to Include in Reconciliation — and Trust Democrats on the Issue

As part of a July survey of likely voters nationally, Data for Progress and Guarding Against Pandemics conducted further research into the attitudes towards an investment in pandemic preparedness.

Lew BlankAugust 3, 2021Healthcare, Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Progressive Guide to the American Jobs Plan

A guide to the key pillars of the American Jobs Plan and how they compare with other progressive proposals.

Lew BlankJune 16, 2021Justice, Children and Families, Climate, Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Housing, Education, Economy

Memo: Voters Want the U.S. to Take the Lead in Vaccinating the Rest of the World

Data for Progress conducted a late-May survey of 1,304 likely voters nationally to assess voter attitudes towards global vaccination efforts. Our survey was centered on findings from a focus group conducted by David Binder Research with voters in Limerick, Pennsylvania on May 6.

Guest UserJune 10, 2021Coronavirus, Healthcare, Foreign Policy

Memo: Voters Want Economic Relief—Now

A strong majority of likely voters want additional economic relief legislation passed immediately.

Guest UserMay 10, 2021Taxes and Spending, Coronavirus, Economy

Memo: New York Voters Support State Budget Measures to Raise Taxes on the Wealthy and Invest in Public Goods

Last year, New York’s state budget was a widely criticized failure.

Guest UserMay 10, 2021State-level Polling, Taxes and Spending, Children and Families, Coronavirus, Economy

Memo: National Voters Support Infrastructure and Clean Energy Investments that Meet the Moment

Now that the American Rescue Plan has been signed into law, both the White House and leaders in Congress are planning new legislation to enact President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.

Guest UserMarch 28, 2021Infrastructure, Climate, Coronavirus, Justice, Economy

Memo: Support for State and Local Aid is Highly Popular When Framed Around Pandemic Relief Efforts

We find that specifying aid around pandemic relief measures boosts support for state and local aid as part of a pandemic relief package.

Guest UserMarch 2, 2021Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Healthcare

Memo: Voters Overwhelmingly Support a People’s Vaccine and Bold Coronavirus Relief for Working Families

As part of a January 2021 survey, Data for Progress and Oxfam America asked 1,140 likely voters nationally about their attitudes towards coronavirus relief broadly and, more specifically, how vaccines should be distributed.

Guest UserFebruary 3, 2021Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Healthcare

Memo: Voters Want Immediate, Substantial Coronavirus Relief Aid

President Biden’s proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package offers much needed support to American workers, frontline workers and small businesses.

Guest UserFebruary 3, 2021Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Memo: Harm Reduction Practice and Innovation in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in San Francisco

Amid a significant spike in deaths among individuals experiencing homelessness in San Francisco, including a rise in overdose deaths, expanded harm reduction practices and substance use treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic have shown promising results in reducing death and harm from opioid use.

Guest UserDecember 7, 2020Guest Writers, Housing, Healthcare, Coronavirus, Disability

Memo: The Case for a Federal Job Guarantee Program

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the country to the brink of economic collapse.

Guest UserSeptember 10, 2020Guest Writers, Coronavirus, Workers Rights, Taxes and Spending, Economy

Guidebook: Best Practices to Support Farmworkers During Coronavirus

As the coronavirus has spread throughout Florida, not all communities in the Sunshine State have been impacted equally.

Guest UserSeptember 9, 2020Climate, Immigration, Justice, Workers Rights, Coronavirus

Memo: Alternative Data and the Future of Credit Scoring

In 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), issued the request for “Information Regarding Use of Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques in the Credit Process.”

Guest UserAugust 17, 2020Justice, Coronavirus

Memo: Voters in Key States Support Expanded Unemployment Insurance

At the end of July, the expanded unemployment insurance (UI) benefit -- passed as part of the “Coronavirus Aid and Relief Act” (CARES) -- expired.

Progressive Senate ProjGuest UserAugust 12, 2020State-level Polling, Taxes and Spending, Workers Rights, Coronavirus, Economy

Memo: The Need for a Pandemic Merger Moratorium

The medical and economic hardships produced by the coronavirus pandemic can be directly traced to extreme consolidation and monopolization.

Guest UserAugust 11, 2020Antitrust, Coronavirus, Healthcare, Workers Rights

Memo: The Case for a Community Health Corps - Responding to COVID19 with a Jobs Program to Build a New Infrastructure of Care

COVID-19 has caused intertwined health and economic crises: the virus threatens the health of millions of Americans, and the resulting economic harm is devastating, especially for working people and families.

Guest UserAugust 3, 2020Healthcare, Guest Writers, Coronavirus

Memo: Congress Must Provide Real Aid to People in the Next Stimulus Package

Congress has the ability to provide comprehensive aid to households in the next stimulus package.

Guest UserAugust 3, 2020Guest Writers, Taxes and Spending, Coronavirus, Workers Rights, Housing, Education, Children and Families, Economy

Memo: Democrats Hold Upper Hand On Coronavirus Negotiations

Voters support a series of progressive proposals that could be included in a future economic relief package.

Guest UserJuly 29, 2020Coronavirus, Taxes and Spending, Economy