BPC Action applauds the bipartisan leadership of Sens. Kaine (D-VA) and Britt (R-AL) in their joint efforts to identify innovative and impactful policy solutions that will increase access to quality child care for America’s working families with the introduction of the Child Care and Affordability…
BPC Action commends Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Joe Manchin (I-WV) and Ranking Member John Barrasso (R-WY) for their bipartisan collaboration on the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. We urge the committee to vote yes to move this bill forward at today’s…
Ahead of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee markup of S. 4776, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2024, BPC Action urges the committee to advance this bipartisan bill to promote the nonmedical, health-related social needs of older adults and individuals with…
On behalf of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative (ECI), BPC Action submitted a letter for the record regarding the Senate Finance Committee hearing, Examining the State of Child Care: How Federal Policy Solutions Can Support Families, Close Existing Gaps, and Strengthen Economic Growth,…
The Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, a bipartisan bill led by Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) and Reps. Joe Neguse (D-CO) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), would create 250,000 additional housing mobility vouchers to allow families to move to areas with…
In light of the House Ways and Means Committee markup of H.R. 4818, the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act (TROA) led by Reps. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) and Gwen Moore (D-WI), BPC Action issued the following statement: “The United States faces a growing obesity epidemic impacting…
A new poll from BPC Action and Pivotal Ventures, conducted with Morning Consult, finds that a bipartisan majority of voters want policymakers to prioritize bipartisan solutions that support caregiving and make it more affordable. The poll of over 4,000 voters—and a near-equal breakdown of Democrats,…
Updated to reflect the 2024 Social Security Trustees Report. 1. Unless Congress acts, the program’s primary trust fund—the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) trust fund—will only be able to pay full scheduled benefits until 2033 (according to the program’s trustees). At that point, all monthly…
The following bipartisan conservation, nutrition, child care, research and innovation, and forestry bills align with the Bipartisan Policy Center’s recommendations and have been endorsed by BPC Action. We call on Congress to enact a bipartisan Farm Bill that includes these priorities. This list is continuously…
Bipartisan Policy Center Action (BPC Action) is encouraged by recent bicameral momentum on the 2024 farm bill following the release of draft outlines from respective Senate and House Agriculture Committee leadership, Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA). A farm bill, reauthorized…