Posts Tagged ‘advocates’
NYEC Federal Policy Roundup (3/4/22)
This Week’s Update Supreme Court Nomination: Confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will begin March 21. FY22 appropriations: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) announced the House will vote on an FY22 omnibus appropriations bill, including supplemental appropriations (aid) for Ukraine, on March 8. Hopefully the Senate will follow suit shortly after, before the…
Read MoreNYEC Federal Policy Roundup (2/25/22)
This Week’s Update Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: If confirmed, she would be the first Supreme Court Justice to have worked as a public defender – and the first Justice since Thurgood Marshall with significant experience defending (rather than prosecuting) criminal defendants. She also served on the U.S. Sentencing Commission during a time…
Read MoreNYEC Federal Policy 2021 End-of-Year Roundup
2021 feels less like its own year than any I can remember, more a continuation of 2020 and our ongoing struggle to reckon with the pandemic than anything new in itself. I am grateful to have done this work with you. We accomplished a lot, in spite of a lot of barriers. The biggest thing…
Read MoreNYEC Federal Policy Roundup (11/12/21)
The following content is accessible for members only, please sign in. If you are not a member please consider joining NYEC today!
Read MoreWhat Does the Build Back Framework Mean for the Youth Employment Field?
First, What’s Happening with the BBB Bill? Yesterday the House Rules Committee took up the Build Back Better Act (BBB), with legislative language that largely looks like a White House summary. The Congressional Progressive Caucus issued an endorsement of the package late Thursday, likely clearing the way for its eventual passage in the House and…
Read More