Democratic Women’s Caucus releases policy priorities

Democratic Women’s Caucus unveils economic agenda

The Democratic Women’s Caucus (DWC) has released its extensive list of policy priorities for the next Congress, as Democrats look to take back control of both chambers.

The caucus’s economic agenda, shared with The Hill, outlines eight pillars under which its members have introduced legislation or resolutions — including affordable care, fair taxes for women and families and access to education.

Under those pillars are more than five dozen pieces of legislation DWC members have introduced, spanning from attempts to boost homeownership to cracking down on price gouging by grocery stores.

The lengthy list of bills includes a bicameral proposal from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to mandate that the federal government invest in a network of locally run childcare and early learning centers and family childcare homes.

Also included in the agenda is legislation from Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) to create a $2,000 tax credit for adults caring for an older family member in their residence, as well as a bill from Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) to permit the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to cover hot food purchases.

In a statement, DWC Chair Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.) criticized the GOP-backed One Big Beautiful Act and said her 97-member caucus is proposing a “different kind of financial future: one that puts mothers and working families first.”

Women’s earnings were 83.6 percent of men’s as of 2023, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The unemployment rate for women in August, 3.9 percent, was lower than it was for men, 4.4 percent, per BLS data .

President Trump earlier this month pledged to provide every American adult with a $5,000 dividend if Republicans maintain control of Congress in November.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s (D-Mich.) own dividend proposals are included in the DWC’s agenda. The Michigan Democrat has introduced legislation to provide $250 per month to adults ages 19 to 67 and provide new families with a $2,000 “baby bonus.”

Tlaib said in a statement her proposals will “help ensure that every woman, child and family has the resources to succeed” in the U.S.

“People deserve the right to economic security; our livelihoods should not be sacrificed to corporate greed,” the progressive lawmaker added.

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