Pressley Proposes 4 Amendments Against GOP Bill Cutting Fed Employment Mandate
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Updated · Quiver Quantitative · May 14
Pressley Proposes 4 Amendments Against GOP Bill Cutting Fed Employment Mandate
5 articles · Updated · Quiver Quantitative · May 14
At a House Financial Services Committee markup, Ayanna Pressley opposed a Republican bill she said would strip the Federal Reserve of its maximum-employment focus and offered four amendments to preserve it.
Those amendments aimed to keep the Fed’s employment mandate intact and expand transparency in labor-market data, which Pressley argued is critical as unemployment concerns rise.
Pressley tied the fight to worsening job conditions for Black women under the current administration, saying the Fed’s employment role supports economic stability and community well-being.
The clash extends her broader push on workforce issues, including calls for Labor Department data transparency and for the Fed to act more aggressively to support job growth.
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