Center for American Progress

Yesterday, the 19th reported that the Biden-Harris administration took a position opposing best practice gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth. These surgeries are incredibly rare—and only available for older teens—but they are occasionally a part of lifesaving trans medical care. In response Cait Smith, director of LGBTQI+ Policy issued the following statement: https://lnkd.in/e9fiY5RT

The extremist majority on the Supreme Court has abandoned the American people to fully embrace their antidemocratic, right-wing agenda. We need court reform, now. https://lnkd.in/eP93c-ZY

Project 2025 includes a plan to enact lifetime Medicaid caps so that once a person has been on Medicaid for a set amount of time, they could lose eligibility for coverage, regardless of their financial situation. This loss of Medical coverage would hurt millions of families, potentially forcing them into the impossible situation of having to choose between affording health care and meeting basic household needs.

“Progress happens at the speed of building trust.” —Titus Tomlinson https://lnkd.in/epz3bVfU

For 20 years, the Center for American Progress has been at the forefront of driving progressive policies, securing a better future for generations to come. As we celebrate the nation's birthday this week, share what progress you most want to see in the next 20 years: https://lnkd.in/gmFswWXa

Congress must allow the costly and ineffective pass-through deduction from the 2017 tax cuts to expire as scheduled. https://lnkd.in/et4j33Gs

Today, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents are entitled to absolute or presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts that occurred during their time in the White House. This ruling will go down in history as one of the court’s most disastrous opinions.

The Great Recession of 2008, triggered by the financial crisis of 2007-2008, produced the most significant sustained job losses since the Great Depression in the United States. The authoritarian playbook Project 2025 would foster financial market risk-taking while kneecapping regulators’ ability to quell instability, potentially leading to recession and huge economic losses. https://lnkd.in/eW_NCkdG

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents are entitled to absolute or presumptive immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts that occurred during their time in the White House. As Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in dissent, the majority opinion “reshapes the institution of the Presidency … [and] makes a mockery of the principle … that no man is above the law.” In response, Patrick Gaspard, president and CEO of the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: https://lnkd.in/ebGBAreM

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that companies can challenge the validity of federal regulations no matter how long they have been in place, making it easier for businesses to undo long-standing rules that have protected consumers for decades. In response, Devon Ombres, senior director for Courts and Legal Policy at the Center for American Progress, issued the following statement: https://lnkd.in/edVAeQUk