We can’t believe it’s been three years since January 6th

Here is what you need to know Problems viewing this email? [View it in your browser]( [Center for American Progress]( InProgress from the Center for American Progress Anniversary of January 6th Tomorrow marks three years since violent extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the 2020 election. We need to hold Donald Trump and his allies fully accountable. [tweet @amprog "Today, Center for American Progress President and CEO @PatrickGaspard released the following statement on the third anniversary of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and American democracy:"]( [Read our statement]( Next for the Supreme Court [Exterior of Supreme Court of the United States on First Street in Washington DC, USA with statue by James Earle Fraser titled Authority of Law (1935)]( On January 17, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the combined cases Loper Bright v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Department of Commerce. On their face, these cases deal with regulations on commercial fishing vessels, but they are actually part of a long-term effort by right-wing and corporate interests to further weaken the power of government agencies to help everyday Americans. Relentless and Loper Bright are together a Trojan horse for an attempt to weaken the ability of federal agencies to protect Americans’ health, safety, and pocketbooks from bad actors and looming threats. An unfavorable decision in Loper Bright and Relentless would not only shift the power away from the elected branches of government—Congress and the executive branch—but also leave the legal system in disarray. Such a ruling would take policy decisions away from the most qualified experts, instead placing these decisions in the hands of an unelected judiciary that can impose their own ideological and policy preferences on the nation. Ultimately, the loudest advocates for deregulation are looking out not for the welfare of the American people, but for their own bottom lines. [READ MORE]( [tweet from @Dev_Omb "1/5 On Jan 17, the Supreme Court is going to hear arguments that could decimate government's ability to function and protect you from bad actors that put profit over people. (thread)"]( [SHARE NOW]( Historically Strong Wage Growth Post-Recession [A customer shops for milk at a grocery store.]( [New CAP analysis]( points to a historically strong economic recovery in real wage growth following the COVID-19 recession. For the average American, this means [getting larger paychecks at a rate higher than inflation]( - In November 2023, nearly 6 in 10 workers (57 percent) earned higher annual inflation-adjusted wages than in 2022. Adjusting for inflation, that means a more than $900 annual increase for a worker who works full time, year-round. - Young adult workers who were ages 25–34 in 2019—and are now ages 29–38—have seen their real median wage rise 12 percent since the onset of the pandemic. - Real average wage growth for a typical worker has seen the second-fastest recovery of all recoveries from post-1980 recessions. This is good news, and policymakers should build on this momentum and focus on ways to increase real wage growth—by raising wages and cutting costs of living. Click the button below to review more of our findings: [Learn More]( Filibustered! How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America In a compelling and powerfully argued book, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and his longtime chief of staff tell the insiders’ story of how the Senate used to work and how the filibuster came to hamstring the self-styled “world’s greatest deliberative body” with paralyzing gridlock. And they make the surprising case that restoring a modified version of the old-style, talking filibuster may just be our democracy’s path back from the brink. Please join the Center for American Progress on January 10 for a discussion of the filibuster with Sen. Merkley and Mike Zamore, co-authors of Filibustered! How to Fix the Broken Senate and Save America. Copies of the book will be for sale at the event, and the authors will be available to sign afterward. Reception to follow. [Register Now]( Follow us on [Follow us on Twitter]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Follow us on YouTube]( [Follow us on Instagram]( [Support CAP]( [Manage Email Preferences or Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( [Center for American Progress]( Center for American Progress 1333 H Street NW Washington, D.C. 20005 [supporter]