| Official Poverty Line |
Results |
- Whether to raise or lower the official poverty line, a standard used in determining whether people should receive certain benefits
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| SNAP Benefits (aka ‘food stamps’) |
Results |
- Whether to increase SNAP benefits to individuals living alone
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to increase SNAP benefits to single mothers
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of cookies, cakes and doughnuts
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of candy
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of chips and snack crackers
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of ice cream
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits for the purchase of sweetened soda
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to provide discounts on fruit and vegetables bought with SNAP benefits
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to keep the current federal limit requiring less than $2,250 in savings to qualify for SNAP benefits
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to make permanent, during the summer months, up to $130/month worth of food to very low-income families with school-age children or children under age 6
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Medicaid |
Results |
- Whether to expand Medicaid (health insurance for people with low incomes), with federal help, into your state
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| The Minimum Wage |
Results |
- Whether to raise the minimum wage to $9.00 per hour
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to index the minimum wage to inflation
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Earned Income Tax Credits (EITC) |
Results |
- Whether to increase the maximum EITC to provide more coverage to low wage workers without children
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to raise the maximum income that low wage workers without children can make and still be eligible for EITC
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to lower the age when workers without children can first get the Earned Income Tax Credit from 25 to 21
|
National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Public Housing |
Results |
- Whether to raise or lower the portion of income that public housing tenants pay for rent
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Children Living in Poverty |
Results |
- Whether to make pre-kindergarten available to all 4-year-olds in low-income families and expanding the availability of early Head Start programs to more children three and under from low-income families
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to set up a commission to develop a plan to reduce child poverty
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether the federal government should provide funds to states that want it, to help parents cover some of the cost of childcare, so that low- and middle-income families spend no more than 7% of their income on childcare
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Federal Job Creation Programs |
Results |
- Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which states hire workers to repair and renovate public school buildings, requiring $50 billion/year and creating 650,000 jobs
|
National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which states and local governments hire workers for community projects (e.g. land reclamation, improving energy efficiency, renovations), requiring $30 billion/year and creating 750,000 jobs
|
National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which the US Forest Service employs 16-25 year-olds for conservation projects, requiring $250 million/year and creating 100,000 jobs
|
National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
- Whether to have a federal job creation program, at least if economic conditions get worse, in which Head Start and similar programs hire more child-care workers and teachers, requiring $3 billion/year and creating 100,000 jobs
|
National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Optional Block Grants to States |
Results |
- Whether to give states the option of receiving federal poverty program funds in the form of block grants for some programs which the states would then administer
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
| Nonpayment of Wages |
Results |
- Whether to penalize government contractors guilty of nonpayment of wages by taking away their right to make bids on future government contracts
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National and by Party ID |
By Demographics |
