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Dear Members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
Testimony and Public Comment
The steep increase in college tuition and student debt over the past decade has led our country to engage in a serious debate about the need to reduce college costs and student borrowing. Yet many misconceptions remain about the scope or magnitude of the problem that student debt poses to our
Research
Robert Hiltonsmith
Dear Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein, Dēmos, a national, non-partisan public policy organization working for an America where we all have an equal say in our democracy and an equal chance in our economy, submits this letter in strong opposition to the confirmation of Senator
Testimony and Public Comment

From the time a baby is born, American families are trapped between the need to provide care for their children and the necessity of earning income. 

Research
Amy Traub
Robert Hiltonsmith
Tamara Draut

Who is spending big money on elections, and what do they want?

Research
Sean McElwee
Brian Schaffner
Jesse Rhodes

Why President Obama’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order must be implemented under the new administration.

Policy Briefs
Amy Traub
Residents Who Attempted to Register to Vote or Update their Registration Information at the Division of Motor Vehicles Since the Summer of 2015 Will be Able to Vote in this November’s General Election Background
Research

Infrequent Voters Who Were Unlawfully Purged from Ohio’s Registration Rolls Will Be Permitted to Vote in the November 2016 General Election

Litigation
Over the past 15 years, states have made deep cuts to their funding for higher education, causing tuition to rise rapidly, and household incomes have failed to keep up. As a result, student debt has skyrocketed, quintupling from just $240 billion in 2003 to more than $1.3 trillion today. The burdens
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