Job Quality Index Down Slightly, Manufacturing Job Growth Strong in August

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today announced that the U.S. Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI) for July was 85.09, down 0.41% from June. After several months of strong, high-quality job growth in the first half of 2023, the decline of the index reflects that job growth in the economy is slowing. Most of…

CPA Urges Biden Administration to Address Mexico’s Blatant Violation of Joint Steel Agreement

Industry Data Shows Mexico Deliberately Pricing 25% less than U.S. Products    WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today released a statement calling on the Biden administration to address Mexico’s blatant and continuing breach of a 2019 joint agreement to lift steel tariffs in return for Mexico avoiding a surge of steel…

CPA Applauds First Solar’s Major Domestic Solar Manufacturing Expansion Announcement

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded an announcement by First Solar, the largest American solar manufacturer, that it plans to build a fifth manufacturing facility in the United States, investing up to $1.1 billion in further expanding America’s capacity to produce its own photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. The planned fully…

U.S. Steel Industry, Unions Urge Biden Administration to Correct Harmful Provision of Inflation Reduction Act Guidance

WASHINGTON — America’s largest domestic steel producers, the United Steelworkers, and organizations representing the industry and its workers today released a letter outlining serious concerns with the recent Domestic Content Bonus Credit Guidance (“Guidance”). The Guidance, published by the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), describes rules for implementing the domestic…

CPA Statement on House Vote to Override President Biden’s Veto of the Solar CRA

WASHINGTON — The Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA) today applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for holding a vote to override President Joe Biden’s veto of the bipartisan resolution of disapproval (H.J. Res. 39) under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) that would repeal the Biden administration’s Solar Emergency Declaration. This harmful Declaration, in effect…