Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022
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Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022 This bill expands the federal restriction on the garnishment of wages to protect from any garnishment the first $1,000 of an individual's weekly disposable earnings.
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2026 · third_quarter · Education
Advocacy in support of maintaining the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, the Office of Postsecondary Education, the Office of Indian Education, and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education within the Department of Education (S. 5046) (Senate) Advocacy in support of amendment #2 to S. 5046 to prohibit the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education from being transferred to another federal agency (Senate) Advocate for investments in child care (no bill # available) Advocacy for federal child care support, generally (no bill # available) (House & Senate) Advocacy for universal child care (no bill # available) (House & Senate) Advocacy against administrative action on Head Start (House & Senate) Advocacy for legislation to support Pregnant and Parenting students (no bill) Advocacy against "anti-fraud" bills (H.R. 7720, H.R.7721, H.R. 7723, H.R. 7726, H.R. 7724, H.R.7726, H.R. 8464, S.4952) (House & Senate) Advocacy for increases in federal child care funding (House & Senate) Advocacy against Child Care Modernization Act (S.2828 / H.R.9224) (House & Senate) Advocacy for amending legislation (e.g., S.5046, FY27 appropriations) to prohibit transfer of civil rights enforcement functions from ED to DOJ (House & Senate) Advocacy for amending legislation (e.g., Protect College Sports Act H.R.9137 / S.4668) to be consistent with Title IX protections (House & Senate) Advocacy for Students' Access to Freedom and Educational Rights Act to strengthen federal protections against sex, race, and disability harassment in education (H.R. 9387 / S.5158 in 117th Congress; no bill number in 119th Congress) (House & Senate) Advocacy for gender equity resolution (no resolution number) (House & Senate)
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Introduced in House
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Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2023 · second_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Ensure that working Americans holding consumer debt are not hit with excessive wages seizures as to be unable to afford necessities - Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022, HR 9224
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2022 · fourth_quarter · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products
CFPB authority and functions, related to structure and supervision, research, funding mechanism and enforcement prioriities FTC enforcement on automobile sales and financing H.R.9224 - Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022, a bill to protect a larger share of wages from possible garnishment.
Client expense: $80,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Trade Commission (FTC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
2022 · fourth_quarter · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace
Ensure that working Americans holding consumer debt are not hit with excessive wages seizures as to be unable to afford necessities - Protecting Wages of Essential Workers Act of 2022 (H.R.9224)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES