This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that legislation and policies that address poverty, low wages, and related issues should be prioritized.

Among other priorities, the resolution commits to

• updating the poverty measure;
• raising the minimum wage;
• expanding unemployment insurance;
• ensuring that all workers receive paid family and medical leave;
• implementing a federal jobs guarantee;
• guaranteeing safe and quality housing, a right to water, high-quality public education, and quality health care for all;
• enacting relief from household and personal debt that cannot be paid;
• ensuring that state, local, and tribal governments are adequately funded;
• expanding and protecting the right to vote;
• eliminating persistent racial inequities;
• protecting the constitutional rights of assembly and free speech;
• enacting comprehensive and just immigration reform;
• ensuring all the rights of Native and Indigenous peoples and tribal nations;
• transforming the economy into a green renewable energy economy;
• demilitarizing U.S. foreign policy, borders, and policing;
• enacting fair taxes on corporations and the wealthy;
• using deficit spending to meet pressing needs; and
• encouraging states and cities to enact policies that follow the direction provided by this resolution.