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Warner, Colleagues Push Regulators to Address Illegal Insider Trading in Prediction Markets

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) joined over 40 other lawmakers in writing to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to…

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Test Portable Benefits

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Todd Young (R-IN) joined by U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA-01) today introduced legislation to test innovative portable benefits designs for the…

Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Test Portable Benefit Models

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced legislation to test innovative portable benefit designs for the…

Warner, Brown Call on SEC to Update Human Capital Disclosures so that Companies Report the Number of Employees who are Not Full-time Workers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), chairman of the committee,…

Warner Welcomes Unemployment Insurance Fix

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) today welcomed a move by the U.S. Department of Labor expanding the number of workers who are eligible for the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program that…

Warner, Warren, Carper & Baldwin Form Corporate Governance Working Group to Reform 21st Century American Economy

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tom Carper (D-DE) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced the formation of a working group to develop legislative proposals and conduct…

Warner & Brown Ask for Greater Study of Subcontracted Workers in the 21st Century Workforce

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) today urged the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to report on companies’ increased use of subcontracted and contingent…

Warner, Smith Introduce Legislative Fix to COVID-19 Unemployment Insurance Program that Excludes Millions of American Workers’ Self-Employed Income

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced the Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020 to help ensure Americans who earn a living through a…

Warner & Daines Introduce Legislation to Establish an Emergency Portable Benefits Fund

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Steve Daines (R-MT), members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a $500 million emergency portable benefits fund for states. Under…

Warner, DelBene Release Proposal for Emergency Portable Benefits Fund

WASHINGTON – Today U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA) released the text of draft bicameral legislation to establish an emergency portable benefits fund for states. The…

Warner Presses Trump Administration to Ensure Workers Receive Unemployment Benefits Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), a member of the Senate Finance Committee, joined his Senate Democratic colleagues in pressing the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to…

Warner Urges Dept. of Labor to Issue Guidance on Unemployment Benefits for Gig Workers

WASHINGTON – A week after Congress responded to the coronavirus pandemic with a $2.2 trillion package designed to provide economic relief to workers and businesses that for the first time provided…