Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Amend bankruptcy laws to increase worker priority claims for unpaid earnings and benefits from $10,000 to $20,000.. Promised outcome: Workers recover more unpaid wages and benefits in bankruptcy proceedings.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Reintroduction of the Stop Wall Street Looting Act during Warren's current Senate term.
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Prioritizing workers’ pay in the bankruptcy process and amending the laws to increase the priority claims for unpaid earnings and other benefits from $10,000 to $20,000 per worker.
The proposal would raise workers' bankruptcy priority claims for unpaid earnings and benefits to $20,000.
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"amending the laws to increase the priority claims for unpaid earnings and other benefits from $10,000 to $20,000 per worker."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Within the lookback window, Warren and colleagues announced reintroduction of a bill containing the specific $10,000-to-$20,000 bankruptcy priority claim proposal, showing renewed effort but not enactment.
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"by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting ``$20,000'';"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text includes the exact Bankruptcy Code amendment that would raise the wage priority cap to $20,000, but it is introduced bill text rather than enacted law.
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"introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo’s official bill metadata records the latest action as introduction and referral to House committees, indicating the 2026 proposal remains pending rather than enacted.
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"paragraph (4) | $15,150 | $17,150."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official 2025 bankruptcy dollar adjustment raised the Section 507(a)(4) cap to $17,150, which is partial progress from $10,000 but still below the promised $20,000 level.
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2025-02170.pdf
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"introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Warren previously introduced a Senate version of the Stop Wall Street Looting Act in the 118th Congress; it was referred to committee, documenting earlier effort without enactment.