Third Reconstruction: Fully addressing poverty and low wages from the bottom up.

This non-binding resolution (HRES 532) expresses congressional support for a "Third Reconstruction" to address systemic poverty and low wages affecting approximately 140 million Americans, with disproportionate impacts on communities of color, women, and essential workers. It proposes concrete policy shifts including establishing a living wage, guaranteeing universal healthcare and housing, expanding voting rights, ending debt burdens, and redirecting military spending toward social programs. The resolution frames poverty as a moral crisis - citing it as the fourth-leading cause of death - and calls for updating poverty measures to reflect modern costs of living. It does not create new laws but urges Congress to prioritize these changes through budget and legislative action.