BEYOND THE NUMBERS
In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused mostly on President Biden’s 2025 budget proposal.
We also focused on housing. Peggy Bailey testified before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on proposals to address...
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Analyzing President Biden’s 2025 Budget
President Biden will release his fiscal year 2025 budget on Monday, March 11. We’ll be posting our analysis of the budget here. Bookmark and visit this page for more.
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This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, federal taxes, health, and the economy.
- On the federal budget, we released a commentary from Sharon Parrott on how the State of the Union...
Medicaid Can Help Address Health-Related Social Needs
Access to affordable housing and nutritious foods can have a significant impact on a person’s physical and mental health and ability to thrive. A new CBPP paper highlights guidance from the Centers for Medicare &...
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This week at CBPP, we focused on health, state budgets and taxes, and the economy.
- On health, Allison Orris, Anna Bailey, and Jennifer Sullivan showed how states can use Medicaid to help address health-related...
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This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, food assistance, and health.
- On federal taxes, Sharon Parrott, George Fenton, Sarah Calame, and Arloc Sherman pointed out that the modest “lookback” provision in the bipartisan Child Tax...
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Proposes Cut in SNAP Benefits, Reversing Bipartisan Directive to Improve the Thrifty Food Plan
At a House Agriculture Committee hearing on February 14, Chairman Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) proposed a funding framework for the farm bill that included a $30 billion cut in SNAP benefits over ten years. Congress...
Bipartisan Child Tax Credit Expansion Would Benefit Millions of Workers in Low-Paid Occupations
The House-passed bipartisan Child Tax Credit expansion would benefit millions of children whose parents or other caregivers do important work for low pay. People who work as delivery drivers, home health aides, child care workers...
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In Case You Missed It . . .
This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes and the economy.
- On federal taxes, Stephanie Hingtgen explained that the House-passed bipartisan tax bill’s Child Tax Credit expansion would especially help children living in rural...
High-Income People Who Received Large Net Tax Cuts in 2017 Law Don’t Need a New SALT Tax Cut
The House is poised to consider a new tax bill that would raise the cap on deductions for state and local taxes (SALT), giving another large tax cut to the same group of rich people...