Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Ways and Means Committee Housing Tax Package Improves Significantly On Senate Version
"Effectively addressing the foreclosure crisis will require the enactment of non-tax measures designed to facilitate restructuring of mortgages and redevelopment of foreclosed and abandoned properties."

4/8/08
Senate Housing Legislation Highly Disappointing: Three-Fifths of Cost of Senate Bill Goes For Tax Cuts That Will Do Little or Nothing to Address the Foreclosure Crisis

2/26/08
Net Operating Loss Measure under Consideration In Senate Has Low Bang-For-The-Buck As Stimulus

Revised 4/15/08
Facing Deficits, Many States Are Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents

3/3/08
Economic Measures Indicate 27 States Need Federal Fiscal Relief

Press Release

2/13/08
How States Can Avoid Revenue Loss From Federal Stimulus

Revised 1/24/08
On the Brink: Several States Face Budget Shortfalls

Revised 1/8/08
Budget Cuts or Tax Increases at the State Level: Which is Preferable During an Economic Downturn?

1/26/08
Dispelling Confusion on Food Stamps, Rebates, and Stimulus

1/22/08
Zandi Finds Rebates Should Include Lower-Income Workers: Food Stamps, Unemployment Benefits Get the Highest Ratings

1/14/08
The Four Pieces of Effective Fiscal Stimulus

Revised 1/17/08
Principles For Fiscal Stimulus

1/31/08
Senate Proposal to Add Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improves Effectiveness of Stimulus Bill

11/15/01
Unemployment Insurance as Economic Stimulus

2/1/08
Policy Points: Senate Finance Committee Measure More Effective As Stimulus Than House Bill, Despite Some Problems

Revised 2/1/08
Senate Rebate Proposal Targets More Funds to Low-Income Households, Boosting Stimulus Impact

1/31/08
Senate Action Will Not Delay Rebates

1/30/08
Repatriation Measure Unlikely to Stimulate the U.S. Economy or Boost U.S. Investment

1/25/08
An Analysis of Rebate Proposal

1/24/08
Statement: Robert Greenstein on Stimulus Deal

1/22/08
Fewer Than 60 Percent of Working Households Benefit Fully From President’s Tax Rebate

1/15/08
Tax Cuts That Will Not Work

1/22/08
Statement: Robert Greenstein on Administration Comments on Stimulus

Revised 1/22/08
Statement: Greenstein on the President's Stimulus Plan

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