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Relief for States and Struggling Families Provides Substantial Boost to Employment
November 20, 2009 -
House Health Bill’s High-Income Surcharge is Sound and Well Targeted
Updated November 20, 2009 -
House Health Reform Bill Expands Coverage and Lowers Health Cost Growth, While Reducing Deficits
Updated November 20, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the New Senate Health Reform Bill
November 19, 2009 -
Changes in Senate Health Bill Make Coverage More Affordable for Millions of Moderate-Income Families, Although not for Those on Low End of Subsidy Scale
November 19, 2009 -
Senate Health Bill Improves Employer Responsibility Provision
November 19, 2009 -
Senate Health Reform Bill Is Fiscally Responsible
November 19, 2009 -
Additional Federal Fiscal Relief Needed to Help States Address Recession’s Impact
Updated November 19, 2009 -
An Update on State Budget Cuts
Updated November 19, 2009 -
Policy Points: Recession Still Causing Trouble for States
Updated November 19, 2009 -
Recession Continues to Batter State Budgets; State Responses Could Slow Recovery
Updated November 19, 2009 -
Podcast: Understanding the House Health Reform Bill
November 17, 2009 -
Amazon’s Arguments Against Collecting Sales Taxes Do Not Withstand Scrutiny
November 16, 2009 -
Increasing Medicare Tax on High-Wage Earners Could Help Pay for Health Reform and Strengthen Medicare’s Finances
November 13, 2009 -
How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2010?
November 12, 2009 -
Video: Fox Business Network Interviews Chuck Marr on the Cost of Health Reform
November 12, 2009 -
Video: CNBC Interviews Jim Horney on the Economy and the Federal Budget Deficit
November 12, 2009 -
Video: CNN cites CBPP on Potential Job Losses Due to State Budget Cuts
November 12, 2009 -
Policy Basics: The Child Tax Credit
November 11, 2009 -
Podcast: State Budget Cuts and Tax Increases Put Fragile Economic Recovery at Risk
November 11, 2009 -
Raising State Income Taxes on High-Income Taxpayers
Revised November 11, 2009 -
State Earned Income Tax Credits: 2009 Legislative Update
November 10, 2009 -
Excise Tax on Very High-Cost Health Plans Is a Sound Element of Health Reform
Revised November 10, 2009 -
Berkley Estate Tax Bill Would Add Billions to Deficit While Benefiting Only Wealthiest 1 in 500 Estates
Revised November 9, 2009 -
House Health Bill Would Expand, Strengthen Coverage for Children and Families
November 6, 2009 -
Podcast: The October Unemployment Report and What It Means for the Economy
November 6, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the October Employment Report
November 6, 2009 -
Podcast: Maine and Washington Reject TABOR
November 5, 2009 -
Video: NBC affiliate WVTM in Birmingham, Alabama Cites CBPP on State Income Tax Threshold
November 4, 2009 -
Statement: Iris Lav, Senior Advisor, on Defeat of “TABOR” Initiatives In Maine and Washington
November 4, 2009 -
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2008
November 4, 2009 -
Press Release: State Income Taxes Push Many Working-Poor Families Deeper Into Poverty
November 4, 2009 -
Which States Tax the Sale of Food for Home Consumption in 2009?
Revised November 4, 2009 -
Podcast: Protecting Low-Income Consumers in Climate Change Legislation
November 3, 2009 -
Video: Michael Mazerov Discusses Closing Pennsylvania Corporate Tax Loopholes on WGAL TV
November 2, 2009 -
House Health Reform Bill Would Help Ensure Affordable, Quality Coverage for Older Adults Aged 55-64
Updated November 2, 2009 -
House Health Reform Bill Would Strengthen Medicare
Updated November 2, 2009 -
Audio Clip: Michael Leachman Discusses Stimulus and Job Creation on National Public Radio
October 31, 2009 -
New Climate Bill in Senate Provides Funding for Low-Income Consumers but Amount Falls Short of Need
October 29, 2009 -
The Administration’s October 30 Data Release on Jobs Created by the Economic Recovery Law: What it Will Tell Us and What it Won’t
October 28, 2009 -
Podcast: Understanding the Senate Finance Committee's Health Reform Bill
October 27, 2009 -
Video: Bob Greenstein Discusses Controlling Costs in Senate Health Reform Bill on PBS’ Nightly Business Report
October 27, 2009 -
Washington Times Op-Ed: Robert Greenstein on the Deficit — Don't Make Things Worse
October 27, 2009 -
Proposed Expansions of Homebuyer Tax Credit Would Be Highly Inefficient and Squander Federal Resources
October 27, 2009 -
Provision Under Consideration for Merged Senate Health Bill Would Harm Needy Families:
October 26, 2009 -
Video: Judith Solomon Discusses Affordability, Individual and Employee Mandates in Health Reform on Fox Business News
October 26, 2009 -
Audio Clip: Jim Horney Discusses Cost-of-Living Increase for Social Security on National Public Radio
October 22, 2009 -
Testimony: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on Climate Policy Impact on Low-Income Households
October 21, 2009 -
Podcast: Climate Change Testimony
October 21, 2009 -
Finance Committee Makes Flawed Employer Requirement in Health Reform Bill Still More Problematic
Revised October 21, 2009 -
TABOR Has Hampered Economic Growth and Reduced Quality of Life in Colorado
October 19, 2009 -
Podcast: Low-Income Consumers and the Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill
October 19, 2009 -
I-1033's Problematic Measure of Inflation
October 15, 2009 -
Case For a Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment in 2010 Is Weak
Updated October 15, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the Senate Finance Committee’s Health Reform Plan
October 13, 2009 -
Finance Committee Health Reform Bill Makes Improvements, But Still Falls Short of What Is Needed for Many People to Afford Health Care
October 13, 2009 -
What Level of Coverage Will Health Reform Likely Provide? The Basics of Actuarial Value
October 13, 2009 -
Coalition Makes Flawed Arguments Against Proposal to Help Finance Health Reform by Maintaining Current Value of Itemized Deductions for Wealthy Households
Revised October 13, 2009 -
Senate Finance Committee Health Reform Bill Is Fiscally Responsible
Revised October 13, 2009 -
Video: Nick Johnson Discusses State Budgets Problems on Fox News
October 10, 2009 -
A Formula for Decline: Lessons from Colorado for States Considering TABOR
Updated October 9, 2009 -
Video Highlights from the Conference “Progressives and the National Debt: Consequences and Solutions”
October 8, 2009 -
Podcast: The Safety Net’s Response to the Recession
October 8, 2009 -
Podcast: TABOR’s Harmful Effect on States
October 8, 2009 -
Testimony: LaDonna Pavetti, Director of Welfare Reform and Income Support, on the Safety Net’s Response to the Recession
October 8, 2009 -
Fact Sheet: TABOR Will Not Improve Maine’s Business Climate
October 7, 2009 -
How Low-Income Consumers Fare in the House Climate Bill
Updated October 7, 2009 -
Podcast: Discussing the September Unemployment Report and What It Means For the Economy
October 2, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the September Employment Report
October 2, 2009 -
CBPP’s Updated Long-Term Fiscal Deficit and Debt Projections
September 30, 2009 -
Correcting Five Myths About the Stimulus Bill
Updated September 23, 2009 -
Harsh Labor Market Conditions Justify Extending Unemployment Benefits in Hard-Hit States
Updated September 23, 2009 -
Maine’s “TABOR II” Repeats Mistakes of Colorado, Endangers Public Services and Business Climate
September 22, 2009 -
Press Release: “TABOR II” Would Harm Maine’s Economy, Businesses, and Families
September 22, 2009 -
Podcast: The Deficit, Debt, and Interest
September 22, 2009 -
“SEVRA” Housing Voucher Reform Bill Would Update and Streamline Program
September 22, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Introduction to the Food Stamp Program
Updated September 22, 2009 -
Tax Offsets in Baucus Health Plan Are Sound But Can Be Improved
September 18, 2009 -
Banning Taxation of Online Hotel Reservations Is Unwarranted and Could Cost States and Localities Billions of Dollars
Revised September 18, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on Chairman Baucus’ Health Reform Plan
September 16, 2009 -
Podcast: The Budget Reconciliation Process
September 15, 2009 -
Ending Medicare Advantage Overpayments Would Strengthen Medicare
September 14, 2009 -
Audio Clip: Robert Greenstein Discusses Poverty in America on The Diane Rehm Show
September 14, 2009 -
“Upcoding” Problem Exacerbates Overpayments to Medicare Advantage Plans
Revised September 14, 2009 -
Funding Shortfalls Causing Cuts in Housing Vouchers
September 14, 2009 -
Video: Robert Greenstein Discusses Consumer Relief Provisions in Cap-and-Trade Bill on E&ETV
September 14, 2009 -
Poverty Rose, Median Income Declined, and Job-Based Health Insurance Continued to Weaken in 2008
September 10, 2009 -
Private Health Coverage Declined, Became Less Secure in 2008
September 10, 2009 -
Statement: Greenstein on Census’ 2008 Health Insurance and Poverty Data
September 10, 2009 -
Podcast: Examining the New 2008 Census Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage
September 10, 2009 -
Top 1 Percent of Americans Reaped Two-Thirds of Income Gains in Last Economic Expansion
September 9, 2009 -
Stimulus Keeping 6 Million Americans Out of Poverty in 2009, Estimates Show
September 9, 2009 -
Upcoming Medicare Change is an Opportunity to Enroll Eligible Low-Income Seniors in Food Stamps
September 9, 2009 -
Podcast: Discussing the August Unemployment Report and What It Means For the Economy
September 8, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the August Employment Report
September 4, 2009 -
New OMB and CBO Reports Show Continuing Current Policies Would Produce Large Deficits
August 27, 2009 -
Podcast: Understanding the New Budget Deficit Updates
August 27, 2009 -
Policy Basics: State Earned Income Tax Credits
Updated August 27, 2009 -
Podcast: High-Income Surcharge Can Help Pay for Health Reform
August 25, 2009 -
Statement: James R. Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, on the Deficit Reports by the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office
August 25, 2009 -
Video: James Horney Discusses New CBO and OMB Deficit Projections on Bloomberg TV
August 25, 2009 -
Video: James Horney Discusses 2009 Deficits and 10-Year Deficit Projections on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
August 24, 2009 -
Five Keys to Understanding New 2009 Deficit Estimates
August 21, 2009 -
Podcast: Correcting Myths About the Stimulus Bill
August 17, 2009 -
Changing Climate Bill To Give More Allowances To Electric Utilities Would Likely Hurt, Not Help, Consumers
August 11, 2009 -
Low-Income Climate Consumer Relief: Funds Needed for State Administration
August 11, 2009 -
Expanding Sales Taxation of Services: Options and Issues
August 10, 2009 -
Podcast: Discussing the July Employment Report and What it Means for the Economy
August 10, 2009 -
Press Release: Facing Deficits, More States Considering Taxing Services
August 10, 2009 -
An Excise Tax on Insurers Offering High-Cost Plans Can Help Pay for Health Reform
August 7, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the July Employment Report
August 7, 2009 -
Podcast: Health Reform — Examining the Flaws of the Proposed “Free Rider” Employer Requirement Provision
August 5, 2009 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the Second-Quarter Economic Growth Report
July 31, 2009 -
Coburn-Ryan Health Bill Would Jeopardize Coverage for Many, While Failing To Reduce the Number of Uninsured Significantly
July 30, 2009 -
House Health Bill’s High-Income Surcharge: A Reasonable Approach
Revised July 30, 2009 -
Podcast: Improving Consumer Relief in the Climate Change Bill
July 30, 2009 -
Opportunities under the TANF Emergency Fund Created By the Federal Recovery Act
July 29, 2009 -
New York’s “Amazon Law”: An Important Tool for Collecting Taxes Owed on Internet Purchases
July 23, 2009 -
Ryan Substitute for Statutory Pay-As-You-Go
July 22, 2009 -
Podcast: The Estate Tax
July 14, 2009 -
Senate Can Strengthen Climate Legislation By Reducing Corporate Welfare and Boosting True Consumer Relief
July 10, 2009 -
Myths and Realities About How States Are Using Economic Recovery Act Funds
July 9, 2009 -
Tax Measures Help Balance State Budgets
Updated July 9, 2009 -
Adding Funding to the House Climate Bill for Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Would Help Poor Families Facing Particularly Large Increases in Energy Costs
July 8, 2009 -
Allowing Multiple Insurance Exchanges in a Single Area Would Make It Harder to Obtain Affordable, Good-Quality Coverage
July 8, 2009 -
Food Stamps On-Line: A Review of State Government Food Stamp Websites
Updated July 8, 2009 -
Podcast: Climate Change Legislation
July 8, 2009 -
Reports Calling for Estate Tax Repeal Seriously Flawed
July 7, 2009 -
Investing Climate Revenues in Subsidized Housing Energy Efficiency Would Cut Emissions and Lower Federal Costs
July 7, 2009 -
Safety Net Effective at Fighting Poverty But Has Weakened for the Very Poorest
July 6, 2009 -
Video: CNN cites CBPP on State Budget Cuts
July 5, 2009 -
Video: Jon Shure Talks About the State Budget Crisis on CSPAN's Washington Journal
July 2, 2009 -
Audio Clip: Bloomberg Radio Interviews Iris Lav on the State Budget Crisis
July 1, 2009 -
Senate Finance Committee Faces Difficult Choices In Lowering Cost of Health Bill
July 1, 2009 -
Video: CNN Interviews Jon Shure on the State Budget Crisis
July 1, 2009 -
Federal Fiscal Relief Is Working As Intended
Updated June 29, 2009 -
Press Release: New Fiscal Year Brings Painful Spending Cuts, Continued Budget Gaps In Almost Every State
June 29, 2009 -
Podcast: Robert Greenstein Testifies Before the House Budget Committee on PAYGO Legislation
June 26, 2009 -
Audio Clip: Nick Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project, Discusses State Budgets on NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show
June 25, 2009 -
New EPA and CBO Estimates Refute Claims That House Climate Bill Would Impose Large Costs on Households and the Economy
June 25, 2009 -
Policy Basics: The Estate Tax
Revised June 25, 2009 -
Testimony: Robert Greenstein on the “Pay As You Go” Budget Rule
Updated June 25, 2009 -
Employer Requirement Under Consideration For Senate Finance Committee Health Bill Could Discourage Hiring of Low-Income, Minority, Disabled Workers
June 24, 2009 -
Video: Fox Business Interviews Jon Shure on State Budget Problems
June 22, 2009 -
Some Media Reports Mischaracterize CBO Estimate of Senate “HELP” Health Reform Bill
June 16, 2009 -
Reducing Medicaid and Medicare Drug Costs Could Help Pay For Health Reform
June 11, 2009 -
Curbing Flexible Spending Accounts Could Help Pay For Health Care Reform
Revised June 10, 2009 -
Joint Statement: Robert Greenstein and James Horney on the President’s “Pay As You Go” Budget Proposal
June 10, 2009 -
Maintaining Current Value of Itemized Deductions For High-Income Taxpayers Could Help Pay For Health Care Reform
June 10, 2009 -
Reforming HUD’s “Section 3” Requirements Can Leverage Federal Investments in Housing to Expand Economic Opportunity
June 10, 2009 -
Podcast: Discussing the May Employment Report and What it Means for the Economy
June 8, 2009 -
Podcast: Will Fischer, Senior Policy Analyst, on the Section Eight Voucher Reform Act
June 8, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the May Employment Report
June 5, 2009 -
Limiting the Tax Exclusion for Employer-Sponsored Insurance Can Help Pay for Health Reform
Revised June 4, 2009 -
Testimony: Will Fischer, Senior Policy Analyst, at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity
June 4, 2009 -
Holding Down Increases in Utility Bills Is a Flawed Way To Protect Consumers While Fighting Global Warming
Revised June 3, 2009 -
Taxing High-Sugar Soft Drinks Could Help Pay For Health Care Reform
May 27, 2009 -
Reversing the Erosion in Alcohol Taxes Could Help Pay for Health Care Reform
May 27, 2009 -
Video: CNN cites CBPP on States Balancing Budgets with Tax Measures
May 22, 2009 -
Video: Fox News Channel Interviews Elizabeth McNichol on State Budget Troubles
May 22, 2009 -
Video: NBC Nightly News Cites CBPP on State Budget Troubles
May 22, 2009 -
Designing Benefit Standards for a Health Insurance Exchange
May 21, 2009 -
Ensuring Affordable Health Coverage and Health Care Services in an Insurance Exchange
May 21, 2009 -
Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill Fully Offsets Average Purchasing Power Loss for Low-Income Consumers
May 20, 2009 -
Obscure Tax Provision of Federal Recovery Package Could Widen State Budget Gaps
May 19, 2009 -
2009 Trustees’ Report Underscores Urgency of Health Reform, Medicare Changes
May 18, 2009 -
What the 2009 Trustees’ Report Shows About Social Security
May 18, 2009 -
Introduction to the Housing Voucher Program
Revised May 15, 2009 -
Policy Basics: The Housing Choice Voucher Program
Updated May 15, 2009 -
Press Release: More States Are Raising Revenues to Help Close Budget Gaps
May 13, 2009 -
Podcast: The 2009 Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports
May 12, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on Trustees’ Report on Medicare
May 12, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on Trustees’ Social Security Report
May 12, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein to Health Reform Financing Roundtable of the Senate Finance Committee
May 12, 2009 -
Minority of States Still Granting Net Operating Loss “Carryback” Deductions Should Eliminate Them Now
Revised May 11, 2009 -
Podcast: Discussing the April Employment Report and What it Means for the Economy
May 8, 2009 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report
May 8, 2009 -
Video: Robert Greenstein Discusses the President's Budget on Washington Journal
May 8, 2009 -
Podcast: Where Do Our State Tax Dollars Go?
May 6, 2009 -
A Brief Analysis of the Congressional Budget Plan
May 4, 2009 -
Statement: Chuck Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy, on the Administration’s International Tax Proposal
May 4, 2009 -
What to Look For in HUD’s 2010 Budget For Low-Income Housing
May 4, 2009 -
Online Information About Key Low-Income Benefit Programs
Revised April 27, 2009 -
New Children's Health Law Reduces the Harmful Impact of Documentation Requirement
April 23, 2009 -
Testimony: Robert Greenstein on How Climate Change Legislation Can Fight Global Warming Effectively While Protecting Consumers,
April 23, 2009 -
Fact Sheet: How a “Climate Rebate” Would Work
Revised April 22, 2009 -
Insuring All Americans Is a Critical Component of an Efficient, High Quality Health Care System
April 21, 2009 -
Social Security Does Not Face a Near-Term “Reckoning”
April 21, 2009 -
How to Use Existing Tax and Benefit Systems to Offset Consumers’ Higher Energy Costs Under an Emissions Cap
April 20, 2009 -
Testimony: Chad Stone on Protecting Lower-Income Families in Climate Change Legislation
Revised April 20, 2009 -
Testimony: Robert Greenstein, Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Revised April 20, 2009 -
Income Gaps Hit Record Levels In 2006, New Data Show
April 17, 2009 -
Additional Housing Vouchers Needed to Stem Increase in Homelessness
April 16, 2009 -
The Senate and the Estate Tax: Cutting Through the Fog
April 16, 2009 -
Fact Sheet: Using a Health-Insurance Exchange to Pool Risk and Protect Enrollees
April 14, 2009 -
Federal Tax Burdens for Most Near Their Lowest Levels in Decades
Updated April 14, 2009 -
Huffington Post Op-Ed: Senate to Uber-Rich: “Help Is on the Way”
April 13, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?
Updated April 13, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Where Do Our State Tax Dollars Go?
April 13, 2009 -
Lincoln-Kyl Estate Tax Amendment is Both Unnecessary and Unaffordable
Revised April 10, 2009 -
State Taxes On Inherited Wealth Remain Common
Revised April 10, 2009 -
Promoting State Budget Accountability Through Tax Expenditure Reporting
April 9, 2009 -
Climate Equity Alliance: Principles for Addressing the Needs of Low and Moderate Income Workers, Families and Communities within Global Warming Legislation
April 8, 2009 -
Press Release: New “Climate Equity Alliance” To Push For Strong Climate Legislation That Protects and Provides Opportunity for Low- and Moderate-Income Americans
April 8, 2009 -
Reforming the Tax Treatment of S-Corporations and Limited Liability Companies Can Help States Finance Public Services
April 8, 2009 -
A Majority of States Have Now Adopted a Key Corporate Tax Reform — “Combined Reporting”
Revised April 3, 2009 -
Podcast: Climate Equity Alliance Forms
April 3, 2009 -
Policy Points: Congressional Budgets Pass Early Tests on Deficits and Economy, but Questions Remain
April 3, 2009 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report
April 3, 2009 -
House Republican Budget Would Aid Wealthy Individuals and Corporations, Cut Public Services, Slow Economic Recovery
April 2, 2009 -
An Analysis of the House and Senate Budget Plans
April 1, 2009 -
Scoring Health Legislation
April 1, 2009 -
Obama Budget Reduces Deficit by $900 Billion Compared to Current Budget Policies
March 31, 2009 -
Proposal to Cap Deductions for High-Income Households Would Reduce Charitable Contributions by Only 1.9 Percent
Revised March 31, 2009 -
Rules of the Road: How an Insurance Exchange Can Pool Risk and Protect Enrollees
March 31, 2009 -
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens
March 31, 2009 -
Two Key Tests for House and Senate Action on Congressional Budget Resolution
March 31, 2009 -
High-Income Households Would Face Lower Tax Burden under Obama Budget than In Clinton Years, When Economy Performed Well
March 26, 2009 -
History Contradicts Claim That President’s Budget Would Harm Small Business Job Creation
March 26, 2009 -
Testimony: Robert Greenstein on Tax Proposals in the President's Budget before the Senate Committee on Finance
March 26, 2009 -
Mississippi’s “Face-To-Face” Rule Blocks Coverage of Eligible People, Not Fraud
March 25, 2009 -
Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility Is Protected For Jobless Families That Receive Boost in Unemployment Benefits
March 20, 2009 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the New Report From the Congressional Budget Office
March 20, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Deficits, Debt, and Interest
March 19, 2009 -
Policy Basics: An Introduction to TANF
Revised March 19, 2009 -
Video: Robert Greenstein Makes Case for Allotting Cap-and-Trade Funds to Workers on E&ETV
March 18, 2009 -
Limiting Itemized Deductions for Upper-Income Taxpayers Would Have Little Effect on Small Business, Charities, Housing
March 12, 2009 -
States Should Tap New Tools to Help Medicaid Beneficiaries Maintain Coverage
March 12, 2009 -
Congress Should Not Weaken Estate Tax Beyond 2009 Parameters
Revised March 11, 2009 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the February Employment Report
March 6, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Congress's “Pay-As-You-Go” Budget Rule
March 5, 2009 -
Policy Basics: The 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts
March 5, 2009 -
Cap and Trade Can Fight Global Warming Effectively While Also Protecting Consumers
March 3, 2009 -
USDA Study Shows States Failing To Connect Many Needy Children to Free School Meals
March 3, 2009 -
Very Few Small Business Owners Would Face Tax Increases Under President's Budget
February 28, 2009 -
Podcast: Examining the Administration's 2010 Budget
February 27, 2009 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the President's 2010 Budget Proposal
February 27, 2009 -
Economic Recovery Package Would Give 3.8 Million Low- and Moderate-Income Students — Thousands in Every State —Access to Higher-Education Tax Credit
Revised February 26, 2009 -
Overview of the TANF Provisions in the Economic Recovery Act
February 26, 2009 -
Tax Aid in Recovery Package Would Reach Large Numbers of Workers in Every State
Updated February 26, 2009 -
Trillion-Dollar Deficits Greet New Administration: CBO Analyzes Current Budget Policies
February 26, 2009 -
Video: Greenstein Debates the Budget Plan on the Newshour with Jim Lehrer
February 26, 2009 -
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: State-By-State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low- and Moderate-Income Individuals
Updated February 25, 2009 -
Decade of Neglect Has Weakened Federal Low-Income Housing Programs
February 25, 2009 -
If States Fail to Use Stimulus Funds as Intended, Efforts to Strengthen Economy Could Be Undercut
February 24, 2009 -
Improving Medicaid as Part of Building on the Current System to Achieve Universal Coverage
February 24, 2009 -
Impact of Estate Tax on Small Businesses and Farms Is Minimal
February 23, 2009 -
New Analysis Shows "Tax Expenditures" Overall Are Costly and Regressive
February 23, 2009 -
Slideshow: The Estate Tax
Updated February 23, 2009 -
The Estate Tax: Myths and Realities
Revised February 23, 2009 -
Video: Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, at President Obama's Fiscal Responsibility Summit
February 23, 2009 -
Huffington Post Op-ed: Should Progressives Shun the Economic Recovery Package?
February 20, 2009 -
Funding For States in Economic Recovery Package Will Close Less Than Half of State Deficits
February 20, 2009 -
Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments Could Benefit Millions of Low-Income and Minority Americans
February 19, 2009 -
Extending "Climate Rebates" to Include Middle-Income Consumers
February 19, 2009 -
Why Utilities Are Not Well-Suited To Deliver Relief To Low- And Moderate-Income Consumers In A Climate Bill
February 19, 2009 -
Despite Critics' Over-Heated Rhetoric, the Economic Recovery Bill Does Not Undermine Welfare Reform
February 17, 2009 -
Video: NBC Nightly News interviews Nick Johnson on State Budget Problems and the California Budget Crisis
February 17, 2009 -
Recovery Act Provides Much-Needed, Targeted Medicaid Assistance To States
February 13, 2009 -
Recovery Agreement Temporarily Expands Child Tax Credit for Large Numbers of Children in Every State
February 12, 2009 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on the Conference Agreement on the Recovery Package
February 12, 2009 -
Testimony: Sharon Parrott at the Hearing "Building a Foundation for Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children" before the House Budget Committee
February 12, 2009 -
Most States Are Cutting Education
Updated February 10, 2009 -
Podcast: Key Differences in the House and Senate Stimulus Plans
February 10, 2009 -
Senate Changes Make Recovery Package Less Effective
February 10, 2009 -
Senate's Cuts to "Fiscal Stabilization Fund" Weaken Stimulus Value of the Economic Recovery Bill
February 10, 2009 -
Costly Isakson Homebuyer Tax Credit Amendment Would Be Ineffective Stimulus
February 9, 2009 -
Exchange Plan in House Recovery Bill Offers Best Fix For Low-Income Housing Tax Credit
Updated February 9, 2009 -
Measure in House Recovery Package — But Not Senate Package — Would Help Unemployed Parents Receive Health Coverage
February 9, 2009 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the January Employment Report
February 6, 2009 -
Attacks on Congressional Recovery Package Don't Withstand Scrutiny
February 5, 2009 -
Podcast: Reality Check on the Stimulus Debate
February 5, 2009 -
Current and Projected State Deficits
Revised February 4, 2009 -
House, Senate Recovery Bills Allot Vast Share of Benefits During Downturn, New Official Estimates Show
February 3, 2009 -
Proposal to Lower Bottom Tax Rates Less Effective as Stimulus than "Making Work Pay" Credit
Updated February 3, 2009 -
Proposed Tax Break For Multinationals Would Be Poor Stimulus
Updated February 3, 2009 -
Big Misconceptions about Small Businesses and Taxes
Updated February 2, 2009 -
House and Senate Recovery Packages Would Improve Higher-Education Tax Credits
Revised February 2, 2009 -
Proponents of Estate Tax Repeal Resurrecting Old Misconceptions
February 2, 2009 -
Preliminary Analysis of Medicaid Assistance for States In the Senate Economic Recovery Package
Updated January 30, 2009 -
Senate’s Medicaid Assistance For States Less Targeted Than In House Recovery Bill
Updated January 30, 2009 -
The High Cost of Estate Tax Repeal
Revised January 28, 2009 -
Challenges of Providing Health Coverage for Children and Parents in a Recession
January 27, 2009 -
Temporarily Increasing Unemployment Benefits is Better Targeted and More Stimulative Than Suspending Taxation of Unemployment Benefits
January 27, 2009 -
Payroll Tax Holiday a Poor Stimulus Idea
January 26, 2009 -
Senate SCHIP Bill, Like the House Bill, Would Provide Health Insurance to 4.1 Million Uninsured Children
January 26, 2009 -
Tax Credit Provisions in House and Senate Recovery Packages Would Lessen Growth in Poverty
January 26, 2009 -
Corporate Tax Rate Cut Likely To Be Ineffective As Stimulus
January 23, 2009 -
Senate’s Medicaid Assistance For States Less Targeted Than In House Recovery Bill
January 22, 2009 -
Criticisms of House Recovery Package Are Misplaced
January 16, 2009 -
Economic Recovery Bill Would Add Little to Long-Run Fiscal Problem
January 16, 2009 -
Capital Gains Tax Cut Would Be Poor Stimulus
January 15, 2009 -
Most Large North Carolina Manufacturers Are Already Subject To "Combined Reporting" In Other States
January 15, 2009 -
New Analysis Shows Strong Job Effects from Including Aid for Hard-Pressed Families and States in a Recovery Package
January 15, 2009 -
CBO Estimates Show SCHIP Bill Would Provide Health Insurance to 4.1 Million Uninsured Children
January 14, 2009 -
Budget Cuts or Tax Increases at the State Level
Updated January 12, 2009 -
Assistance for Hard-Pressed Families Is One of the Best Ways to Preserve and Create Jobs
January 9, 2009 -
Policy Points: Sobering Jobless Data Highlight Need for Recovery Package to Focus On Hard-Hit Families and States
January 9, 2009 -
Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the December Employment Report
January 9, 2009 -
Designing Solely State-Funded Programs
Revised January 8, 2009 -
Number of Homeless Families Climbing Due To Recession
January 8, 2009 -
Converting State Fiscal Relief to Loans Would Render It Ineffective As Stimulus
January 7, 2009 -
Unemployment Insurance Reforms Should Be Part of Economic Recovery Package
January 6, 2009 -
Policy Basics: Introduction to Public Housing
December 18, 2008 -
Policy Basics: Property Tax Caps
December 18, 2008 -
Policy Basics: Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR)
December 18, 2008 -
Louisiana's Medicaid Waiver Proposal
December 17, 2008 -
Policy Basics: Introduction to Medicaid
December 17, 2008 -
Policy Basics: Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
Updated December 17, 2008 -
Policy Basics: The Earned Income Tax Credit
December 17, 2008 -
The Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Bleak
December 16, 2008 -
Podcast: Long Term Deficit Projections Highlight Need for Action
December 16, 2008 -
Press Release: New Long-Term Deficit Projections Paint Grim Picture
December 16, 2008 -
Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on November Employment Report
December 5, 2008 -
Child Tax Credit Expansion Passed by Congress Will Help 13 Million Children
Updated December 5, 2008 -
Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty
November 24, 2008 -
Podcast: How Will the Economic Downturn Affect Poverty? Can Today's Safety Net Cope?
November 24, 2008 -
TANF Benefits Are Low and Have Not Kept Pace with Inflation
November 24, 2008 -
Immigration and Social Security
November 20, 2008 -
Slideshow: Federal Budget Outlook
Updated January 30, 2008 -
Video: Independent Sector's 2008 John W. Gardner Leadership Award Recipient: Robert Greenstein
November 19, 2008 -
A Quick Guide to Food Stamp Eligibility and Benefits
November 18, 2008 -
Statement by Stacy Dean, Director of Food Assistance Policy, on the New USDA Report on Hunger
November 17, 2008 -
State Revenues Plummet
Updated November 12, 2008 -
Ways and Means Committee Republicans’ Use of Joint Tax Committee Data is Deeply Deceptive
Revised November 12, 2008 -
Video: Iris Lav, Deputy Director, on State Tax Revenues, NBC Nightly News
November 9, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the October Employment Report
November 7, 2008 -
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2007
October 29, 2008 -
Press Release: Many States Tax Working-Poor Families Deeper Into Poverty
October 29, 2008 -
Video: Testimony of Robert Greenstein on Widening Income Inequality in the United States
October 29, 2008 -
Putting U.S. Corporate Taxes in Perspective
October 27, 2008 -
Average Income in 2006 up $60,000 for Top 1 Percent of Households, Just $430 for Bottom 90 Percent: Income Concentration at Highest Level Since 1928, New Analysis Shows
Revised October 22, 2008 -
Video: Testimony of Iris J. Lav on "Economic Recovery: Options and Challenges"
October 20, 2008 -
Video: Nicholas Johnson, Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, speaks about state budget problems, and answers questions from call-ins on C-SPAN's Washington Journal Program
October 18, 2008 -
Video: Stacy Dean, Director of Food Assistance Policy, on the Importance of Food Stamps, CNN's Situation Room
October 15, 2008 -
Job Growth Has Slowed Significantly in 2006
Revised October 13, 2008 -
Video: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on Economic Stimulus, Fox 5 News DC
October 13, 2008 -
States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues: Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits
Updated October 10, 2008 -
Preserving Safe, High Quality Public Housing Should Be a Priority of Federal Housing Policy
Revised October 8, 2008 -
State Earned Income Tax Credits: 2008 Legislative Update
Updated October 8, 2008 -
Testimony: How to Promote Housing Integration and Choice through the Section 8 Voucher Program
October 6, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the September Employment Report
October 3, 2008 -
Video: Nicholas Johnson, Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, speaks about state budget on CNN's Lou Dobbs
October 3, 2008 -
Statement on Senate-Passed Financial Rescue Legislation by Robert Greenstein and Chad Stone
October 2, 2008 -
House Stimulus Plan Effectively Targets Fiscal Relief to States
September 26, 2008 -
Key Components of House and Senate Economic Recovery Packages Would Boost the Economy and Provide Needed Relief to Struggling Families
September 26, 2008 -
An Examination of the Wyden-Bennett Health Reform Plan
September 24, 2008 -
North Dakota's Measure 2 is Imbalanced and Would Harm Efforts to Secures State's Economic Future
September 18, 2008 -
Press Release: “Measure 2” Would Set up North Dakota for Future Bust, Not Long-Term Growth
September 18, 2008 -
How Projected Surpluses Became Deficits
September 12, 2008 -
Policy Brief Changing Medicaid and SSI Rules to Encourage Retirement Saving
September 12, 2008 -
Removing Barriers to Retirement Saving in Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income
September 12, 2008 -
Bonus Depreciation Tax Cut Unlikely To Provide Effective Economic Stimulus
September 10, 2008 -
Using TANF or MOE Funds to Provide Supplemental Assistance to Low-Income Working Families
Updated September 8, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the August Employment Report
September 5, 2008 -
Rhode Island's Medicaid Proposal Would Put Beneficiaries at Risk and Undermine the Federal-State Partnership
September 4, 2008 -
How Robust Was the 2001-2007 Economic Expansion?
Updated August 29, 2008 -
Podcast: Examining the New 2007 Census Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Coverage
August 26, 2008 -
Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance Were Higher in 2007 - And Median Income for Working-Age Households Was Lower - Than at the Bottom of Last Recession
August 26, 2008 -
Robert Greenstein on Census' 2007 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Data
August 26, 2008 -
What to Watch For in the New Census Income and Poverty Numbers
August 21, 2008 -
Caution: the Tax Foundation's State and Local Tax Rankings are Unreliable
Revised August 13, 2008 -
Only a Few of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cut Provisions Benefit Families with Modest Incomes: But a Superficial Treasury Analysis Obscures this Fact
August 7, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the July Employment Report
August 1, 2008 -
Medicare Changes Can Complement Health Reform
July 31, 2008 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein on Wdening Income Inequality in the United States Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee on Education and Labor
July 31, 2008 -
States Can Opt Out of the Costly and Ineffective "Domestic Production Deduction" Corporate Tax Break
July 29, 2008 -
Evidence Shows That Tax Cuts Lose Revenue
Revised July 21, 2008 -
Lessons From The Telephones Lifeline Program Add To Concerns About Using Utilities to Deliver Low-Income Climate Rebates
July 18, 2008 -
National and State Voucher Utilization Data, 2004 - 2008
July 16, 2008 -
Statement by Edwin Park, Senior Fellow, on the President's Veto of the Medicare "Doctor Fix" Bill
July 15, 2008 -
Smaller Deficit Estimate No Surprise: New OMB Estimates Do Not Support Claims About Tax Cuts
Revised July 13, 2008 -
A Balanced Approach to Restoring Fiscal Responsibility
July 9, 2008 -
Policy Points: Controversial Provision of "Doctor Fix" Bill Would Improve Medicare and Help Keep Bill Deficit-Neutral
July 7, 2008 -
Farm Bill Contains Significant Domestic Nutrition Improvements
Revised July 1, 2008 -
Food Stamp Provisions of the Final 2008 Farm Bill
Revised July 1, 2008 -
Implementing New Changes to the Food Stamp Program: A Provision By Provision Analysis of The 2008 Farm Bill
July 1, 2008 -
New Georgia and Florida Health Plans Unlikely to Reduce Ranks of Uninsured
July 1, 2008 -
States’ Vehicle Asset Policies in the Food Stamp Program
Revised July 1, 2008 -
Expanding Medicaid a Less Costly Way to Cover More Low-Income Uninsured Than Expanding Private Insurance
June 26, 2008 -
Proponents' Case for a Federally-Imposed Business Activity Tax Nexus Threshold Has Little Merit
June 26, 2008 -
Testimony of James Horney on Addressing the Nation's Financial Challenges
June 26, 2008 -
Proposed “Business Activity Tax Nexus” Legislation Would Seriously Undermine State Taxes on Corporate Profits and Harm the Economy
June 24, 2008 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein at the Hearing on the SAFE Commission Act and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge
June 24, 2008 -
Property Tax Limitation in the Senate Housing Bill is Unnecessary, Impractical, and Likely to Cause Harm
June 23, 2008 -
House-Passed Housing Tax Package Improves Significantly on Senate Version: But Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis Will Require Other Measures
Revised June 17, 2008 -
The Unemployment Rate Is Already High Enough to Warrant Extended Benefits
Revised June 16, 2008 -
Policy Points: "Tax Extenders" Bill the Latest Test of Congress's Commitment to Fiscal Discipline
June 10, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the May Employment Report
June 6, 2008 -
Well-Designed, Fiscally Responsible Corporate Tax Reform Could Benefit the Economy: Unpaid-For Rate Cuts Would Likely Hurt Most Americans in the Long Run
June 4, 2008 -
How Low-Income Consumers Fare in the Senate Climate-Change Bill
June 3, 2008 -
Suozzi's Statement Ignores Truth About Massachusetts' Property Tax Cap
May 28, 2008 -
Claims That a Modest Tax Surcharge on Millionaires Would Damage Small Businesses and the Economy Do Not Withstand Scrutiny
Revised May 22, 2008 -
The Congressional Budget Plan
May 22, 2008 -
Hidden Consequences: Lessons From Massachusetts for States Considering a Property Tax Cap
May 21, 2008 -
Press Release: New York Shouldn't Look to Massachusetts as a Model for Property Tax Reform, Report Shows
May 21, 2008 -
Improving the Medicare Savings Programs Would Help Low-Income Seniors Cope With Higher Medical Expenses
May 20, 2008 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, on Misleading Claims That Congressional Budget Plan Calls For "Largest Tax Increase In History"
May 20, 2008 -
GAO Study Again Confirms Health Savings Accounts Primarily Bneedit High-Income Individuals
May 19, 2008 -
Improving the Refundable Child Tax Credit
Revised May 19, 2008 -
Missouri's Proposed Voting Requirement Could Disenfranchise More Than 200,000 U.S. Citizens
May 15, 2008 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on the House Supplemental Funding Bill
May 15, 2008 -
How CBO Estimates the Cost of Climate-Change Legislation
May 13, 2008 -
Informing the Debate About Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments
May 13, 2008 -
Brochure: Climate-Change Policies Can Treat Poor Families Fairly and Be Fiscally Responsible
Revised May 12, 2008 -
Eliminating Louisiana's Income Tax Will Harm the State's Budget Outlook, Competitiveness
Revised May 12, 2008 -
Senate Housing Legislation Highly Disappointing: Less Than One-Fourth of Cost of Senate Bill Goes for Provisions That Will Actually Help Address the Foreclosure Crisis
Revised May 12, 2008 -
Designing Climate-Change Legislation That Shields Low-Income Households from Increased Poverty and Hardship
Revised May 9, 2008 -
Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities
Updated May 9, 2008 -
The Effects of Climate-Change Policies on the Federal Budget and the Budgets of Low-Income Households
Revised May 9, 2008 -
Statement by Barbara Sard, Director of Housing Policy, on House Action on Foreclosure Legislation
May 7, 2008 -
How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2009?
May 5, 2008 -
HUD Budget Contains Major Funding Shortfalls
May 5, 2008 -
Federal Spending, 2001-2008: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget, While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk
Revised March 6, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report
May 2, 2008 -
Joint Tax Committee Estimate Shows That Tax Gimmick Being Designed To Evade Senate Budget Rules Would Increase Long-Term Deficits
Revised April 26, 2008 -
Delaying Adminstration's Medicaid Regulations Will Not Weaken the Program's Fiscal Integrity
April 25, 2008 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at the Hearing on the Tax Aspects of a Cap-and-Trade System, Senate Committee on Finance
April 24, 2008 -
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households' Tax Burdens: Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public
April 23, 2008 -
Video: CNN Features Elizabeth McNichol on Rising Income Inequality
April 23, 2008 -
Policy Points: Experts Agree That Capital Gains Tax Cuts Lose Revenue
Revised May 7, 2007 -
Testimony: Enhancing Affordable Housing Opportunities: Reforming the Housing Voucher Program"
April 16, 2008 -
Fixing TABOR's "Ratchet" Will Not Repair TABOR
April 10, 2008 -
State Fact Sheets: Income Inequality Over the Past Two Decades
April 9, 2008 -
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends
April 9, 2008 -
Press Release: Income Inequality Grew in Most States Over Past Two Decades
April 9, 2008 -
Press Release: Mississippi's Income Inequality Among Nation's Worst
April 9, 2008 -
Video: CNN Reports on the Center's Income Inequality Analysis
April 9, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report
April 4, 2008 -
Press Release: Most Large Iowa Manufacturers Already Comply With Proposed Corporate Tax Reform in Other States
April 3, 2008 -
Almost All Large Iowa Manufacturers Are Already Subject to "Combined Reporting" in Other States
April 3, 2008 -
Statement by Iris Lav, Deputy Director, on Provision in Bipartisan Senate Housing Package Affecting Local Property Taxes
April 3, 2008 -
Slideshow: Putting Tax Cuts into Context
Updated April 2, 2008 -
Trustees Reports Show Social Security Shortfall Manageable, Medicare's Problems More Daunting
Revised April 2, 2008 -
Long-Term Social Security Shortfall Smaller Than Cost of Extending Tax Cuts for Top 1 Percent
March 31, 2008 -
Extending the President's Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Would Cost $4.4 Trillion Through 2018
Revised March 28, 2008 -
The Skewed Benefits of the Tax Cuts: With the Tax Cuts Extended, Top 1 Percent of Households Would Receive Almost $1.2 Trillion in Tax Benefits Over the Next Decade
Revised March 28, 2008 -
Capital Gains Tax Cuts Slashed Taxes of Top 400, While Their Incomes SoaredCapital Gains Tax Cuts Slashed Taxes of Top 400, While Their Incomes Soared
March 27, 2008 -
What the 2008 Trustees’ Report Shows About Social Security
March 27, 2008 -
A Response to Americans for Prosperity's Misleading Claims About Florida's TABOR (CP 45)
March 25, 2008 -
Statement By Robert Greenstein Executive Director On The New Reports From The Social Security And Medicare Trustees
March 25, 2008 -
Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults with Mental Illness and Other Disabilities
Revised March 21, 2008 -
Press Release: Commission's Revenue Cap Proposal Would Require Cuts in Education, Health, and Safety, and Harm Business Climate
March 21, 2008 -
The Tax Commission's TABOR: A Path to Deterioration in Florida
March 21, 2008 -
Fact-Checking the Budget Resolution Debate
Revised March 13, 2008 -
Policy Points: Four Helpful Hints for States Dealing With Deficits
March 12, 2008 -
Kyl Estate Tax Amendment Would Cost Nearly As Much As Estate Tax Repeal
March 12, 2008 -
Accounting for the Cost of Retiree Health and Other Benefits (GASB 45)
March 11, 2008 -
Have the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Made the Tax Code More Progressive?
March 11, 2008 -
Senate Bill Would Update And Streamline Housing Voucher Program
March 10, 2008 -
Claim That Congressional Budget Plans Call for "Largest Tax Increase in History" is Inaccurate
March 7, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the February Employment Report
March 7, 2008 -
Administration's Budget Does Not Reflect Administration Policies
March 5, 2008 -
Strengthening the Food Stamp Program to Serve Low-Income Seniors
March 5, 2008 -
Administration’s Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Coverage, Harm States, and Strain Health Care System
Revised March 4, 2008 -
Economic Data Can be Used to Target State Fiscal Relief Effectively
March 3, 2008 -
Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level?
February 29, 2008 -
Idaho is the Only State to Exclude Low-Income Families From Its Grocery Tax Credit
February 28, 2008 -
New Federal Law Could Worsen State Budget Problems
Revised February 28, 2008 -
Press Release: Idaho Stands Alone in Denying Grocery Tax Credit to Those Who Need it Most
February 28, 2008 -
Net Operating Loss Measure under Consideration In Senate Has Low Bang-For-The-Buck As Stimulus: No Justification for Waiving PAYGO for the Provision
February 26, 2008 -
Is It Raining Yet? Yes, and It’s Time for Many States To Use Their Rainy Day Funds
February 21, 2008 -
Using Income Taxes to Address State Budget Shortfalls
February 21, 2008 -
Bush Budget Would Cut Domestic Discretionary Programs by $20 Billion In 2009
February 20, 2008 -
Summary of Final TANF Rules
February 20, 2008 -
Understanding Errors in the School Meals Programs
Revised February 19, 2008 -
The President's Budget and the Medicare “Trigger”
Revised February 15, 2008 -
State Low-Income Tax Reflief in the Absence of an Income Tax
Revised February 14, 2008 -
Fact Sheet: The “Mother of All Distortions” - Attacks on Rangel AMT Plan Not Based On Reality
February 13, 2008 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein on the Long- and Short-Term Budget Outlook
February 13, 2008 -
The Rangel AMT Proposal Versus Unpaid-For Repeal of the AMT: Which Is Better Tax Reform?
February 13, 2008 -
President's Budget May Provide States With Inadequate Funding To Maintain Current SCHIP Programs
February 7, 2008 -
The Dubious Priorities of the President's FY 2009 Budget
Revised February 7, 2008 -
2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Cuts Funding for Head Start
Revised February 6, 2008 -
Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget
February 4, 2008 -
Policy Points: Despite Some Problems, Senate Finance Committee Measure More Effective as Stimulus Than House Bill
February 1, 2008 -
Senate Rebate Proposal Targets More Funds to Low-Income Households, Boosting Stimulus Impact: Lifting Income Cap Reduces Bang-for-the-Buck, But Changes Are an Improvement Overall
Revised February 1, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the January Employment Report
February 1, 2008 -
Senate Action Will Not Delay Rebates
January 31, 2008 -
Senate Proposal to Add Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improves Effectiveness of Stimulus Bill
January 31, 2008 -
House Bill Makes Significant Improvements In “Hope Vi” Public Housing Revitalization Program
Revised January 30, 2008 -
Repatriation Measure Unlikely to Stimulate the U.S. Economy or Boost U.S. Investment — But Will Promote Investment in Tax Havens and Undermine the Corporate Income Tax
January 30, 2008 -
President's Expected Push to Make Tax Cuts Permanent is Irresponsible Fiscal and Economic Policy
January 28, 2008 -
Dispelling Confusion on Food Stamps, Tax Rebates, and the Stimulus Package: Speaker's Statement on Food Stamps at National Press Club Was Mistaken
January 26, 2008 -
An Analysis Of The Rebate Proposal In The Announced Stimulus Deal
January 25, 2008 -
Paying More for Less
January 24, 2008 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein: Reported Stimulus Package Would Provide Little Immediate Boost Due to Removal of Most Effective Provisions
January 24, 2008 -
Testimony Of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center On Budget And Policy Priorities Hearing On "Cap, Auction, And Trade: Auctions And Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap And Trade" Select Committee On Energy Independence And Global Warming
January 23, 2008 -
Tax Policy Center Estimates Show Fewer Than 60 Percent of Working Households Would Benefit In Full From President’s Proposed Rebate
January 22, 2008 -
Zandi Analysis Finds Rebates More Effective As Stimulus If They Include Lower-Income Workers
January 22, 2008 -
Statement By Robert Greenstein Executive Director In Response to Administartion Comments on Economic Stimulus
January 18, 2008 -
Administration Stimulus Plan Fails Tests for Achieving
January 17, 2008 -
29 States Faced Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $48 Billion in 2009
January 15, 2008 -
Another Misdiagnosis: Marginal Rate Reductions and Extensions of Tax Cuts Expiring in 2010 Not the Right Medicine for the Economy’s Current Ills
January 15, 2008 -
Comparison of Nutrition Provisions In House- and Senate-Passed Farm Bills
Revised January 14, 2008 -
Description of Provisions In Senate Agriculture Committee Nutrition Title
Revised January 14, 2008 -
The Four Pieces of Effective Fiscal Stimulus
January 14, 2008 -
Principles for Fiscal Stimulus Economic Policy in a Weakening Economy
Revised January 11, 2008 -
Food Stamp Improvements for More Than 10 Million People Would Disappear in 2013 Under Senate-Passed Farm Bill
January 8, 2008 -
Preliminary Analysis of the HUD Provisions of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for FY 2008
Revised January 4, 2008 -
Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the December Unemployment Report
January 4, 2008 -
New Medicaid Rules Would Limit Care for Children in Foster Care and People with Disabilities in Ways Congress Did Not Intend
Revised March 6, 2007 -
Policy Points: Many Missed Opportunities for Congress and the President in 2007
Revised December 21, 2007 -
Poverty and Hardship Affect Tens of Millions of Americans
December 20, 2007 -
13 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $23 Billion in 2009; 11 Others Expect Budget Problems
December 18, 2007 -
Income Inequality Hits Record Levels, New CBO Data Show:
December 14, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on the Congressional Budget Office’s New Long-Term Budget Forecast
December 13, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, in Response to President Bush’s Veto of The Children’s Health Insurance Bill
December 12, 2007 -
President's Vetoes Could Cause Half a Million Low-Income Pregnant Women, Infants, and Children to be Denied Nutritional Benefits in One of Nation’s Most Effective Programs
Revised December 10, 2007 -
Second Children's Health Bill Makes Significant Changes to Focus More Heavily on Poor Children
Revised December 8, 2007 -
Policy Points: What’s Behind the Budget Battles Between the President and Congress?
December 7, 2007 -
Concerns about the State of the Economy Are Not a Good Reason to Waive Paygo for AMT Relief
December 6, 2007 -
Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments Would Strengthen Medicare
December 5, 2007 -
New Children’s Health Legislation Would Not Allow Any Undocumented Immigrants to Enroll in SCHIP or Medicaid
December 4, 2007 -
The AMT's Growth Was Not "Unintended"
November 30, 2007 -
2007 Farm Bill: Description of the House Agriculture Committee Nutrition Provisions
November 20, 2007 -
A Tale of Two Bills: The Labor-HHS-Education and Defense Appropriations Bills
Revised November 16, 2007 -
HUD Bill Avoids Deep Cuts in 2008
Revised November 16, 2007 -
Labor-HHS-Education Bill – What’s at Stake
Revised November 16, 2007 -
The President’s Misleading Attack on Congress’s Appropriations Plan
November 14, 2007 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on the President's Veto of the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
November 13, 2007 -
Myths and Realities About Changing the Tax Treatment of Private Equity Fund Managers
November 8, 2007 -
House AMT "Patch" Bill is Fiscally Responsible
November 7, 2007 -
Statement by Nicholas Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on The Maryland Senate Budget and Taxation Committee’s Tax Bill
November 7, 2007 -
The House Has Complied This Year With Its New “Pay-As-You-Go” Rule: But Greater Challenges Lie Ahead
November 7, 2007 -
What Would It Say about Congress’s Priorities to Waive PAYGO for the AMT Patch?
November 7, 2007 -
The Technology Council of Maryland’s Case Against Combined Reporting: A Rebuttal
November 5, 2007 -
Martinez Bill Would Weaken Children’s Health Coverage
November 5, 2007 -
2007 Farm Bill: Description of the House Agriculture Committee Nutrition Provisions
Revised November 2, 2007 -
Summary Analysis of the Senate Agriculture Committee Nutrition Title
Revised November 2, 2007 -
Press Release: Governor's Plan Would Reduce Income Taxes for Vast Majority of Maryland Residents
November 1, 2007 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities at the Hearing on the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon Emissions, House Budget Committee
November 1, 2007 -
Testimony: Nicholas Johnson on Maryland Tax Rate Restructuring
November 1, 2007 -
Press Release: Joint Statement on the Need for Pay-As-You-Go Discipline
October 30, 2007 -
State Corporate Tax Shelters and the Need for “Combined Reporting”
October 26, 2007 -
A Simple, Inexpensive Way for Maryland to Protect Certain Low-Income Workers from Tax Increases
October 26, 2007 -
Additional Options for Revenue in Maryland
October 26, 2007 -
Options for Protecting Maryland’s Low- and Moderate-Income Families from Regressive Tax Increases
October 26, 2007 -
Press Release: Maryland Governor's Tax Plan Would Improve State Revenue System, but Legislature Could Make Further Improvements
October 26, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on New SCHIP Legislation
October 25, 2007 -
Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel's Proposed Expansion of the EITC for Childless Workers
October 25, 2007 -
New Data Show Income Concentration Jumped Again In 2005
Revised October 24, 2007 -
The Labor – H.H.S. – Education Veto in Context
October 24, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the Lieberman-Warner Climate Change Bill
October 18, 2007 -
Poor Children First — or Last?
October 17, 2007 -
Expanding Children’s Health Insurance and Raising Federal Tobacco Taxes Helps Low-Income Families
October 16, 2007 -
Press Release: Florida Should Consider “Circuit Breaker” to Provide Well-Targeted Property Tax Relief
October 12, 2007 -
Targeted Property Tax Reform: Designing a Circuit Breaker for Florida
October 12, 2007 -
Senate Republican Leadership to Seek Reconsideration of SCHIP Plan That Would Fail to Make Progress in Covering Uninsured Children
October 10, 2007 -
Policy Points: Bipartisan Legislation to Strengthen Children’s Health Care Focuses On Low-Income Children
October 5, 2007 -
An Unlimited Estate Tax Exemption For Farmland Unnecessary, Open to Abuse, and Likely to Hurt, Rather than Help, Family Farmers
October 1, 2007 -
Housing Vouchers Could Be at Risk in 2008
September 28, 2007 -
Ensign Amendment Would Undercut Immigration Bill Goals by Imposing Unaffordable Tax Burdens on Many Immigrants
Revised September 28, 2007 -
“Crowd-Out” Is Not the Same as Voluntarily Dropping Private Health Insurance for Public Program Coverage
September 27, 2007 -
CBO Estimates Show SCHIP Agreement Would Provide Health Insurance to 3.8 Million Uninsured Children
Revised September 25, 2007 -
Charge That Bipartisan SCHIP Compromise Bill Aids Undocumented Immigrants Is False
September 25, 2007 -
President’s Attack on Congressional Appropriations Plan is Misleading
September 24, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on New Congressional SCHIP Agreement
September 21, 2007 -
The President's Comments on Congress' SCHIP Plan
September 20, 2007 -
Higher Taxes on Carried Interest Would Be Borne By Investment Fund Managers
September 19, 2007 -
Administration Moves to Eviscerate Efforts to Enroll Uninsured Low-Income Children in Health Coverage through the Schools
September 17, 2007 -
Collateral Damage: Children Can Lose Coverage When Their Parents Lose Health Insurance
September 17, 2007 -
The Internet Tax Freedom Act and the "Digital Divide"
September 10, 2007 -
CBO Analysis Shows Economic Benefits of Fiscal Sustainability Are Large and Nearly the Same Whether Taxes Are Raised or Spending Is Cut
September 10, 2007 -
More Americans, Including More Children, Now Lack Health Insurance
Revised August 31, 2007 -
Number and Percentage of Americans Who Are Uninsured Climbs Again in 2006
Revised August 31, 2007 -
Renewing the “Internet Tax Freedom Act” Could Have an Especially Adverse Impact on Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Texas
Revised August 31, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on the 2006 Census Bureau Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance
Revised August 31, 2007 -
Making the “Internet Tax Freedom Act” Permanent Could Lead to a Substantial Revenue Loss for States and Localities
Revised August 30, 2007 -
Historical Averages Not a Meaningful Benchmark for Future Revenues
August 22, 2007 -
Statement by Nicholas Johnson, Director of the State Fiscal Project, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Survey of Fiscal Conditions
August 9, 2007 -
House Health Legislation Would Curb Medicare Overpayments to Private Plans, While Aiding Medicare Beneficiaries Overall
Revised August 8, 2007 -
Addressing Longstanding Gaps in Unemployment Insurance Coverage
Revised August 7, 2007 -
CBO Estimates Show Large Gains in Children's Health Coverage under Senate SCHIP Bill
Revised August 7, 2007 -
CBO Estimates Show House Bill Would Provide Health Insurance to 5 Million Uninsured Children
Revised August 1, 2007 -
Lott-Mcconnell SCHIP Proposal Would Fail to Make Progress in Covering Uninsured Children
August 1, 2007 -
New Charges about How House Children's Health Bill Affects Undocumented Immigrants Are False
August 1, 2007 -
State Expenditure Growth Slowing
July 31, 2007 -
Administration’s Proposed Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Seriously Flawed
July 31, 2007 -
An Analysis of the "Carried Interest" Controversy
July 31, 2007 -
Barton-Deal SCHIP Bill Would Not Provide States Sufficient Funding Even to Maintain Current Caseloads
July 31, 2007 -
Private Plans Continue to Use Misleading Arguments to Oppose Reforms of Medicare Overpayments
July 31, 2007 -
Would Tax Incentives Be an Effective Way to Expand Health Coverage for Low-Income Children and Families?
July 31, 2007 -
House SCHIP Legislation Would Repeal Dubious “45-Percent Threshold” Provision
July 30, 2007 -
Policy Points: The Week's Top Five Myths Regarding Congressional Efforts to Strengthen Children's Health Coverage
July 27, 2007 -
Bipartisan Legislation Would Build on Housing Voucher Program's Success
Revised July 26, 2007 -
Testimony: Robert Greenstein on Pay-As-You-Go Discipline Before the House Budget Committee
July 25, 2007 -
Congress to Consider Repeal of Medicare Demonstration Project Designed to Promote Privatization, Rather Than Yield Valid Results
July 23, 2007 -
The Administration’s Dubious Claims about the Emerging Children’s Health Insurance Legislation
Revised July 20, 2007 -
Informing the Debate about Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments
July 19, 2007 -
Hawaii's Income Tax on the Working Poor: A Post-Session Update
July 18, 2007 -
The 2008 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Bill
July 18, 2007 -
Statement by James Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on OMB’s Mid-Session Review
Revised July 13, 2007 -
The Effects of the Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts On the Economy and Revenues
Revised July 12, 2007 -
Medicaid Documentation Requirement Disproportionately Harms Non-Hispanics, New State Data Show
July 10, 2007 -
Changes in Federal TANF Rules Could Help States Meet Welfare Reform Goals
June 29, 2007 -
Food Stamp Benefits Steadily Eroding in Value
June 22, 2007 -
The False "Public Versus Private" Choice for Children’s Health Coverage
June 21, 2007 -
The Fight Over Appropriations: Myths and Reality
June 21, 2007 -
The Problems with Property Tax Revenue Caps
June 21, 2007 -
New Research Shows Simplifying Medicaid Can Reduce Children’s Hospitalizations
June 11, 2007 -
Analysis of Sessions Amendment to Deny the EITC to People Working Here Legally as a Result of the Senate Immigration Bill (Amendment # 1234)
Revised June 7, 2007 -
Analysis of Sessions Amendment to Deny the Eitc to Many Legal Permanent Residents (Amendment # 1235)
June 6, 2007 -
CBO Estimate Shows the Senate Immigration Bill's Budget Impact Is Very Modest
Revised June 6, 2007 -
A Significant Number of Students in Every State Are Shut Out of Federal Higher Education Tax Credits
June 1, 2007 -
Can Incentives for Healthy Behavior Improve Health and Hold Down Medicaid Costs?
June 1, 2007 -
Congress Should Increase HUD’s Budget to Prevent Families from Losing Assistance and Address Growing Needs
Revised June 1, 2007 -
The Congressional Budget Plan
Revised May 29, 2007 -
Discretionary Funding Under the New Congressional Budget Plan
May 16, 2007 -
Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance for Children
May 11, 2007 -
Making Higher Education Tax Credits More Available To Low- And Moderate-Income Students: How and Why
May 10, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on CBO Report on SCHIP
May 10, 2007 -
Press Release: Governor's Property-Tax Cap the Wrong Solution for Connecticut, Analyst Advises
May 4, 2007 -
Illinois' Proposed Gross Receipts Tax
May 3, 2007 -
Press Release: Pennsylvania Should Preserve and Strengthen Governor's Health Proposal, Analyst Advises
May 3, 2007 -
Testimony of Judith Solomon House Bill 700, The Pennsylvania Health Care Reform Act, House Insurance Committee
May 3, 2007 -
Alternative Approaches to AMT Reform
Revised April 30, 2007 -
The Food Stamp Program’s Critical Role in Helping Children
April 26, 2007 -
Video: Facts, Fairness, and Fiscal Responsibility: Commemorating the Center's 25th Anniversary
April 24, 2007 -
Video: Honoring Richard W. Boone
April 24, 2007 -
What the 2007 Trustees' Report Shows about Social Security
April 24, 2007 -
A Brief Analysis of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report
April 23, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on the New Report from the Medicare Trustees
April 23, 2007 -
How Strong Are State Budgets?
April 20, 2007 -
Forthcoming Medicare Trustees’ Report May Contain Dubious "Medicare Funding Warning"
April 20, 2007 -
Private Plan Overpayments Weaken Medicare’s Financing and Hasten the Program’s Insolvency
April 20, 2007 -
Reducing Disparities in Health Coverage for Legal Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
Revised April 20, 2007 -
Facts About African Americans in the Food Stamp Program
April 19, 2007 -
Facts About Latinos in the Food Stamp Program
April 19, 2007 -
Op-Ed: Are Americans Overtaxed?
April 17, 2007 -
Rainy Day Funds: Opportunities for Reform
April 16, 2007 -
CBO Provides New Evidence That the 2001 And 2003 Tax Cuts Have Only Modest Economic Effects and Do Not Pay For Themselves
April 13, 2007 -
Low-Income and Minority Beneficiaries Do Not Rely Disproportionately on Medicare Advantage Plans
Revised April 12, 2007 -
Options Exist for Offsetting the Cost of Extending Health Coverage to More Low-Income Children
Revised April 12, 2007 -
Census Revises Estimates of the Number of Uninsured People
April 5, 2007 -
Press Release: Several States Considering Closing Major Corporate Tax Loopholes
April 5, 2007 -
President's "Affordable Choices" Initiative Provides Little Support for State Efforts to Expand Health Coverage
April 3, 2007 -
CBO Provides New Evidence That the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Have Only Modest Economic Effects And Do Not Pay For Themselves
March 29, 2007 -
New Study Finds "Dramatic" Reduction Since 1960 In The Progressivity of the Federal Tax System
March 29, 2007 -
Ryan Budget Plan Would Increase Deficits, Exacerbate Inequality
March 29, 2007 -
Share of National Income Going To Wages and Salaries at Record Low in 2006
Revised March 29, 2007 -
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households' Tax Burdens
Revised March 29, 2007 -
State Earned Income Tax Credits and the "Overpayments" Issue
March 28, 2007 -
Despite the Rhetoric, Budget Would Make Nation’s Fiscal Problems Worse and Further Widen Inequality
Revised March 28, 2007 -
President's Budget Calls for Deep Cuts in a Wide Range of Domestic Programs
Revised March 28, 2007 -
The Alternative Minimum Tax, The President's Budget, and the Congressional Budget Resolutions
March 28, 2007 -
State Fact Sheets: The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2006
March 27, 2007 -
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2006
March 27, 2007 -
Press Release: Georgia Taxes Working-Poor Families Deeper into Poverty
March 27, 2007 -
Press Release: Hawaii’s Taxation of Working-Poor Families Remains among Worst in Nation
March 27, 2007 -
Press Release: State Income Taxes Pushing Many Working-Poor Families Deeper into Poverty
March 27, 2007 -
Tax Foundation Estimates of State and Local Tax Burdens Are Not Reliable
March 27, 2007 -
Policy Points: Now Comes The Hard Part
March 23, 2007 -
Key Argument Against Applying Pay-As-You-Go To Tax Cuts Does Not Withstand Scrutiny
March 22, 2007 -
The House Budget Committee's Budget Plan
Revised March 22, 2007 -
Joint Statement on the Need for Pay-As-You-Go Discipline
March 21, 2007 -
The 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts and Small Business
March 21, 2007 -
The Property Tax Circuit Breaker
March 21, 2007 -
A Frigid Forecast for the Sunshine State: Proposed Revenue Cap as Damaging as Colorado’s TABOR
March 20, 2007 -
Lower Taxes and Economic Growth: Response to a Flawed Analysis
March 20, 2007 -
Economic Effects of the Pay-As-You-Go Rule
March 19, 2007 -
Have the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Made The Tax Code More Progressive?
March 19, 2007 -
The Senate Budget Committee's Budget Plan
Revised March 19, 2007 -
Policy Points: Addressing Some Misconceptions About the Senate Budget Plan
March 16, 2007 -
Fact Sheet: Congress Has a Number of Options to Pay for Extending Health Coverage to More Low-Income Children
March 14, 2007 -
Statement By Jim Horney and Robert Greenstein on the Senate Budget Committee Plan
March 14, 2007 -
Administration Proposal Would Cut Over 300,000 People Off Food Stamps
Revised March 13, 2007 -
CBO Estimates President's SCHIP Proposal Would Lead to Large Enrollment Declines and Funding Shortfalls
March 13, 2007 -
Clearing Up Confusion on the Costs of Covering Uninsured Children Eligible for Medicaid or SCHIP
March 13, 2007 -
How Should Policymakers Treat The Budget For Non-Defense "Discretionary" Programs?
March 13, 2007 -
New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement is Taking a Toll: States Report Enrollment Is Down and Administrative Costs Are Up
Revised March 13, 2007 -
SCHIP Reauthorization: President’s Budget Would Provide Less than Half the Funds that States Need to Maintain SCHIP Enrollment
Revised March 13, 2007 -
Congress Has Not Favored the Food Stamp Program Over Farm Programs
March 12, 2007 -
Do Budget Data Show That the Food Stamp Program Has Been Treated More Favorably Than Farm Programs in Recent Years?
March 12, 2007 -
Testimony: Barbara Sard, Director of Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
March 9, 2007 -
A TABOR at Heart: South Carolina's H. 3295 Spending Cap Proposal
March 9, 2007 -
Families’ Food Stamp Benefits Purchase Less Food Each Year
Revised March 9, 2007 -
Video: Making America Stronger: U.S. Food Stamp Program
March 8, 2007 -
Georgia’s Increased TANF Work Participation Rate is Driven by Sharp Caseload Decline
March 6, 2007 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein Regarding CBO's Preliminary Analysis of the President's 2008 Budget Request
March 2, 2007 -
The New TANF Requirements and Individuals with Disabilities
March 1, 2007 -
Cost-Sharing and Premiums in Medicaid: What Rules Apply?
February 28, 2007 -
"Small Business" Tax Package in Senate Minimum Wage Bill Poses Fiscal Risks
February 27, 2007 -
CBO Estimates That States Will Face Federal SCHIPShortfalls of $13.4 Billion over Next Five Years
February 26, 2007 -
Freezing SCHIP Funding In Coming Years Would Reverse Recent Gains In Children's Health Coverage
Revised February 22, 2007 -
President's Budget Would Cut Deeply Into Important Public Services and Adversely Affect States
February 21, 2007 -
Why The Cost of AMT Relief Should Be Included in Estimates of the Cost of Extending the President's Tax Cuts
Revised February 20, 2007 -
A State EITC Is a Cost-Effective Way to Ease Hawaii’s High Income Tax Burden on the Poor
February 14, 2007 -
Myths and Realities About the Alternative Minimum Tax
February 14, 2007 -
Press Release: Hawaii’s Tax Burdens on Poor among the Nation’s Largest; State EITC Would Provide Targeted Relief
February 14, 2007 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein on Funding for Domestic Discretionary Programs
February 14, 2007 -
The Administration Again Proposes to Shift Federal Medicaid Costs to States
February 14, 2007 -
State Corporate Tax Disclosure: The Next Step in Corporate Tax Reform
February 13, 2007 -
Implementing the TANF Changes in the Deficit Reduction Act
February 9, 2007 -
Loss of SSI Aid is Impoverishing Thousands of Refugees
February 8, 2007 -
President’s Budget Would Cut Food for 440,000 Low-Income Seniors
Revised February 8, 2007 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
Revised February 8, 2007 -
How Much Would A State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost in 2008?
February 7, 2007 -
Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2008 Federal Budget
February 6, 2007 -
Press Release: New Medicaid Documentation Requirement Hurting Enrollment and Raising States’ Costs, Study Finds
February 2, 2007 -
Cuts in Federal Housing Assistance Are Undermining Community Plans to End Homelessness
February 1, 2007 -
The Effects of the Federal Budget Squeeze on Low-Income Housing Assistance
February 1, 2007 -
Maine Could Tax More Services under Its Sales Tax
February 1, 2007 -
Revenue Losses from Repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax Are Staggering
Revised February 1, 2007 -
Two High Income Tax Cuts Not Yet Fully in Effect Will Cost Billions Over the Next Five Years Freezing the Tax Cuts at 2007 Levels Would Yield Significant Savings
February 1, 2007 -
Testimony of Robert Greenstein on Economic Security and Long-term Budget Projections
January 30, 2007 -
Health Insurance “Connectors” Should Be Designed to Supplement Public Coverage, Not Replace It
January 29, 2007 -
Press Release: New Long-Term Budget Projections Paint Grim Picture, Show Need For Health Care Reform, Responsible Tax Policies
January 29, 2007 -
The Long-Term Fiscal Outlook Is Bleak
January 29, 2007 -
There Is No General “Entitlement Crisis”
January 29, 2007 -
Improving State Fiscal Policies in The 2007 Legislative Sessions
Revised January 26, 2007 -
If You're Going to Do Social Policy Through the Tax Code, Do it Right
January 24, 2007 -
New CBO Report Shows Only Modest Fiscal Improvement
January 24, 2007 -
New CBO Data Show Income Inequality Continues to Widen
January 23, 2007 -
Policy Points: Examining the President's Recent Claim about Tax Cuts, Revenues, and the Economy
January 23, 2007 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein on Budget and Health Care Tax Issues in State of the Union
January 23, 2007 -
The New Pay-As-You-Go Rule in The House of Representatives
January 12, 2007 -
Factsheet: Expanded Presidential Power under Senate “Line-Item Veto” Unlikely To Improve Fiscal Discipline
January 10, 2007 -
Research Findings Cast Doubt on Argument That Estate Taxes Harm State Economies
January 9, 2007 -
Press Release: Maine Should Build on its Strengths in Addressing Fiscal and Economic Challenges, Expert Advises
January 8, 2007 -
A $7.25 Minimum Wage Would Be a Useful Step in Helping Working Families Escape Poverty
January 5, 2007 -
Statement by James Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy on Reinstatement of the Pay-As-You-Go Rule
January 5, 2007 -
State Revenue Losses From the Federal "Domestic Production Deduction" Will Double in 2007
January 2, 2007 -
Chartbook: Improving Children's Health - The Roles of Medicaid and SCHIP
January 1, 2007 -
Reinstatement of Pay-As-You-Go is a Welcome Step Toward Fiscal Responsibility
December 20, 2006 -
Tax Cuts and Continued Consequences
December 19, 2006 -
The Current Services Baseline: A Tool for Making Sensible Budget Choices
December 14, 2006 -
From Surplus to Deficit
December 13, 2006 -
Administration Policy Change Threatens Health Care Coverage for Poor Infants
Revised December 11, 2006 -
Fourteen States Face SCHIP Shortfalls This Year Totaling Over $700 Million
December 11, 2006 -
Congress Expands High-Income Tax Shelters, Drops Children’s Health Care from Final "Tax Extenders" Bill
December 7, 2006 -
Last-Minute Addition To Tax Package Would Make Health Savings Accounts More Attractive As Tax Shelters For High-Income Individuals
Revised December 7, 2006 -
New Provision in “Tax Extenders” Bill Would Make Health Savings Accounts More Attractive as Tax Shelters
December 7, 2006 -
A Tough Recovery By Any Measure: New Data Show Consumer Expenditures Lag for Low- and Middle-Income Families
November 28, 2006 -
Fact Sheet: Most Americans Treading Water or Falling Further Behind, Consumption Data Show
November 28, 2006 -
African American and Latino Families Face High Rates of Hardship
November 21, 2006 -
Press Release: As Holidays Approach, Data Show High Rates of Hardship for African Americans and Latinos: Government Survey of Hardships Slated for Elimination This Year
November 21, 2006 -
Together, State Minimum Wages and State Earned Income Tax Credits Make Work Pay
Revised November 20, 2006 -
Medicaid Commission Recommendations Raise Serious Concerns
November 16, 2006 -
Medicaid Costs Are Growing More Slowly Than Costs for Medicare or Private Insurance
November 13, 2006 -
State Budgets: On the Edge?
Revised November 8, 2006 -
Fixing the Housing Voucher Formula: A No-Cost Way to Strengthen the “Section 8” Program
November 1, 2006 -
State Fact Sheets: The Impact of Competing Housing Voucher Formulas on Each Public Housing Agency
November 1, 2006 -
Basic Questions and Answers About the Deficit
October 30, 2006 -
Policy Points: The 109th Congress' Track Record on the Budget
Updated October 27, 2006 -
Policy Points: The Phantom Federal Revenue “Explosion”
Updated October 27, 2006 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein on the Commerce Department’s New GDP Figures
October 27, 2006 -
How Will the Child Nutrition Reauthorization Affect Food Stamp Program Operations?
October 26, 2006 -
A Response to the Independence Institute’s Attack on "The Real Story Behind TABOR” Video
October 23, 2006 -
A Rising Number of State Earned Income Tax Credits are Helping Working Families Escape Poverty
Revised October 20, 2006 -
Coverage of Parents Helps Children, Too
October 20, 2006 -
Appropriations for 2006
Revised October 13, 2006 -
Recent Action by Congress Sets Up Larger Appropriations Cuts in Lame-Duck Session
October 13, 2006 -
Public Housing Squeezed Between Higher Utility Costs and Stagnant Funding
October 11, 2006 -
Deficit Announcement Masks Bigger Story
October 11, 2006 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein in Response to Announcement of the 2006 Deficit Figure
October 11, 2006 -
Tax Cuts on Layaway
October 10, 2006 -
Double Jeopardy for Local Services Under TABOR
Revised October 5, 2006 -
Fact Sheet: Criticisms of Maine TABOR Paper Inaccurate
October 4, 2006 -
Press Release: Maine’s Proposed “TABOR” Likely to Cause Property Tax Increases
October 3, 2006 -
New Developments In Health Savings Accounts
Revised September 28, 2006 -
Is Medicaid Responsible for the Erosion of Employer-Based Health Coverage?
September 22, 2006 -
Survey Indicates House Bill Could Deny Voting Rights to Millions of U.S. Citizens
September 22, 2006 -
GAO Study Confirms Health Savings Accounts Primarily Benefit High-Income Individuals
September 20, 2006 -
CBO Analysis Finds Increased Revenues Would Offset Increased Entitlement Costs under Senate Immigration Bill
September 15, 2006 -
House Proposal to Reform Earmarks Employs Double Standard, Largely Exempting Earmarks Packaged as Special Interest Tax Breaks
September 14, 2006 -
The Illusion of Choice: Vulnerable Medicaid Beneficiaries Being Placed In Scaled-Back “Benchmark” Benefit Packages
September 14, 2006 -
Documenting Citizenship and Identity Using Data Matches
September 1, 2006 -
Policy Points: Whose Recovery? Labor Day 2006 Finds Many Americans Not Sharing in the Growing Economy
September 1, 2006 -
Poverty Remains Higher, and Median Income for Non-Elderly is Lower, Than When Recession Hit Bottom: Poor Performance Unprecedented for Four-Year Recovery Period
Revised September 1, 2006 -
Nine Years of Neglect: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Ninth Straight Year, Falls to Lowest Level in More than Half a Century
August 31, 2006 -
The Number of Uninsured Americans Is At An All-Time High
August 29, 2006 -
How to Assess the Census Income and Poverty Numbers
August 28, 2006 -
A Short Guide to Dynamic Scoring
Revised August 24, 2006 -
Treasury Dynamic Scoring Analysis Refutes Claims by Supporters of the Tax Cuts
Revised August 24, 2006 -
Don't Pop the Corks: CBO Outlook for the Federal Budget Is Still Bleak
August 17, 2006 -
Even With New Budget Projections, Budget Deterioration from 2000-2006 Will Be the Largest 6-Year Deterioration in Half a Century
Revised August 17, 2006 -
TANF at 10
August 17, 2006 -
Bipartisan Bill in House Would Make Marked Improvements in Housing Voucher Program
Revised August 16, 2006 -
Implementing Direct Certification — States and School Districts Can Help Low-Income Children Get the Free School Meals for Which They Are Eligible
August 11, 2006 -
Budget Process Bill Would Result In Deep Cuts In Medicare and Medicaid
Revised August 9, 2006 -
Combined Effect of Senate Proposals Would Be To Finance Near-Repeal of the Estate Tax with Cuts in Medicare, Veterans Benefits, School Lunches, and Other Programs
August 9, 2006 -
Gregg Bill Would Make Far-Reaching Changes In Budget Rules
Revised August 9, 2006 -
Combined Effect of Senate Proposals Would Be To Finance Near-Repeal of the Estate Tax with Cuts in Medicare, Veterans Benefits, School Lunches, and Other Programs
August 8, 2006 -
Budget Process Bill Threatens Veterans’ Programs
August 4, 2006 -
Comparing the House Minimum Wage and Estate Tax Proposals
Revised August 3, 2006 -
Policy Points: House Uses Sweeteners, Not Compromises, To Try To Persuade Senate To Gut Estate Tax
Revised August 3, 2006 -
Putting Their Cards on the Table: Senate Budget Bill Indicates Intention to Pay for Tax Cuts by Sweeping Cuts in Programs for Middle- and Low-Income Households
August 2, 2006 -
States Still Playing "Catch-Up" in New Budgets
August 2, 2006 -
Another Commission? The Wolf Entitlement Commission Includes Favorable and Unfavorable Aspects
August 1, 2006 -
Rent Changes In Housing Bill Will Help Many Tenants
Revised August 1, 2006 -
Pension Conference Agreement Makes Retirement Tax Cuts Permanent But Fails To Offset Their Cost
Revised July 31, 2006 -
Statement Robert Greenstein on Pension Conference Agreement
Revised July 31, 2006 -
House Estate Tax Proposal Has Essentially the Same Large Long-Term Cost As Earlier Version
July 28, 2006 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein: House Leadership Invokes “Martial Law,” Forcing Members to Vote on Key Bills Without Full Knowledge of What They Are Voting On: Move Represents Erosion Of The Democratic Process
July 28, 2006 -
Claim That Tax Cuts "Pay For Themselves" Is Too Good To Be True
Revised July 26, 2006 -
Press Release: House to Consider Restricting States’ Authority to Tax Corporate Profits
July 24, 2006 -
Analysis of New Interim Final TANF Rules
July 21, 2006 -
Sunset Commission Proposals Would Not Provide "Good Government"
July 21, 2006 -
Do Revenue Surprises Tell Us Much about The Cost of Tax Cuts?
July 18, 2006 -
SOS (TABOR) Will Not Jumpstart Michigan's Economy
July 18, 2006 -
Georgia’s Increased TANF Work Participation Rate is Driven by Sharp Caseload Decline-REDIRECT
July 17, 2006 -
Pension Bill Conference Report May Make Some 2001 Tax Cuts Permanent without Offsetting Their Costs
July 17, 2006 -
Saver's Credit For Moderate-Income Families Would Fade Away Over Time Under House-Passed Pension Bill
Revised July 17, 2006 -
A State of Decline
July 14, 2006 -
The Recent Upturn in Revenues and OMB's Mid-Session Review
Revised July 14, 2006 -
Inspector General Reports on HUD’s Moving To Work Demonstration Raise Serious Questions
July 13, 2006 -
New HHS Regulations Focus Medicaid Documentation Requirement On U.S. Citizen Families
July 13, 2006 -
Revised Medicaid Documentation Requirement Jeopardizes Coverage For 1 To 2 Million Citizens
July 13, 2006 -
Senate “Line-Item Veto” Proposal Invites Abuse by Executive Branch
July 12, 2006 -
The Food Stamp Program is Growing to Meet Need
Revised July 12, 2006 -
A Smoking Gun: President's Claim That Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves Refuted by Administration's Own Analysis
July 11, 2006 -
Children In Foster Care May Have To Delay Health Care Because of Federal Regulations On Citizenship Requirement
July 7, 2006 -
Discretionary Caps in Gregg Bill Would Lead To Overly Deep Cuts
Revised July 7, 2006 -
Press Release: Change In Medicaid Rules “Commendable,” But Further Changes Needed To Prevent Loss Of Health Care Coverage By Poor Children And Parents
July 7, 2006 -
Budget Process Bill Threatens Federal Nutrition Programs
July 6, 2006 -
Proposed Discretionary Caps Would Hit States Hard
July 5, 2006 -
Press Releease: Medicaid ID Rule Could Put Health Coverage At Risk For 3 To 5 Million U.S. Citizens Starting July 1
June 30, 2006 -
CBPP Statement on the New TANF Regulations Issued Today by the Department of Health and Human Services
June 28, 2006 -
Combined Effect of Bills Moving in the Senate Would Be To Finance Near-Repeal of the Estate Tax With Cuts in Medicare, Veterans Benefits, School Lunches, and Other Programs
June 26, 2006 -
Senate Budget Process Legislation Embraces "Misguided 45 Percent Trigger"
June 26, 2006 -
Estate Tax "Compromise" Proposals May Endanger State Estate and Inheritance Taxes
Revised June 23, 2006 -
High Cost of Thomas Proposal Reflects the Low Effective Tax Rates Estates Would Face Proposal’s Benefits Would Go Primarily to Largest Estates
Revised June 23, 2006 -
Thomas Estate Tax Proposal Still "Near Repeal"
Revised June 23, 2006 -
Buying Power of Minimum Wage at 51 Year Low
June 20, 2006 -
Using Information Technology To Document Citizenship In Medicaid
June 20, 2006 -
House "Line-Item Veto" Proposal Invites Abuse By Executive Branch
June 19, 2006 -
Biennial Budgeting: Do The Drawbacks Outweigh The Advantages?
June 16, 2006 -
Hhs Guidance Will Exacerbate Problems Caused By New Medicaid Documentation Requirement
June 16, 2006 -
New Estate Tax Anecdotes Dredge Up Old Myth That the Estate Tax Claims Half of an Estate
June 14, 2006 -
Administration Medicaid Rule Would Put Pressure On States To Reduce Benefits Or Eligibility Or To Lower Payments To Providers Reduce Health Care Spending
June 13, 2006 -
Administration's Argument Against Pay-As-You-Go For Tax Cuts Does Not Withstand Scrutiny
June 13, 2006 -
Informing The Debate About Health Savings Accounts
June 13, 2006 -
New Joint Tax Committee Estimates Show Modified Kyl Proposal Still Very Costly
Revised June 13, 2006 -
Health Savings Accounts Unlikely To Significantly Reduce Health Care Spending
June 12, 2006 -
Cost of Estate Tax Compliance Does Not Approach the Total Level of Estate Tax Revenue
Revised June 9, 2006 -
New Joint Committee on Taxation Estimates of Estate Tax Repeal Show Slightly Higher Costs
June 9, 2006 -
Estate Tax Repeal Would Decrease National Saving
June 8, 2006 -
Estate Tax Repeal — or Slashing The Estate Tax Rate — Would Substantially Reduce Charitable Giving
June 7, 2006 -
A "Mere" $300 Billion: Should a $300 Billion Deficit Be Considered a Victory?
Revised June 5, 2006 -
Policy Points: The Coming Estate-Tax Showdown
Revised June 5, 2006 -
SCHIP Financing Update
June 5, 2006 -
Estate Tax "Compromise" With 15 Percent Rate Is Little Different Than Permanent Repeal
Revised June 2, 2006 -
The State of the Estate Tax as of 2006
Revised June 2, 2006 -
Barriers to Saving
June 1, 2006 -
West Virginia’s Medicaid Changes Unlikely To Reduce State Costs Or Improve Beneficiaries’ Health
May 31, 2006 -
The House-Passed Budget Plan
Revised May 22, 2006 -
Contrary To President's Claim, Large Majority of Americans Ultimately Will Lose From Tax Reconciliation Bill
May 17, 2006 -
Press Release: Most Americans Likely To End up Net Losers When New Tax-Cut Bill Is Paid For
May 17, 2006 -
Roth IRA Provision Effectively Eliminates Income Limits on Roth IRAs
Revised May 15, 2006 -
Policy Points: New Tax-Cut Legislation Means Windfall Benefits for the Few, Larger Deficits for the Nation
May 12, 2006 -
Press Release: New Estimates Show Expected Tax Reconciliation Deal Would Provide Average Tax Cuts of $20 for Middle-Income Households, $42,000 for Millionaire Households
Revised May 12, 2006 -
Reconciliation Tax Cuts Would Average $43,000 for Households with Income over $1 Million
Revised May 12, 2006 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein on the Tax-Cut Reconciliation Agreement
Revised May 11, 2006 -
Tax Reconciliation Agreement Distorted by Obsession with Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts
Revised May 11, 2006 -
Fact Sheet: Tax-Cut Reconciliation Agreement Severely Flawed
May 9, 2006 -
Press Release: Rebuilding Aid for Neediest Katrina Victims Should be Retained in Final Supplemental Funding Bill
May 9, 2006 -
The Impact of Hawaii's Income Tax on Low-Income Families: An Update
May 4, 2006 -
Social Security and Inheritance
May 3, 2006 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein, Regarding The Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report
May 1, 2006 -
Trustees’ Report Focuses Attention On Misguided Medicare “45-Percent Trigger”
Revised May 1, 2006 -
What the 2006 Trustees' Report Shows about Social Security
May 1, 2006 -
Will The Administration Claim the Cost of Fixing Social Security Rose $700 Billion Because Congress Did Not Act Last Year?
Revised May 1, 2006 -
Reforming Social Security Sooner Rather Than Later
April 28, 2006 -
Lessons From New Hampshire: Senate Health Bill Could Drive Up Health Insurance Premiums for Many Small Businesses
April 26, 2006 -
Senate Health Bill Would Preempt States’ Small Group Rating Rules
April 26, 2006 -
A "Super" Bad Idea: Requiring a Two-thirds Legislative Supermajority to Raise Taxes Protects Special Interest Tax Breaks and Gives Budget Veto Power to a Small Minority of Legislators
April 25, 2006 -
President's 2007 Budget Renews Same Number of Housing Vouchers Funded in 2006
Revised April 25, 2006 -
A Taxpayer Bill of Rights by Any Other Name
April 21, 2006 -
Proposed Line-Item Veto Legislation Would Invite Abuse by Executive Branch
Revised April 21, 2006 -
The New Medicaid Citizenship Documentation Requirement
April 20, 2006 -
Changing The Budget Rules
April 18, 2006 -
Social Security Administration Proposal To Revise Disability Determinations Is Not Justified
April 18, 2006 -
A Dubious Honor for Hawaii
April 17, 2006 -
School Meals Program Applications Online: Highlights of Ways to Reduce Access Barriers and Links to Available Materials
April 17, 2006 -
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens
Revised April 13, 2006 -
Closing the Tax Gap
April 10, 2006 -
Federal Tax Burdens at Lowest Levels in Decades
April 10, 2006 -
Recent Tax and Income Trends among High-Income Taxpayers
April 10, 2006 -
Tax Foundation Estimates of State and Local Tax Burdens are not Reliable
April 10, 2006 -
Tax Reform and Poverty
April 10, 2006 -
The Republican Study Committee Budget Plan
April 6, 2006 -
A Brief Overview of the Major Flaws With Health Savings Accounts
April 5, 2006 -
How High Did the Senate Budget Resolution Set Domestic Discretionary Funding for 2007?
Revised March 29, 2006 -
Background on Potential Budget Gimmick in Tax Reconciliation Conference
March 28, 2006 -
Press Release: Joint Statement Opposing Potential Budget Gimmick
March 28, 2006 -
Poor Measurement: New Census Report on Measuring Poverty Raises Concerns
March 28, 2006 -
Five-Year Discretionary Caps Would Be Unwise at This Time
March 27, 2006 -
The Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts and The Economy
March 27, 2006 -
Press Release: Economic Claims for TABOR Not Supported By Colorado’s Experience
March 23, 2006 -
Education and Investment, Not TABOR, Fueled Colorado's Economic Growth in 1990s
March 23, 2006 -
A Faulty Fix: Repairing the "Ratchet" Will Not Repair TABOR
March 21, 2006 -
A Pay-As-You-Go Rule That Would Exempt All Tax Cuts Would Make a Mockery of Efforts to Restore Fiscal Discipline
March 20, 2006 -
The Same Old TABOR: Maine's "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" Proposal Fails To Fix Flaws of Colorado's TABOR
March 16, 2006 -
Tax Cuts Proposed in President's Budget Would Ultimately Cause Large State Revenue Loses
March 16, 2006 -
"Joint Budget Resolution" Could Lead to Gridlock on Appropriations and Shift Power to the Executive Branch
March 16, 2006 -
Proposed Cap Would Require Deep Cuts In Entitlement Programs
March 16, 2006 -
The Senate Budget Committee's Budget Plan: A Brief Analysis
March 16, 2006 -
The Slowdown In Medicaid Expenditure Growth
March 16, 2006 -
Administration's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Is Likely Still To Leave Schip Coverage For Low-Income Children In Jeopardy
Revised March 14, 2006 -
President and Senate Budget Committee Embrace Misguided “45-Percent Trigger”
March 13, 2006 -
Press Release: Many Communities Would Be Forced To Reduce Number of Housing Vouchers Under Administration’s Budget
March 13, 2006 -
State Fact Sheets: Winners and Losers Under Administration's 2007 Housing Voucher Funding Plan
March 13, 2006 -
A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2006
March 8, 2006 -
Has the Safety Net Greatly Expanded over the Last Five Years?
March 7, 2006 -
Press Release: State Tax Preferences for Seniors Will Grow More Costly As Boomers Retire: Study Outlines Ways to Target Tax Relief to Seniors in Need
March 6, 2006 -
Revisiting State Tax Preferences for Seniors
March 6, 2006 -
Video: The Real Story Behind TABOR
March 2, 2006 -
Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Hurricane Evacuees Are Not Being Adequately Addressed
Revised February 27, 2006 -
Press Release: Housing Needs of Many Low-Income Hurricane Victims Remain Unmet
February 23, 2006 -
Program Cuts in the President's Budget
February 23, 2006 -
The Impact of State Income Taxes on Low-Income Families in 2005
February 22, 2006 -
Press Release: State Income Taxes Pushing Hawaii’s Working-Poor Families Deeper Into Poverty
February 22, 2006 -
Press Release: State Income Taxes Pushing Many Working-Poort Families Deeper Into Poverty
February 22, 2006 -
State Fact Sheets: The Impact of State Income Taxes on Working-Poor and Near-Poor Families
February 22, 2006 -
Interested Parties Memo on the Initial Assessment of the President’s 2007 Budget: Impacts on Housing Voucher Program and Hurricane Recovery
Revised February 17, 2006 -
New Price Data Show Additional LIHEAP Funding Still Needed
February 17, 2006 -
Policy Points: Administration’s Budget Fails Tests of Fiscal Responsibility, Fairness, and Openness
February 17, 2006 -
Survey Indicates Deficit Reduction Act Jeopardizes Medicaid Coverage For 3 To 5 Million U.S. Citizens
Revised February 17, 2006 -
Administration Defense of Health Savings Accounts Rests on Misleading Use of Statistics
February 16, 2006 -
Press Release: Administration’s Health Savings Accounts Proposals Would Cause Net Increase In Number Of Uninsured
February 15, 2006 -
The Cost and Coverage Impact of the President’s Health Insurance Budget Proposals
February 15, 2006 -
The Administration’s Medicaid Proposals Would Shift Federal Costs To States
February 14, 2006 -
Administration Proposals To Hide Tax-Cut Costs
February 14, 2006 -
Administration’s Budget Would Cut Federal Medicaid Costs By Shifting Costs To States
February 14, 2006 -
President's Budget Would Cut Food for Over 420,000 Low-Income Seniors
Revised February 14, 2006 -
The President's Budget: A Preliminary Analysis
Revised February 10, 2006 -
The Hidden Cuts in Domestic Appropriations
February 9, 2006 -
President Greatly Reduced His Health Proposals For Lower-Income Families While Expanding Health Benefits For The More Affluent
February 8, 2006 -
Federal Grants to States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2007 Federal Budget
February 7, 2006 -
Expansion in HSA Tax Breaks is Larger – and More Problematic – Than Previously Understood
Revised February 7, 2006 -
Effects of the Tax Reform Panel’s Proposals on Low- and Moderate-Income Households
February 3, 2006 -
Policy Points: Some Key Facts Concerning The President’s Budget Priorities For 2007
February 3, 2006 -
How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost?
February 1, 2006 -
Despite Inclusion of “Marriage-Promotion” Funding, Budget Bill Would Penalize States That Provide TANF Assistance to Poor Married Families
January 31, 2006 -
FEMA Misses Congressional Deadline to Issue Guidance on Continued Housing Assistance for Hurricane Victims
January 31, 2006 -
President's Health Care Tax Cut Proposals Are Likely To Weaken Employer-Based Health Insurance, Primarily Benefit High-Income People, and Worsen Deficits
January 31, 2006 -
Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts
January 30, 2006 -
New CBO Data Indicate Growth in Long-Term Income Inequality Continues
January 29, 2006 -
New Congressional Budget Office Estimates Indicate Millions of Low-Income Beneficiaries Would Be Harmed by Medicaid Provisions in Budget Bill
January 29, 2006 -
New, Unnoticed CBO Data Show Capital Income Has Become Much More Concentrated At the Top
January 29, 2006 -
Increases in CBO's Revenue Projections Do Not Show Tax Cuts Are Helping the Economy
January 27, 2006 -
New Survey Finds 3 To 5 Million Citizens’ Medicaid Coverage Jeopardized By Budget Reconciliation Bill
January 26, 2006 -
Press Release: Income Inequality Grew Across The Country Over The Past Two Decades: Early Signs Suggest Inequality Now Growing Again After Brief Interruption
January 26, 2006 -
Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends
January 26, 2006 -
State Fact Sheets: Income Inequality Over the Past Two Decades
January 26, 2006 -
African Americans and Social Security: The Implications of Reform Proposals
January 18, 2006 -
Out in the Cold: How Much LIHEAP Funding Will Be Needed to Protect Beneficiaries from Rising Energy Prices?
Revised January 18, 2006 -
Press Release: Social Security Is a Good Deal for African Americans, Report Finds: Privatization Carries Special Risks for African Americans
January 18, 2006 -
Social Security Is a Good Deal for African Americans, Report Finds: Privatization Carries Special Risks for African Americans
January 18, 2006 -
Summary of TANF Work Participation Provisions in the Budget Reconciliation Bill
January 18, 2006 -
Press Release: South Carolina’s Revised Medicaid Plan Unlikely To Cut State’s Costs
January 11, 2006 -
Still Risky Business: South Carolina’s Revised Medicaid Waiver Proposal
January 11, 2006 -
Assessing the Effects of the Budget Conference Agreement on Low-Income Families and Individuals
Revised January 9, 2006 -
Drop in Deficit in 2005 Does Not Mean Tax Cuts Are Spurring Economic and Revenue Growth; New IRS Data Confirm Tax Cuts Lose Revenue
Revised January 6, 2006 -
House Pension Bill Would Make Some 2001 Tax Cuts Permanent For The First Time
Revised January 6, 2006 -
Policy Points: Do the Facts Support the President's Claims about the Economy?
January 6, 2006 -
State Budgets Would Be Squeezed Under Budget Conference Agreement
Revised January 6, 2006 -
What Do the Across the Board Cuts Mean for Domestic Appropriations
Revised January 6, 2006 -
Why the Application of the Expected Across-the-Board Appropriations Cut to Defense Is Likely To Be Purely Cosmetic
Revised January 6, 2006 -
New Requirement for Birth Certificates or Passports Could Threaten Medicaid Coverage for Vulnerable Beneficiaries
January 5, 2006 -
Press Release: New Documentation Rule Threatens Medicaid Coverage For Many
January 5, 2006 -
Two Tax Cuts Primarily Benefiting Millionaires Will Start Taking Effect January 1
December 28, 2005 -
Congressional Leaders Misrepresent Why Energy Assistance Funds Were Stripped In Senate
December 23, 2005 -
Congressional Leaders Drop Added Low-Income Energy Assistance
December 22, 2005 -
Senate Cuts LIHEAP Funding
December 22, 2005 -
Budget Agreement Likely To Discourage Charitable Giving By Seniors
December 21, 2005 -
The Fallacy of Using Cash and Counseling to Support Proposals to Convert Medicaid to Vouchers or Health Savings Accounts
December 21, 2005 -
Conference Agreement Imposes Expensive New TANF Requirements On States And Will Result In Loss Of Child Care For Working Poor
Revised December 19, 2005 -
Budget Conference Agreement Contains Substantial Cuts Aimed at Low-income Families and Individuals
December 18, 2005 -
House Leadership Seeks To Invoke "Martial Law," Forcing Members To Vote On Key Budget Bills Without Full Knowledge Of What They Are Voting On
December 18, 2005 -
Funding for Home Heating in Reconciliation Bill? Right Idea, Wrong Vehicle
Revised December 14, 2005 -
New Bush Administration Decision Makes States Base Food Stamp Benefit Levels For This Winter On Last Year's Heating Costs: Increased Hardship Likely To Result
December 14, 2005 -
Claims that Proposed Federal “Business Activity Tax Nexus” Bill Would Have a Negligible Impact on State Revenues Are False and Disingenuous
December 13, 2005 -
Easing Benefit Enrollment and Retention by Reducing the Burden of Providing Verification
December 13, 2005 -
Extra Home Heating Assistance Headed South This Winter?
December 13, 2005 -
Study Finds Dividend Tax Cut Failed To Boost Stock Prices
December 12, 2005 -
Medicaid Provisions of House Reconciliation Bill both Harmful and Unnecessary: Senate Bill Achieves Larger Savings without Reducing Access to Care
Revised December 9, 2005 -
Have Domestic Appropriations Exploded?
December 8, 2005 -
House Budget Reconciliation Bill Would Harm People With Disabilities
December 8, 2005 -
Key Questions for Judging the Outcome of House-Senate Reconciliation Negotiations
December 8, 2005 -
New Bells & Whistles But the Same Engine: Pennsylvania’s Spending Limit Proposals are Powered by the Same Formula as Colorado’s Failed TABOR
December 6, 2005 -
State Revenues and Services Remain Below Pre-Recession Levels
December 6, 2005 -
CBO Information Shows Passed House Budget Bill Would Hit the Poor Hard
Revised December 5, 2005 -
Cuts in House Budget Bill Aimed at Low-Income Families Reduced By Only Two Percent; 98 Percent of Those Cuts Remain
Revised December 5, 2005 -
House Reconciliation Bill Targets Food Stamp Program For Cuts
December 5, 2005 -
Federal "Business Activity Tax Nexus" Legislation: Half of a Two-Pronged Strategy to Gut State Corporate Income Taxes
Revised November 30, 2005 -
House Budget Reconciliation Bill Includes Highly Flawed TANF Provisions That Have Repeatedly Failed To Garner Support
Revised November 30, 2005 -
The Tax Reform Panel’s Costly Proposal
November 30, 2005 -
A Brief Guide to TANF Reauthorization Issues in 2005
Revised November 29, 2005 -
Hardship Indicators Point to a Difficult Holiday Season: National Policy Response is Off Kilter
November 21, 2005 -
FEMA Action Raises More Doubts about Federal Commitment to Aid Katrina Victims New Policy Puts Vulnerable Families at Risk
November 18, 2005 -
President Bush Embraces House Budget
November 18, 2005 -
Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts and Investment
November 14, 2005 -
Supposed Easing of House Food Stamp Immigrant Cut Turns Out To Be Largely Cosmetic: Change Retains Full Cut, Merely Phases It In Over Several Years
November 10, 2005 -
Economic Evidence for Extending Capital Gains and Dividend Tax Cuts is Weak
November 9, 2005 -
House Budget Bill Undermines Goals of Promoting Work and Responsibility
Revised November 8, 2005 -
IRS Data on the Capital Gains Tax Cut in Each State: Data Show Benefits Sharply Skewed To High-Income Filers
November 7, 2005 -
Administration Ignores MedPAC Findings and Recommendation in Threatening Veto over Senate Medicare Provision
Revised November 4, 2005 -
False Promise of Prosperity: For Kansas Economic Growth, TABOR May Do More Harm than Good
November 3, 2005 -
Bringing Katrina’s Poorest Victims Home: Targeted Federal Assistance Will Be Needed To Give Neediest Evacuees Option To Return To Their Hometowns
November 2, 2005 -
Lack of Shared Sacrifice in House Budget Bills
Revised November 2, 2005 -
Unshared Sacrifice
Revised November 2, 2005 -
Health Opportunity Accounts For Low-Income Medicaid Beneficiaries: A Risky Approach
Revised November 1, 2005 -
What Are The Effects Of Cutting Domestic Appropriations Another Two Percent?
October 31, 2005 -
Energy and Commerce Committee Bill Imposes New Costs on Low-Income Medicaid Beneficiaries
Revised October 28, 2005 -
House Agriculture Committee Reconciliation Package Targets Food Stamp Program For Cuts
October 27, 2005 -
Slideshow: Katrina and the Federal Budget
October 27, 2005 -
House Reconciliation Bill Targets Key Low-Income Programs in Ways and Means Committee's Jurisdiction
October 25, 2005 -
Larger Reconciliation Cuts in the House Would Put Low-Income Programs at Greater Risk
Revised October 24, 2005 -
Impact of Additional Entitlement Cuts: A State-By-State Analysis
October 21, 2005 -
Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance Tables
October 19, 2005 -
In a Time of Growing Need: State Choices Influence Health Coverage Access for Children and Families -- A 50 State Update on Eligibility Rules, Enrollment and Renewal Procedures, and Cost-Sharing Practices in Medicaid and SCHIP for Children and Families
October 18, 2005 -
New IRS Data Show Income Inequality Is Again On The Rise
October 17, 2005 -
An Analysis of the National Governors Association’s Proposals for “Short-Run Medicaid Reform”
Revised October 14, 2005 -
Changes Needed In Katrina Transitional Housing Plan
October 13, 2005 -
Adopting MedPAC Recommendations to Reduce Excessive Medicare Managed Care Plan Payments Could Yield Large Budget Reconciliation Savings
Revised October 12, 2005 -
Critical Choices: Will Congress Secure Health Care Savings by Targeting “Weak Claims” or “Weak Clients”?
Revised October 12, 2005 -
Many Katrina Survivors Seeking Medicaid in Louisiana Shelters Remain Without Coverage: Medicaid Categorical Eligibility Rules Continue to be the Major Barrier
Revised October 12, 2005 -
Congress Using the "Reconciliation" Process Again To Make It Easier To Pass Deficit-Increasing Tax Cuts
Revised October 7, 2005 -
Dividend and Capital Gains Tax Cuts Unlikely to Yield Touted Economic Gains
Revised October 7, 2005 -
Getting Serious About Deficits?
October 6, 2005 -
The House Republican Study Committee's Proposals to Offset the Costs of Hurricane Relief
October 5, 2005 -
Failing to Deliver: Administration’s Medicaid Waiver Policy Excludes Many Katrina Survivors and Provides No Guarantee of Full Federal Financing
Revised September 29, 2005 -
Benefit Levels for Unemployed Hurricane Victims are Too Low
September 27, 2005 -
Medicaid Categorical Eligibility Rules are Proving a Major Obstacle to Getting Health Coverage to Impoverished Katrina Victims in Louisiana: Pending Legislation Would Address Coverage Gaps in Louisiana and Other States
Revised September 26, 2005 -
An Estate Tax with a 15 Percent Tax Rate Does Not Represent a Reasonable Compromise
September 22, 2005 -
What the New CBO Report Finds About Social Security “Grow Accounts”
September 21, 2005 -
Statement on Proposed Katrina-Relief Budget Package Presented by Republican Study Committee
September 21, 2005 -
Another Round of Economic Stimulus?
Revised September 20, 2005 -
Two Tax Cuts Primarily Benefiting Millionaires Slated To Take Effect In January
September 19, 2005 -
Essential Facts About The Victims of Hurricane Katrina
September 19, 2005 -
Katrina Relief and Federal Spending and Deficits
Revised September 19, 2005 -
States Are Decoupling From the Federal “Qualified Production Activities Income” Deduction
September 14, 2005 -
Medicaid and SCHIP Retention in Challenging Times: Strategies from Managed Care Organizations
Revised September 13, 2005 -
A State of Decline: What a TABOR Would Mean for Kansas
September 12, 2005 -
Meeting the Basic Needs of Hurricane Katrina Victims
September 9, 2005 -
Reconciliation Bills Would Increase the Deficit and Favor the Well-Off
September 8, 2005 -
Should States Suspend Their Gasoline Taxes?
September 8, 2005 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein on Challenges Facing Congress and the Nation in the Wake of the Devastation of Hurricane Katrina
September 6, 2005 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on Administration Mischaracterizations Regarding the Economy and New Data on Poverty, Income, and Health Insurance
August 31, 2005 -
Economic Recovery Failed To Benefit Much of The Population In 2004
August 30, 2005 -
The Number of Uninsured Americans Continued To Rise In 2004
August 30, 2005 -
Press Release: High Stakes for the Housing Voucher Program in the 2006 Appropriations Bill
August 24, 2005 -
Appendix 1: Summary Analysis of Voucher Provisions of House
August 24, 2005 -
HUD Data Show Housing Voucher Costs Leveled Off Starting In 2003 As Rental Market Cooled
Revised August 23, 2005 -
Public Benefits: Easing Poverty and Ensuring Medical Coverage
Revised August 17, 2005 -
What The New CBO Report Shows
August 16, 2005 -
Revenue Collections In 2005
Revised August 16, 2005 -
CBO Sees Essentially No Improvement in Outlook For the Future
August 15, 2005 -
Policy Basics: Top Ten Facts on Social Security's 70th Anniversary
August 11, 2005 -
Risky Business: South Carolina's Medicaid Waiver Proposal
Revised August 10, 2005 -
Proposed Appropriations Caps Would Require Deep Cuts in Domestic Discretionary Programs
August 10, 2005 -
Entitlement Cap Would Require Deep Cuts in Entitlement Programs, Summary
August 10, 2005 -
The Superwaiver Would Cause Serious Damage To The Food Stamp Program And Place Benefits For Low-Income Families At Risk
Revised August 10, 2005 -
Statement of Robert Greenstein on Tax Cuts in the 2006 Energy Bill
August 8, 2005 -
Private Accounts Would Substantially Increase Federal Debt and Interest Payments
Revised August 2, 2005 -
Selected Research Findings on Accomplishments of the Safety Net
July 27, 2005 -
Greenspan Rejects Estate Tax Repeal without Offsets
July 22, 2005 -
The Tax Foundation’s Analyses Of The CUNO Decision: Inaccurate And Inconsistent
July 20, 2005 -
The DeMint and McCrery Social Security Plans
Revised July 20, 2005 -
Food And Nutrition Programs: Reducing Hunger, Bolstering Nutrition
July 19, 2005 -
Supplemental Security Income: Supporting People With Disabilities And The Elderly Poor
July 19, 2005 -
New Research Sheds Light On Risks from Increasing Medicaid Cost-Sharing and Reducing Medicaid Benefits
Revised July 18, 2005 -
OMB's Mid-Session Review
July 13, 2005 -
Medicaid Commission Named By Secretary Leavitt Lacks Balance
Revised July 11, 2005 -
CBO Finds Tiny Number of Farms Face Estate Tax
July 11, 2005 -
Deficits Frame Coming Debate on Estate Tax
July 8, 2005 -
Assessing the National Governors Association's Proposals to Allow Increases in Cost-Sharing Charges to Medicaid Beneficiaries
Revised July 7, 2005 -
The Effect of Increased Cost-Sharing in Medicaid
Revised July 7, 2005 -
Social Security and Hispanics: A Reply To The Heritage Foundation
July 5, 2005 -
Food Stamps and The Cuts That The Agriculture Committees Must Make
July 5, 2005 -
In a League of Their Own
June 29, 2005 -
The Food Stamp Program
Revised June 29, 2005 -
The Food Stamp Program is Effective and Efficient
Revised June 29, 2005 -
The Importance Of Social Security To The Hispanic Community
June 28, 2005 -
Hispanics And Social Security: The Implications Of Reform Proposals
June 28, 2005 -
Hispanics’ Large Stake In The Social Security Debate[1]
June 28, 2005 -
The Graetz Tax Reform Plan and the Treatment of Low-Income Households
June 27, 2005 -
Would the DeMint Social Security Plan Promote Fiscal Responsibility?
June 24, 2005 -
Budget Watchdog Groups Call For End To Deficit Financing For Tax And Spending Bills
June 23, 2005 -
Joint Statement On The Need For Pay-As-You-Go Discipline
June 23, 2005 -
Statement Of Robert Greenstein On The DeMint Social Security Proposal
June 23, 2005 -
Streamlining And Coordinating Benefit Programs' Application Procedures
June 22, 2005 -
Press Release: Government Programs Penalize Retirement Saving By Low- and Moderate-Income Households
June 21, 2005 -
Policy Brief: Protecting Low-Income Families' Savings
June 21, 2005 -
How States Can Align Benefit Renewals Across Programs Options For Simplifying And Aligning Eligibility Reviews
Revised June 20, 2005 -
Using the Internet to Facilitate Enrollment In Benefit Programs
Revised June 20, 2005 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein, Executive Director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the National Governors Association's Medicaid Recommendations
June 15, 2005 -
Repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax without Offsetting the Cost Would Add $1.2 Trillion to the Federal Debt Over the Next Decade
Revised June 9, 2005 -
Congress Should Appropriate President’s Request For The Social Security Administration's Costs In 2006
June 6, 2005 -
President Misleads On Social Security Rate Of Return
June 6, 2005 -
Be Careful To Read The Fine Print When Supporters Claim Their Social Security Plans Restore Sustainable Solvency
June 6, 2005 -
Does Galveston Offer a Model For Social Security Reform?
June 2, 2005 -
Would Private Accounts Provide A Higher Rate Of Return than Social Security?
June 2, 2005 -
Out-of-Pocket Medical Expenses for Medicaid Beneficiaries Are Substantial and Growing
May 31, 2005 -
Ways And Means Social Security Bill Could Include Costly, Poorly Targeted Retirement Tax Proposals
May 27, 2005 -
President's Savings Proposals Likely to Swell Long-Term Deficits, Reduce National Saving, and Primarily Benefit Those with Substantial Wealth
Revised May 25, 2005 -
Boosting Income and Contribution Limits For Pension Savings Would Swell Deficits, Do Little For Middle-Class Families
May 18, 2005 -
Faulty Foundations: State Structural Budget Problems and How to Fix Them
May 17, 2005 -
The Impact of The President’s Proposal On Social Security Solvency And The Budget
May 10, 2005 -
New White House Document Shows Many Low-Income Beneficiaries Would Face Social Security Benefit Cuts Under President’s Plan
May 10, 2005 -
White House Distortions Mask Social Security Benefit Reductions
Revised May 10, 2005 -
Administration Housing Proposal Lays Groundwork for Planned Funding Reductions
May 9, 2005 -
Framing the Choices
May 9, 2005 -
Will a Social Security Bill Become a Vehicle for Budget-Busting Tax Cuts?
May 6, 2005 -
Assessing the Conference Agreement on the Budget Resolution
Revised May 6, 2005 -
Did the President Mislead on Social Security in His April 29 Press Conference?
Revised May 4, 2005 -
Newly Proposed Housing Legislation Would Leave Public Housing Agencies Vulnerable to Substantial Funding Cuts and Shifting HUD Mandates
May 3, 2005 -
Social Security Lifts 1 Million Children Above the Poverty Line
May 2, 2005 -
Why the President's Social Security Proposals Could Ultimately Lead to the Unraveling of Social Security
May 2, 2005 -
An Analysis of Using "Progressive Price Indexing" To Set Social Security Benefits
Revised May 2, 2005 -
Fiction and Fact: A Response to the Tax Foundation’s Distortion of Colorado’s TABOR
May 2, 2005 -
How Would the President’s New Social Security Proposals Affect Middle-Class Workers and Social Security Solvency?
April 29, 2005 -
Despite Claims By its Supporters, Congressional Budget Plan Increases the Deficit
April 29, 2005 -
Statement by Robert Greenstein Executive Director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the Budget Resolution Conference Agreement
April 28, 2005 -
The Ryan-Sununu Social Security Plan:
April 26, 2005 -
A State Of Decline: What a Tabor Would Mean For Ohio
April 19, 2005 -
CBPP Statement: Findings of Tax Foundation's "Tax Freedom Day" Report Should Be Treated With Caution
Revised April 11, 2005 -
Tax Foundation Estimates of State and Local Tax Burdens Are Not Reliable
Revised April 11, 2005 -
Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Middle-Income Tax Burdens: Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists and the Public
Revised April 7, 2005 -
House Budget Resolution Would Require Much Deeper Cuts in Key Low-Income Programs than Senate Budget Plan
Revised April 7, 2005 -
Assessing The Budget Proposal Adopted By The Senate
Revised April 1, 2005 -
Element of Medicare Trustees’ Report Could Spell Trouble for Beneficiaries in Future Years
Revised March 31, 2005 -
Possible Cuts In Key Low-Income Programs A Major Issue In House-Senate Budget Conference
March 30, 2005 -
WIC Budget Proposal Would Discourage Cost Containment and Represents Unsound Policy
March 28, 2005 -
What the New Trustees' Report Shows About Social Security
March 23, 2005 -
Fairness Issues: Testimony before the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform
Revised March 23, 2005 -
Statement: Statement of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Regarding the Report Issued Today by the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees
March 23, 2005 -
New Enforcement Mechanism In Senate Budget Plan Would Favor Tax Breaks And Distort Policy Debates
March 22, 2005 -
With Bunning Amendment, Senate Budget Would Move Up Medicare Insolvency By Four Years and Increase Deficits By More Than $200 Billion
March 18, 2005 -
Assessing the Budget Plan Approved By the House of Representatives
Revised March 18, 2005 -
What the President’s Budget Shows about the Administration’s Priorities
Revised March 18, 2005 -
Property Taxes in Perspective
Revised March 17, 2005 -
Fact Sheet: Growth In Housing Voucher Costs Has Slowed Sharply
March 16, 2005 -
Estate Tax Reform Could Raise Much-Needed Revenue: Some Reform Options with Low Tax Rates Raise Very Little Revenue
Revised March 16, 2005 -
If Done Properly, Reforming the Estate Tax Could Preserve Much-Needed Revenue
Revised March 16, 2005 -
State Enactments of the "Single Sales Factor" Tax Incentive Have Had Little Impact on Intel Corp.’s Major Plant Location Decisions
Revised March 15, 2005 -
The Need To Restore Pay-As-You-Go Budget Enforcement For Tax Cuts And Entitlements
March 14, 2005 -
The Senate's Cuts in Medicaid and SCHIP Substantially Exceed Those the Administration Proposed
Revised March 14, 2005 -
Painful Low-Income Program Cuts, Costly High-Income Tax Cuts Characterize House Budget Plan
March 11, 2005 -
House Budget Resolution Cuts Key Low-Income Programs
March 10, 2005 -
The House Budget Committee's Proposed Medicaid and SCHIP Cuts Are Larger Than Those the Administration Proposed
Revised March 10, 2005 -
Rainy Day Funds: Opportunities for Reform
Revised March 9, 2005 -
CBO Finds the President’s Budget Would Increase Deficits by $1.6 Trillion Over Ten Years
March 8, 2005 -
What New CBO Data Indicate About Long-Term Income Distribution Trends
Revised March 7, 2005 -
Domestic Discretionary Funding Levels for 2006 through 2010, Detailed Data
Revised March 7, 2005 -
Administration’s Budget Proposes to Cut the Food Stamp Program
March 4, 2005 -
Congress Considers Using the "Reconciliation" Process Again To Make It Easier To Pass Deficit-Increasing Tax Cuts
March 3, 2005 -
Medicaid Cuts in President’s Budget Would Harm States and Likely Increase Ranks of Uninsured
Revised March 3, 2005 -
Would An Entitlement Cap Be A Wise Idea?
March 2, 2005 -
Assessing The Administration's Five-Year Appropriation "Caps"
Revised March 1, 2005 -
Where Would The Cuts Be Made Under The President's Budget?
Revised February 28, 2005 -
Social Security Lifts 13 Million Seniors Above the Poverty Line
February 24, 2005 -
President’s Budget Would Restore Some Rental Vouchers Cut in 2005 but Reduce the Program Substantially in Future Years:
Revised February 24, 2005 -
Press Release: Social Security Lifts 13 Million Seniors Out of Poverty
February 24, 2005 -
How Would The President's Budget Affect Domestic Programs After 2006?
February 22, 2005 -
Press Release: Low-Income Housing Vouchers Could be Cut Significantly Under Administration Budget Proposal
February 18, 2005 -
APPENDIX: The Basis for the Estimate that the Budget Would Support 370,000 Fewer Vouchers in 2010
February 18, 2005 -
Should Congress Authorize States to Continue Giving Tax Breaks to Businesses?
February 18, 2005 -
Medicaid Budget Proposals Would Shift Costs to States and Be Likely to Cause Reductions in Health Coverage: Administration’s Proposal Also Implies Cap on Federal Funding
Revised February 18, 2005 -
The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long
Revised February 17, 2005 -
OMB Baseline Assumptions Lead to Understatement of Cuts to Housing Assistance
February 15, 2005 -
Assessing President Bush’s New Budget Proposal
Revised February 14, 2005 -
Unpublished Administration Budget Documents Show Domestic Cuts Would Significantly Reduce Funding for Most Public Services
Revised February 14, 2005 -
Appropriations Shortfall Cuts Funding for 80,000 Housing Vouchers This Year
Revised February 11, 2005 -
Administration Proposals To Change Budget Process Have Strong Ideological Cast
Revised February 9, 2005 -
Cuts to Low-Income Programs May Far Exceed the Contribution of These Programs to Deficit’s Return
Revised February 9, 2005 -
Deep Cuts in Federal Grants in FY 2006 Budget Will Squeeze States and Localities
Revised February 9, 2005 -
An Overview of Issues Raised by the Administration's Social Security Plan
Revised February 7, 2005 -
New White House Details Show the Proposed Private Accounts
February 4, 2005 -
Future Medicaid Growth Is Not Due To Flaws in the Program's Design, But To Demographic Trends and General Increases in Health Care Costs
Revised February 4, 2005 -
An Analysis of Senator Graham’s Social Security Plan
Revised February 4, 2005 -
How the Individual Accounts in the President’s New Plan Would Work
Revised February 4, 2005 -
White House Press Secretary’s Description of Administration’s Private Accounts May Leave Misimpressions
February 3, 2005 -
President Tries to Have It Both Ways
February 3, 2005 -
Administration Expected to Propose New Budget Rule That Could Adversely Affect Social Security, Medicare, SSI, Veterans’ Disability, and Other Programs
Revised February 2, 2005 -
The Administration’s Misleading $600 Billion Estimate of the Cost of Waiting to Act On Social Security
Revised February 2, 2005 -
Medicaid and SCHIP Protected Insurance Coverage for Millions of Low-Income Americans
January 31, 2005 -
CBO Data Show Tax Cuts Have Played Much Larger Role than Domestic Spending Increases in Fueling the Deficit
Revised January 31, 2005 -
So-Called "Price Indexing" Proposal Would Result In Deep Reductions Over Time In Social Security Benefits
Revised January 28, 2005 -
The Simple Story: Tax Cuts Lose Revenues
January 25, 2005 -
Apparent Improvement in CBO's January Budget Projections Is Largely Artificial
January 24, 2005 -
The Flawed “Population Plus Inflation” Formula: Why TABOR’s Growth Formula Doesn’t Work
January 13, 2005 -
Is Colorado’s TABOR Creating Jobs?
Revised January 13, 2005 -
Tax Cuts and Consequences: The States That Cut Taxes the Most During the 1990s Have Suffered Lately
Revised January 12, 2005 -
Does Social Security Face a Crisis in 2018?
Revised January 11, 2005 -
Senator Misrepresents CBO Report in Launching Misleading Attack on Fiscally Responsible Social Security Plan
January 4, 2005 -
Press Release: One In Nine Households At Risk of Hunger; Half of Poor Families Face Multiple Hardships
December 20, 2004 -
Hunger, Crowding, and Other Hardships Are Widespread Among Families in Poverty
December 20, 2004 -
Should the Budget Rules Be Changed So That Large-Scale Borrowing To Fund Individual Accounts Is Left Out of the Budget?
December 13, 2004 -
Should the Budget Be Changed to Exclude the Cost of Individual Accounts?
December 13, 2004 -
Would Borrowing $2 Trillion for Individual Accounts Eliminate $10 Trillion in Social Security Liabilities?
December 13, 2004 -
State Policies to Assist Working-Poor Families
December 10, 2004 -
State Fiscal Crisis Lingers: Cuts Still Loom
December 8, 2004 -
Did the Appropriations Bill Provide a Sufficient Increase in Low-Income Energy Assistance to Cover Spiraling Home Heating Costs?
Revised November 23, 2004 -
Reducing Paperwork and Connecting Low-Income Children with School Meals
November 16, 2004 -
Press Release: Loss of Federal Funds From Eliminating Tenncare Would Offset State Savings and Injure State Economy
November 15, 2004 -
The Potential Impact of Eliminating TennCare and Reverting to Medicaid: A Preliminary Analysis
November 15, 2004 -
Improvements to Appropriations Bills Needed to Protect Housing Vouchers in 2005
November 8, 2004 -
The Effects of Copayments on the Use of Medical Services and Prescription Drugs in Utah’s Medicaid Program
November 2, 2004 -
Share of Economy Going to Wages and Salaries Drops for Unprecedented 14th Straight Quarter
October 29, 2004 -
Policy Considerations Relating to Privatization in the Food Stamp Program
October 28, 2004 -
Funding Instability Threatens to Erode Business Community’s Confidence In The Housing Voucher Program
October 14, 2004 -
Official Treasury Report Shows Fourth Year Of Deficit Growth, Despite Economic Recovery
Revised October 14, 2004 -
Large Families Face Higher Rent Burdens and Fewer Housing Opportunities Under New HUD Rent Rules
Revised October 14, 2004 -
Number of Unemployed Going Without Federal Benefits Hits Record 3 Million
Revised October 13, 2004 -
State-Level Ballot Measures in November 2004 With Significant Fiscal Implications
Revised October 13, 2004 -
Press Release: HUD Cutting Rent Aid To Larger Low-Income Families
October 12, 2004 -
State Fact Sheets: Local Data on Final 2005 Fair Market Rents
October 12, 2004 -
Unemployment Insurance Does Not Explain Why TANF Caseloads Are Falling As Poverty and Need Are Rising
October 12, 2004 -
September Job Growth Is Only One-Third of Average Job Growth For An Economic Recovery Period
October 8, 2004 -
Statement: HHS Again Touts Decline In Welfare Caseloads Despite Recent Increase In Poverty
October 7, 2004 -
Temporary Provisions in the Corporate Tax Bill Mask Its Likely Long-Term Impact on the Deficit
October 7, 2004 -
Connecting the Dots Federal Policies Are Worsening Wisconsin’s State and Local Budget Problems
October 6, 2004 -
Press Release: Federal Policies Are Worsening Wisconsin’s State and Local Budget Problems
October 6, 2004 -
Fact Sheet: Administration Plan for Expiring SCHIP Funds Would Weaken Program
October 6, 2004 -
The Anticipated Corporate Tax Package: Watch Out For Gimmicks and Giveaways
October 4, 2004 -
Deficits and the Mid-Session Review
Revised October 1, 2004 -
New Congressional Budget Office Estimates Show Continued High Deficits and Further Fiscal Deterioration
Revised October 1, 2004 -
New Congressional Budget Office Estimates Show Continued High Deficits and Further Fiscal Deterioration
Revised October 1, 2004 -
Official Facts Contradict Administration Statements: Decline In 2004 Deficit Estimate Is Not Due To Faster Economic Growth
Revised October 1, 2004 -
Assessing the Administration's Claims that Extending $1.1 Billion in ExpiringAssessing the Administration's Claims that Extending $1.1 Billion in Expiring SCHIP Funds is Not Necessary to Sustain Existing Children's Enrollment
September 30, 2004 -
Fact Sheet: New Details Emerging on Effects of Recent Tax Cuts
Revised September 13, 2004 -
Studies Shed New Light on Effects of Administration’s Tax Cuts
Revised September 13, 2004 -
Administration's Latest 2004 Deficit Projection Appears Overstated;
August 10, 2004 -
Statement: Robert Greenstein on the Administration’s Mid-Session Review
July 30, 2004 -
Food Stamp Error Rates Hold At Record Low Levels In 2005
June 30, 2004 -
Deficit Picture Grimmer Than CBO's March Projections Suggest
June 4, 2004 -
WIC-Only Stores and Competitive Pricing in the WIC Program
May 17, 2004 -
Press Release: Tax Returns: New Report Questions Effectiveness, Design of Bush Tax Cuts through 2004 and Beyond
Revised April 23, 2004 -
Tax Returns: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Bush Administration's Record on Cutting Taxes
Revised April 23, 2004 -
Press Release: Excerpts From Joint Statement In Support Of Restoring Pay-As-You-Go
April 20, 2004 -
Methodology: The Current Course: Deficits As Far As the Eye Can See
April 20, 2004 -
Joint Statement In Support Of Restoring Pay-As-You-Go Budget Enforcement For Tax Cuts And Entitlements
April 20, 2004 -
White House Backs Off CEA Prediction Of “Average” Job Growth
February 18, 2004 -
Does The Administration's Budget Overstate The Likely 2004 Deficit?
February 2, 2004 -
Nearly All Recent Section 8 Growth Results From Rising Housing Costs and Congressional Decisions To Serve More Needy Families
February 2, 2004 -
War And Anti-Terrorism Spending Or Rampant Growth In Domestic Programs
February 1, 2004 -
Is Domestic Spending Exploding?
Revised February 1, 2004 -
The Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Are Appropriations for Domestic Programs Exploding?
Revised February 1, 2004 -
Recent Welfare Reform Research Findings
January 30, 2004 -
The President’s Proposal to Make Tax Cuts Permanent
Revised January 30, 2004 -
New Food Stamp Outreach Opportunity
January 29, 2004 -
Will Taxing Additional Services Hurt Iowa’s Economy?
January 29, 2004 -
Unmet Need Hits Record Level For the Unemployed
January 29, 2004 -
CBO Figures Indicate Lower Revenues, Not Higher Spending, Account for the Large Deficit
January 26, 2004 -
Making Tax Cuts Permanent Would Pose Long-Term Economic Dangers
January 23, 2004 -
Aligning Policies and Procedure in Benefit Programs
January 6, 2004 -
Policy Basics: Introduction to Unemployment Insurance
Revised November 10, 2003 -
Fact Sheet: Corporate Tax Revenues At Historic Lows Even Before Proposed Costly New Tax Breaks
Revised October 24, 2003 -
The Decline of Corporate Income Tax Revenues
Revised October 24, 2003 -
Press Release: The Developing Crisis — Deficits Matter
September 29, 2003 -
Joint Statement: The Developing Crisis — Deficits Matter
September 29, 2003 -
Mid-Term and Long-Term Deficit Projections
September 29, 2003 -
Administration's Medicaid Proposal Would Shift Fiscal Risks To States
Revised April 22, 2003 -
2002 Federal IDA Briefing Book: How IDAs Affect Eligibility for Federal Programs
October 29, 2002 -
Many States are Decoupling from the Federal Estate Tax Cut
May 23, 2002 -
Five-State Food Stamp Block Grant Proposal in House Welfare Bill Would Risk Serious Harm to Low-Income Families
May 13, 2002 -
Funding Issues in TANF Reauthorization
Revised February 5, 2002 -
Immigrants and Welfare Reauthorization
Revised February 4, 2002 -
Improving TANF Program Outcomes for Families With Barriers to Employment
January 22, 2002 -
Strengthening Families: Ideas for TANF Reauthorization
January 22, 2002 -
Press Release: States Cutting Low-Income Programs in Response to Fiscal Crises
January 17, 2002 -
States Are Cutting Low-Income Programs in Response to Fiscal Crisis
January 17, 2002 -
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September 9, 2001 -
The Family Self-Sufficiency Program
Revised March 28, 2001
