Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Legislative Affairs

Martha Coven

As Senior Legislative Associate, Coven works on a broad range of issues, including the federal budget, housing, Social Security, welfare, and climate change.

She also routinely provides training in the federal budget process for national and state-based non-profits.

Before coming to the Center in 2001, Coven worked on health care policy at Consumers Union, the publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

Her prior experience includes five years on Capitol Hill, four of which were spent working for the House leadership on a variety of communications and domestic policy initiatives.

Coven holds a B.A. in economics and a law degree from Yale University.

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