House Republican Bill Would Force Deep Cuts in Housing Assistance, Harming Families, Older Adults, and People with Disabilities

The House Republican debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would, among other things, impose severe cuts on discretionary funding amounting to $3.6 trillion over the next ten years. If defense and veterans’ health care are protected from cuts, as...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, federal taxes, and food assistance.

• On the federal budget, Richard Kogan, David Reich, and Nick Kasprak released an interactive showing how House Republicans’ harsh funding...

Most Working-Age SNAP Participants Work But Job Instability Overstates Joblessness in Some Analyses

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps more than 40 million people put food on the table each month. SNAP has existing, harmful work-reporting requirements, but recent proposals from House Republicans  would harm more...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes, the federal budget, income security, and health.

• On state budgets and taxes, Whitney Tucker described how House Republicans’ debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would cost states and...

TANF Provisions in House Republican Bill Could Increase Families’ Risk of Child Welfare Involvement

The House Republican debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would put more families at risk of involvement with the child welfare system by jeopardizing cash assistance for 540,000 families with very low incomes, which include nearly 1 million children...

Roundup: Analyzing House Republicans’ Harmful Debt-Ceiling-and-Cuts Bill

Unemployment Insurance Bill More Likely to Hurt Than Help Anti-Fraud Efforts

Rather than reduce fraud, these provisions will complicate and deter ongoing efforts to prevent criminals from defrauding the unemployment insurance system.

Republican Debt-Ceiling-and-Cuts Bill Would Cost States and Local Communities $1.3 Trillion

House Republicans’ debt-ceiling-and-cuts bill would decimate funding that states, localities, tribal nations, and U.S. Territories rely on to provide vital services like schools, transit, and aid to families in crisis. The bill would impose up...

Minnesota Bill Marks Major Step Forward in Preventing Multinational Corporations from Shifting Profits Abroad

The Minnesota House and Senate passed two tax bills containing a critical provision aimed at stopping multinational corporations (MNCs) from shifting profits earned in the state onto the books of subsidiaries in foreign tax havens...

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This week at CBPP, we focused on health, income security, state budgets and taxes, the economy, and the federal budget.

• On health, Gideon Lukens explained why expanding health savings accounts would boost tax shelters...