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This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, immigration, health, housing, food assistance, state budgets and taxes, and housing.

• On the federal budget and taxes, we identified the harmful impact the House Republicans’ reconciliation bill would have on seniors and children. Samantha Jacoby highlighted how tax breaks in the bill would deepen income inequality by disproportionately benefiting high-income households. Meanwhile, Sam Berger detailed how the bill’s new red tape could deter eligible families from accessing benefits.
• On immigration, Margot Dankner warned the House Republicans’ reconciliation bill turns away from a national commitment to support people fleeing violence and persecution by taking food assistance and health coverage away from them.
• On health, we explained that the House reconciliation bill would take health coverage away from millions of people and dramatically raise health care costs for millions more. We also detailed how unnecessary and burdensome work requirements for Medicaid would risk health coverage for millions of low-paid workers.
• On food assistance, we explained that the bill would dramatically raise costs and reduce food assistance for millions of people, including more than 2 million children, by cutting federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by about 30 percent. Elisabet Eppes noted how President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget would slash fruit and vegetable benefits for millions of participants in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
• On state budgets and taxes, Wesley Tharpe, Katie Bergh, and Allison Orris detailed how the House Republican reconciliation bill would force states to cut food assistance, health care, and other vital services. We also updated our state tax cuts tracker with an entry on how Texas is hurtling toward fiscal instability, as lawmakers have pushed through a sweeping school voucher program and massive, untargeted property tax cuts.
• On housing, Will Fischer described how proposals to expand the Housing and Urban Development Department’s “Moving to Work” authority would harm people struggling to afford housing and pave the way for deep cuts to rental assistance.

Chart of the Week – Four Ways Red Tape in the Republican House Bill Takes Away Food Assistance, Health Coverage, and Tax Credits

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The Center was active on social media this week. Here are some of our posts:

• Wesley Tharpe posted on X and Bluesky explaining how the House Republican reconciliation bill would impose harmful cuts to food assistance and health coverage by imposing substantial new costs on state and local governments.
• Zoë Neuberger posted on X outlining the harmful cuts to WIC in the House Republicans' newly released agriculture appropriations bill.
• Brendan Duke posted on X and Bluesky explaining how harmful President Trump's non-defense funding cuts are for the well-being of people and communities who benefit from these programs.

A variety of news outlets featured CBPP’s work and experts this past week. Here are some of the highlights:

Why millions of Americans would lose health insurance under House GOP megabill 
CNBC 
June 6, 2025

GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard 
Stateline 
June 6, 2025

The GOP’s biggest falsehoods about Medicaid in Trump's spending bill, debunked
MSNBC
June 4, 2025

Trump Obscures Medicaid Cuts in Bid to Pass Massive Tax Bill
Bloomberg
June 4, 2025

4.5 millones de niños ya no tendrían dinero del Crédito Tributario por Hijo
La Opinión
June 4, 2025 

The latest GOP push to cut waste and spending: Work requirements
Washington Post
June 3, 2025

Texas Republicans risk blowback in rural areas that use Medicaid, SNAP
Houston Chronicle
June 2, 2025