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

On the federal budget and taxes, CBPP President Sharon Parrott released a statement explaining that Congressional Republicans and the President will own the harmful impact of their reconciliation bill. Earlier Parrott faulted the Senate version of the bill for being even worse than the House’s and faulted the Senate’s rushed and opaque process.
On food assistance, Katie Bergh updated her research note on the Senate bill’s deep cuts to food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which could lead some states to end their program entirely. An updated By the Numbers piece reflected our analysis of the bill’s SNAP cuts, the largest in history. We released a new toolkit for using administrative advocacy to improve access to SNAP, Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
On health, we updated our By the Numbers series that explains how the Senate Republican reconciliation bill takes health coverage from millions of people. Gideon Lukens and Elizabeth Zhang analyzed how a Senate reconciliation amendment would cut hundreds of billions more from state Medicaid funding, placing millions more people at risk of losing coverage.
On Social Security, Kathleen Romig examined the findings of the 2025 Trustees’ Report, which shows that Social Security can pay full benefits for nine more years but will then face a significant — but manageable — shortfall.
On housing, Sonya Acosta examined how the Trump-Vance Administration’s recent actions severely weaken protections and eliminate resources for people facing housing discrimination.
On state budgets and taxes, Wesley Tharpe updated our state tax cut tracker series and highlighted how Missouri lawmakers’ decision to approve an unprecedented tax policy change would eliminate state income tax on capital gains, delivering enormous gains to its richest residents.

Chart of the Week –Millions of People Would Lose Health Coverage and Become Uninsured Under the Republican Health Agenda

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

Sarah Lueck posted a thread on X and Bluesky highlighting the new CBO numbers which confirm that the Senate Republican reconciliation bill will cut health care more deeply than the House version, leaving more people uninsured.

Katie Bergh posted a thread on X and Bluesky breaking down new USDA data that shows how the Senate Republicans' SNAP cost-shift plan would deeply impact states in an unprecedented way.

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

‘It’s harsh. It’s mean, brutal’: Trump bill to cause most harm to America’s poorest
The Guardian
July 3, 2025

How Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Impact Disabled and Hungry New Yorkers
New York Focus
July 3, 2025

The Senate bill and the social safety net
NPR
July 2, 2025

Health care would be slashed even for immigrants with legal status under massive Senate bill
July 1, 2025
Stateline

Senate GOP passes Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ after scramble to win over holdouts, setting up high-stakes House fight
CNN
July 1, 2025

At least 17 million Americans would lose insurance under Trump plan
The Washington Post
July 1, 2025

Senate passes bill that would slash SNAP and Medicaid for Arkansans, gut clean energy programs
Arkansas Times
July 1, 2025

SNAP Cuts in Big Tax Bill Will Hit a Lot of Trump Voters Too
Bloomberg
June 30, 2025

How the G.O.P. Bill Saves Money: Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork
New York Times
June 29, 2025

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
June 29, 2025

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