Congress faces mounting pressure from some current and retired public employees to repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), provisions...

The experience of other states, including its neighbor Montana, shows that if Wyoming expands Medicaid, it will dramatically increase coverage while providing the state with fiscal savings for many years to come.

Today’s Census figures show government policies prevented massively higher financial hardship and lack of health insurance in 2021.

The newly proposed rule is critical because as of 2021, of about 28.9 million uninsured people in this country, 7.3 million were eligible for but not enrolled in Medicaid.

The figures will show the impact of extraordinary government efforts to bolster economic security and health coverage in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including new data on the reduction in child poverty due to the expanded Child Tax Credit.

Congress in the bipartisan 2018 farm bill directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to update the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), which is used to set benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition...

Parolin provides some of the strongest evidence so far that TANF’s decline was primarily driven by less participation among families meeting the eligibility criteria and by lower benefits, and not less need for assistance.

The Inflation Reduction Act moves toward a fairer tax system, makes health coverage and prescription drugs more affordable, and addresses the global challenge of climate change.

The Inflation Reduction Act’s revenue package would increase IRS funding to reduce the tax gap, require corporations to pay a 15 percent minimum tax, and narrow the carried interest loophole.

Over the last 25 years, the national TANF average monthly caseload has fallen dramatically even as poverty and deep poverty remained widespread.

Nearly half of the 574 federally recognized tribes are now served by a Tribal TANF program, which enables them to better meet community needs, deliver services in ways that honor their culture, and take advantage of additional flexibilities.

Déficits (o superávits)El déficit en el presupuesto del gobierno federal es la cantidad de dinero que el gobierno federal gasta (que también se conoce como “egresos”) menos la cantidad de...

Deficits (or Surpluses)For any given year, the federal budget deficit is the amount of money the federal government spends (also known as outlays) minus the amount of money it collects from taxes...

Chairman Himes, Ranking Member Steil, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. I am Sharon Parrott, President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a...

In fiscal year 2022, the federal government is estimated to spend $5.8 trillion, amounting to 23.5 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). Of that $5.8 trillion, over $4.8 trillion is...

The nation’s most pressing housing problem centers on the millions of people with low incomes who are not able to afford safe, stable housing.

Promoting safe and stable housing is foundational to children’s well-being and is consistent with TANF’s stated purpose to assist families in need.

“Administrative burden exacerbates inequity,” the Office of Management and Budget recently said of economic and health assistance programs. That is because burdens “do not fall equally on all entities and individuals, leading to disproportionate underutilization of critical services and programs, as well as unequal costs of access, often by the people and communities that need them the most.”

It includes 13 provisions that would increase Social Security benefits, 12 of which would be temporary, applying for only five years.

As members of Congress negotiate an economic reconciliation package, it’s imperative to include provisions closing the Medicaid coverage gap.

The House bill would prevent multinational corporations from avoiding the minimum tax on Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income by “blending” their taxes and income in low- and high-tax countries.