In response to massive, rapid job loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress in 2020 passed the most expansive set of temporary unemployment benefits in our nation’s history. These steps were...

This week at CBPP, we were excited to announce that Ai-jen Poo, President of the National Domestic Workers Alliance and Executive Director of Caring Across Generations, has joined our board of...

In many states policymakers are starting 2023 legislative sessions with calls to layer more tax cuts on top of wasteful ones already enacted over the past two years. But with state revenues slowing and a potential recession looming, such a path could pose serious harm for workers, families, and communities nationwide.

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, state taxes, food assistance, and the economy.On the federal budget, Joel Friedman explained why the House Republican...

The House Republican majority recently adopted a rules package to guide that chamber’s legislative action that would put up steep barriers to investments in critical national needs while paving the way for ever more tax cuts, inevitably tilted toward the wealthy and profitable corporations.

SNAP is one of our most effective tools to reduce hunger and food insecurity, which occurs when a lack of resources causes household members to struggle to afford enough food for an active, healthy...

This blog post previews key findings from a forthcoming update to CBPP research on the effect of taxes on interstate migration. Like its predecessors, the latest update will...

The debate should focus on one accurate and alarming number: the IRS has 2,284 fewer skilled auditors to handle the sophisticated returns of wealthy taxpayers than it did in 1954.

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes. On state budgets and taxes, Iris Hinh updated our paper on how states can best use federal fiscal...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, food assistance, and the economy. On the federal budget, CBPP President Sharon Parrott released a statement on important...

The year-end omnibus spending bill includes important investments in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), including requiring states to provide 12 months of continuous...

The recently released year-end budget legislation includes a permanent Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) program to provide grocery benefits to the nation’s low-income families with school-age...

This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, food assistance, and the economy. On federal taxes, Chuck Marr and Samantha Jacoby noted how efforts to expand the Child Tax Credit...

Recently at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, the federal budget, housing, and the economy. On federal taxes, Chuck Marr, Samantha Jacoby, and Jabari Cook highlighted how the...

Before ending its session, Congress should finish appropriations for fiscal year 2023, which began on October 1, by enacting a comprehensive bill (known as an omnibus), rather than enacting a...

As Congress finalizes fiscal year 2023 appropriations bills that among other things will fund critical Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs and services, it should prioritize Housing Choice...

Under current law, an estimated 3 million children living in rural areas are left out of the full $2,000 Child Tax Credit because their families’ incomes are too low. Rural communities would...

This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes, the federal budget, food assistance, and the economy. On federal taxes, Chuck Marr, Kris Cox, Sarah Calame, Stephanie Hingtgen, George...

As Congress works to fund the government for fiscal year 2023, policymakers should significantly increase funding for the Social Security Administration (SSA). In the continuing resolution (CR) that...

This week at CBPP, we focused on federal taxes and the economy. On federal taxes, we released a Spanish-language version of our backgrounder on where our federal tax dollars...

On November 1, CBPP’s Housing and Family Income Support policy teams joined forces, becoming the Housing and Income Security Team — focused on how to improve federal, state, and local housing,...

This week at CBPP, we focused on housing, state budgets and taxes, Social Security, health, the federal budget, federal taxes, and the economy. On housing, Peggy Bailey...

This month marks 50 years since the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program was signed into law. SSI was initially intended to help prevent people with disabilities and older adults from living in...

October 28, 2022: This post has been updated. Freedom requires that people are able to influence decisions about policies that affect their lives. In many states, ballot initiatives offer a...

Open enrollment for 2023 marketplace coverage begins November 1, and the next 11 weeks are a critical opportunity for more of the millions of people eligible for an affordable plan to sign up for...

Using the debt ceiling as a bargaining chip is always irresponsible, but it’s especially dangerous at this moment, when monetary policy is tightening and the economic recovery is fragile.