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Climate Change

Four Years After the Inflation Reduction Act: Celebrating Clean Energy Progress and Looking Ahead

August 6, 2026 | Mikaela Tajo

Timeline

Federal Budget

Executive Action Watch

August 3, 2026

Report

Federal Budget

House Republican 2027 Funding Bills Fall Far Short of What Is Needed to Help Families, Support Core Services

July 30, 2026 | Sonali Master , Brendan Duke , Sam Berger and Richard Kogan

Statement

Federal Budget

Republicans’ Fast-Track Budget Process Ignores Families Losing Help Affording Groceries

July 21, 2026 | Sharon Parrott

Blog

Families Across U.S. Feeling Pain as Anniversary of 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Approaches

June 29, 2026 | CBPP

Report

Federal Budget

An Automatic Continuing Resolution Is Not a Good Solution for Government Shutdowns

June 18, 2026 | Richard Kogan and Sam Berger

Report

Federal Budget

The Trump Administration Seeks to End Nonpartisan Grantmaking

June 17, 2026 | Jacob Leibenluft , Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

Report

Federal Budget

A Framework to Evaluate Affordability Proposals

June 15, 2026 | Brendan Duke

Report

Federal Budget

President Trump’s New Slush Fund Flagrantly Disregards Law to Serve His Personal Ends at Taxpayer Expense

May 29, 2026 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

Blog

Federal Budget

House Bill to Make Blocking Federal Funds Easier Would Take Away Help People Need to Afford Rising Cost of Basics

May 21, 2026 | Nick Gwyn

Commentary

Federal Budget

Fast Tracking More Cuts Will Hurt Families Who Are Already Struggling to Make Ends Meet

May 14, 2026 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

Tight 2026 Non-Defense Funding Rejects Trump’s Proposed Deep Cuts, But Congress Will Need to Continue to Guard Against Administration Abuses

April 9, 2026 | Joel Friedman , Sonali Master , Brendan Duke , Joe Carlile and Richard Kogan

Technical Note

Federal Budget

How CBPP Analyzes Non-Defense Discretionary Funding

April 9, 2026

Statement

Federal Budget

Trump Budget Fails to Offer Solutions, Raises Risk of Hasty, Harmful Cuts

April 3, 2026 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

Five Questions to Ask in Trump’s 2027 Budget

March 24, 2026 | Brendan Duke

Blog

Federal Budget

Executive Order May Signal Administration’s Continued Effort to Block Basic Needs Assistance

March 20, 2026 | Nick Gwyn

Testimony

Federal Tax

Costly Tax Cuts Increase Our Nation’s Fiscal Challenges

March 10, 2026 | Brendan Duke

Blog

Federal Budget

Veterans Have Borne Trump Administration’s Deep Cuts to Federal Personnel

February 20, 2026 | Kiran Rachamallu and Devin O’Connor

Report

Federal Tax

Republican Megabill Trades Essential Support to Low-Income People for Skewed Tax Cuts

February 11, 2026 | Brendan Duke

Blog

Federal Budget

The Trump Administration Is Engaging in Increasingly Blatant Efforts to Misuse Federal Funds to Coerce and Punish

January 27, 2026 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

Report

Federal Budget

Trump Administration’s Five-State Funding Freeze Is Unlawful, Harmful, and a Major Threat to People in Every State

January 23, 2026 | Nick Gwyn

Report

Federal Budget

Administration’s Radical Personnel Cuts Bypassed Congress and Lacked Transparency, Obscuring Impact on Public Services

January 15, 2026 | Kiran Rachamallu and Devin O’Connor

Report

Federal Budget

A Record of Historic Harm in the First Year of Trump’s Second Term

January 14, 2026 | CBPP

Blog

Poverty and Inequality

An Overview of Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans’ Anti-Affordability Measures

December 18, 2025 | Brendan Duke

Report

Poverty and Inequality

Trump Administration, Congressional Republicans Are Worsening Affordability Challenges in Many Ways

December 18, 2025 | Brendan Duke

Blog

Housing

Congress Must Act to Prevent Cuts That Would Leave Hundreds of Thousands at High Risk of Homelessness

December 17, 2025 | Sonya Acosta

Policy Basics

Federal Budget

Deficits, Debt, and Interest

December 16, 2025

Policy Basics

Federal Budget

Non-Defense Discretionary Programs

December 16, 2025

Report

Federal Budget

Administration’s Abuse of Layoff Powers Shows Need for Congressional Action

December 15, 2025 | Jacob Leibenluft , Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

Statement

Health

Congressional Republicans and President Trump Fail to Address Affordability; Health Care Costs Set to Spike for Millions

December 11, 2025 | Sharon Parrott

Testimony

Federal Budget

A Balanced Budget Amendment Doesn’t Change the Math

December 3, 2025 | Brendan Duke

Statement

Federal Budget

Beyond the Shutdown: Country Needs Congress and President to Address Health Care Cost Spikes and Rule of Law

November 10, 2025 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

Trump Administration’s Undercutting of Oversight Hurts Taxpayers and Beneficiaries

November 6, 2025 | Cristin Dorgelo , Kathleen Romig , Nia Law and Devin O’Connor

Blog

Food Assistance

Administration Won’t Spend All SNAP Funds It Says Are Available, Leading to Deep Benefit Cuts for Low-Income Households

November 5, 2025 | Luis Nuñez and Katie Bergh

Blog

Economy

A Weakening Economy, and a Drastically Cut Economic Support System

November 5, 2025 | Gbenga Ajilore

Report

Food Assistance

SNAP’s Contingency Reserve Is Available for Regular SNAP Benefits, as USDA and OMB Have Ruled in Past

October 27, 2025 | Dottie Rosenbaum

Blog

Federal Budget

The Trump Administration Is Purposefully Inflicting Unnecessary Pain During the Shutdown

October 24, 2025 | Devin O’Connor and Sam Berger

Blog

Federal Budget

Trump Administration Threatens Support for Children With Disabilities

October 21, 2025 | Kathleen Romig

Blog

Food Assistance

The Trump Administration Can and Should Take Available Steps to Ensure SNAP Participants Get November Food Benefits

October 20, 2025 | Dottie Rosenbaum and Katie Bergh

Timeline

Federal Budget

Implementing the Harmful Republican Megabill: a Timeline

October 8, 2025

Report

Federal Budget

Administration’s Proposed Cuts to Non-Defense R&D Pose Long-Term Risk to Rising Living Standards

October 6, 2025 | Chuck Marr and Josephine Cureton

Statement

Federal Budget

Congress Must Block Administration’s Illegal Cuts, Protect Affordable Health Care

October 1, 2025 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management

September 29, 2025 | Sam Berger

Blog

Food Assistance

The Administration and State Officials Should Take Steps to Keep WIC Operating During a Partial Government Shutdown

September 29, 2025 | Zoë Neuberger

Report

Poverty and Inequality

Federal Data Are Disappearing as Statistical Agencies Face Budget Cuts and Political Pressure

September 29, 2025 | Victoria Hunter Gibney and Cara Brumfield

Statement

Federal Budget

Republicans Must Negotiate to Prevent Health Care Cost Spikes, Protect Funding Laws

September 26, 2025 | Sharon Parrott

Report

Federal Budget

New Data Show Trump Administration’s Illegal, Targeted Withholding of Funds

September 26, 2025 | Joe Carlile and Devin O’Connor

Report

Federal Budget

New Proposal Shows Congress Can Enact Guardrails to Ensure a Deal Is a Deal for 2026 Funding

September 25, 2025 | Sam Berger and Devin O’Connor

Report

Federal Budget

Understanding the Legal Framework Governing a Shutdown

September 17, 2025 | Sam Berger

Statement

Federal Budget

“Regular Order” Means Bipartisan Negotiations and a Deal That Sticks

September 17, 2025 | Sharon Parrott