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This week at CBPP, we focused on a wide range of issues.

On food assistance, Dottie Rosenbaum, Katie Bergh, and Wesley Tharpe warned that imposing SNAP food benefit costs on states would worsen hunger and hurt states’ ability to meet residents’ needs. In conjunction with the Food Research and Action Center, we posted state-by-state fact sheets on the potential impact of cuts to the Community Eligibility Provision. In the latest in our series of briefs, we described how Republican proposals could reduce children’s access to school meals and other foods assistance.
On health, Jennifer Wagner testified before the Government Operations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the need to streamline eligibility in health and economic security programs to connect people to benefits, improve program integrity, and reduce improper payments.
On housing, Will Fischer explained that cuts to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) driven by DOGE will make it harder for people to afford housing and exit homelessness. Anna Bailey, Peggy Bailey, and Erik Gartland summarized their paper detailing how policymakers can solve homelessness by scaling up rental assistance and supportive services.
On federal taxes, Chuck Marr noted that another estate tax cut for the country’s wealthiest people, one of the tax cuts Republicans are considering in their reconciliation bill, would be a poor choice.
On the federal budget, Javier Balmaceda testified before the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on why Puerto Rico must be given full and equitable access to all federal economic and health security programs.
On income security, Nick Gwyn explained that the Department of Health and Human Services’ halting of pilot programs to improve states’ Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs will stymie state innovation in helping low-income families address barriers affecting their employment and earnings.
On Social Security, Kathleen Romig emphasized that executive action against administrative law judges threatens fair access to Social Security benefits.
On state budgets and taxes, we updated our state tax cut tracker with an entry on how tax cuts are draining state revenues in North Carolina.
We also updated our resource tracking harmful executive actions by the Trump Administration with new entries on potential deep cuts to HUD, the effects of agency layoffs, a harmful ACA marketplace rule, a short-lived Social Security change in Maine, school vouchers, and cancelled TANF pilot programs.

Chart of the Week — Wealthiest Estates Receive a $5.7 Million Tax Cut From Increased Estate Tax Exemption

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

Mike Leachman posted on Bluesky about an upcoming House vote on a federal funding bill that would force DC to make deep mid-year budget cuts.
Chuck Marr posted on X and Bluesky about the House Republican tax bill and what a stronger alternative could look like.
Brendan Duke posted on X and Bluesky about how the Trump administration and DOGE are planning IRS workforce cuts, moves that would undercut their goal of reducing debt and deficits.

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

DOGE Social Security cuts could threaten seniors, people with disabilities
Axios
March 13, 2025

With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation spreads on social media
March 13, 2025
NBC News/KFF Health News

Alaskans across the state rally to save Medicaid: their ‘lifeline’
March 13, 2025
Juneau Empire

Map Shows States With Most Schools Impacted by Proposed Meal Funding Cut
Newsweek
March 12, 2025

Democrats Propose To Fight Health Care Fraud
HuffPost
March 12, 2025

Can House Republicans cut $880 billion without slashing Medicaid? It’s likely impossible.
PolitiFact
March 11, 2025

Cutting Medicaid?
New York Times
March 10, 2025

How work requirements may reduce access to Medicaid
CNBC
March 9, 2025

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