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House Appropriations Bills for 2024 Cut a Swath Through Crucial Programs, Deviate Sharply From Agreed Levels

November 16, 2023 | David Reich

Among those hardest hit are programs crucial to the well-being of families with low incomes and their children, to public health, to job training and protection of workers’ rights, to a clean environment, and to fair administration of tax laws.

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Partisan House Appropriations Bills Underfund Non-Defense Priorities and Are a Sharp Break From the Bipartisan Debt Ceiling Agreement

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House Appropriations Bills for 2024 Cut a Swath Through Crucial Programs, Deviate Sharply From Agreed Levels

Among those hardest hit are programs crucial to the well-being of families with low incomes and their children, to public health, to job training and protection of workers’ rights, to a clean...

Speaker Johnson’s Short-Term Funding Bill Leaves Out Needed Additional WIC Funds

Policymakers should pass a continuing resolution that addresses key urgent needs, like...

5 Reasons Why a Debt Commission Is the Wrong Prescription

A fiscal commission is likely to focus narrowly on reducing deficits, ignoring other important policy...

Social Security Administration Needs Additional Funding to Avoid Exacerbating Customer Service Crisis

The Social Security Administration (SSA) faces a customer service crisis, with applicants for disability benefits and callers on hold at the agency’s toll-free number facing record-long waits....

House Republican Budget Reflects Disturbing Vision for the Country

The proposed budget would narrow opportunity, worsen racial inequities, and make it harder for people to afford the...

Five Things to Look for in the House Republican Budget Resolution

Major targets in past Republican budgets included Medicaid and the financial help people receive to purchase health coverage in the Affordable Care Act marketplace, as well as other forms of...

Young Children and New Parents in Every State Could Be Turned Away From WIC or Have Their Benefits Cut Under Pending Appropriations Bills

Funding in fiscal year 2024 Senate and House appropriations bills for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) falls far short of what is needed to...

Deficits, Debt, and Interest

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...

Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go?

In fiscal year 2023, the federal government is estimated to spend $6.3 trillion, amounting to 24.2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP). Of that $6.3 trillion, over $4.8 trillion...

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