The Department of Homeland Security’s recently finalized “public charge” rule directs immigration officials to reject applications from individuals who seek to remain in or enter ... Read more
If enacted, these proposals and others in the budget would sharply increase the number of people who lack health coverage, while increasing poverty, widening income and racial disparities, and driving up the number of households that struggle to afford the basics. Read more
Using a lower measure of inflation to adjust the poverty line will result in fewer individuals and families qualifying over time for various forms of assistance. Read more
The House Appropriations subcommittee-approved fiscal 2020 funding bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education includes sensible, well-targeted investments in ... Read more
The bill would increase funding for both defense and non-defense discretionary programs in 2020 and 2021 above the very low ceilings set under the 2011 Budget Control Act. Read more
President Trump’s 2020 budget, released today, would make poverty more widespread, widen inequality and racial disparities, and increase the ranks of the uninsured. Read more
The two Trump budgets so far have offered policies that would increase poverty, inequality, and the ranks of the uninsured while underfunding core public services. Read more
Unless Congress and the President reach a new budget agreement, both non-defense and defense discretionary program areas will face deep cuts in 2020 and 2021. Read more
The report paints a misleading picture of those who need and receive food and housing assistance and health coverage and exaggerates the evidence in claiming that assistance programs disincentivize employment. Read more
Today’s new legislation from Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ro Khanna, which requires firms with 500 or more employees to make federal tax payments equal ... Read more
