The President has proposed funding cuts and spending requirements in the TANF block grant that will reduce the federal government’s commitment to providing assistance to our country’s poorest families. Read more
The Trump Administration’s decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census will not only reduce responses by immigrants and thereby make ... Read more
A balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution would be an unusual and economically dangerous way to address the nation’s long-term fiscal problems. It would ... Read more
The House Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee this morning discussed the supposed merits of implementing and expanding work requirements in basic assistance ... Read more
Just weeks after enacting very large tax cuts heavily tilted toward wealthy households and large corporations, President Trump unveiled his fiscal year 2019 budget, which ... Read more
Congressional Republicans are reportedly considering measures that would undo at least $3 billion of the agreed-upon increase in non-defense funding. Read more
