2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997/1996 Recession Could Cause Large Increases in Poverty and Push Millions into Deep Poverty: Stimulus Package Should Include Policies to Ameliorate Harshest Effects of Downturn 11/24/08 Sharon Parrott HTML, PDF, 15pp. TANF Benefits Are Low and Have Not Kept Pace with Inflation: But Most States Have Increased Benefits Above a Freeze Level in Recent Years 11/24/08 Liz Schott and Zachary Levinson PDF, 7pp. The Skewed Benefits of the Tax Cuts: With the Tax Cuts Extended, Top 1 Percent of Households Would Receive Almost $1.2 Trillion in Tax Benefits over the Next Decade Updated 11/24/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 9pp. Immigration and Social Security 11/20/08 Paul N. Van de Water HTML, PDF, 3pp. Statement: Stacy Dean, Director of Food Assistance Policy, on the New USDA Report on Hunger 11/17/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Facing Deficits, Many States Are Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents Updated 11/12/08 Nicholas Johnson, Elizabeth Hudgins and Jeremy Koulish HTML, PDF, 11pp. State Budget Problems Worsen Updated 11/12/08 Elizabeth McNichol and Iris Lav HTML, PDF, 8pp. State Revenues Plummet: July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst in Years Updated 11/12/08 Nicholas Johnson and Andrew Nicholas HTML, PDF, 5pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the October Employment Report 11/7/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Budget Cuts or Tax Increases at the State Level: Which is Preferable During an Economic Downturn? Updated 11/6/08 Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 3pp. State Revenues Plummet: July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst in Years Updated 10/31/08 Nicholas Johnson and Andrew Nicholas HTML, PDF, 3pp. Testimony: Robert Greenstein Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Ways and Means Committee 10/29/08 HTML, PDF, 11pp. Many States Tax Working-Poor Families Deeper into Poverty 10/29/08 Jason Levitis and Andrew Nicholas Full Report: HTML, PDF, 25pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. Food Stamp Benefits Falling Further Behind Rising Food Prices Updated 10/28/08 Dorothy Rosenbaum HTML, PDF, 6pp. Putting U.S. Corporate Taxes in Perspective 10/27/08 Chye-Ching Huang and Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 3pp. Average Income in 2006 Up $60,000 For Top 1 Percent of Households, Just $430 For Bottom 90 Percent: Income Concentration at Highest Level Since 1928, New Analysis Shows Revised 10/22/08 Chye-Ching Huang and Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 3pp. Testimony: Iris Lav on “Economic Recovery: Options and Challenges” 10/20/08 HTML, PDF, 10pp. States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues: Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits Updated 10/10/08 Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 2pp. Preserving Safe, High Quality Public Housing Should Be a Priority of Federal Housing Policy Revised 10/8/08 Barbara Sard and Will Fischer HTML, PDF, 36pp. States Appendix: PDF, 2pp. Technical Appendix: PDF, 34pp. Public Housing Agency Appendix: PDF, 4pp. State Earned Income Tax Credits: 2008 Legislative Update Updated 10/8/08 Jason Levitis and Jeremy Koulish HTML, PDF, 7pp. Testimony: Barbara Sard, How to Promote Housing Integration and Choice Through the Section 8 Voucher Program 10/6/08 HTML, PDF, 8pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the September Employment Report 10/3/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein and Chad Stone on the Senate-Passed Financial Rescue Legislation 10/2/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Key Components of House and Senate Economic Recovery Packages Would Boost the Economy and Provided Needed Relief to Struggling Families 9/26/08 Sharon Parrott, Chad Stone, Edwin Park, and Dottie Rosenbaum HTML, PDF, 12pp. House Stimulus Plan Effectively Targets Relief to States 9/26/08 Iris J. Lav, Jason Levitis, Edwin Park HTML, PDF, 10pp. An Examination of the Wyden-Bennett Health Reform Plan: Key Issues in a New Approach to Universal Coverage 9/24/08 Edwin Park HTML, PDF, 42pp. Child Tax Credit Expansion before Congress Would Help 13 Million Children: Nursing Home Aides, Cooks, Pre-School Teachers, and Construction Workers Would Get a Boost Updated 9/19/08 Sharon Parrott, Arloc Sherman, and Chye Ching Huang HTML, PDF, 3pp. Preserving Safe, High Quality Public Housing Should Be a Priority of Federal Housing Policy 9/18/08 Barbara Sard and Will Fischer HTML, PDF, 36pp. States Appendix: PDF, 2pp. Technical Appendix: PDF, 34pp. North Dakota's Measure 2 Is Imbalanced and Would Harm Efforts to Secure State's Economic Future 9/18/08 Nicholas Johnson and Elizabeth Hudgins HTML, PDF, 10pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. How Projected Surpluses Became Deficits: Main Causes Were Tax Cuts and Higher Security Spending 9/12/08 Richard Kogan and Gillian Brunet HTML, PDF, 4pp. Removing Barriers to Retirement Saving in Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income 9/12/08 Prepared by Robert Greenstein and Zoë Neuberger for the The Retirement Security Project Full Report: PDF Policy Brief: PDF Bonus Depreciation Tax Cut Unlikely To Provide Effective Economic Stimulus 9/10/08 Chye-Ching Huang and Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 4pp. Using TANF or MOE Funds To Provide Supplemental Assistance To Low-Income Working Families Updated 9/8/08 Liz Schott HTML PDF, 26pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the August Employment Report 9/5/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Rhode Island’s Medicaid Proposal Would Put Beneficiaries At Risk and Undermine the Federal-State Partnership: Could Set Dangerous Precedent for Other States 9/4/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 7pp. Big Misconceptions About Small Business and Taxes 8/29/08 Chye-Ching Huang and James Horney HTML, PDF, 9pp. How Robust Was the 2001-2007 Economic Expansion? Revised 8/29/08 Aviva Aron-Dine, Chad Stone, and Richard Kogan HTML, PDF, 6pp. Poverty and Share of Americans Without Health Insurance Were Higher in 2007— and Median Income For Working-Age Households Was Lower — Than At Bottom of Last Recession: For Poverty Rate and Non-Elderly Median Income, Worst Performance on Record For Any Six Years of Economic Growth 8/26/08 Arloc Sherman, Robert Greenstein, and Sharon Parrott HTML, PDF, 7pp. Statement: Robert Greenstein on Census' 2007 Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Data 8/26/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. What to Watch For in the New Census Income and Poverty Numbers 8/21/08 Arloc Sherman and Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 3pp. Caution: The Tax Foundation’s State and Local Tax Rankings Are Unreliable Revised 8/13/08 Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 4pp. Only a Few of the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cut Provisions Benefit Families With Modest Incomes: But a Superficial Treasury Analysis Obscures This Fact 8/7/08 Chye-Ching Huang and Jim Horney HTML, PDF, 6pp. 29 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of At Least $48 Billion in 2009 Updated 8/5/08 Elizabeth C. McNichol and Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 6pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the July Employment Report 8/1/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Testimony: Robert Greenstein Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Committee on Education and Labor 7/31/08 HTML, PDF, 10pp. Medicare Changes Can Complement Health Reform 7/31/08 Paul N. Van de Water HTML, PDF, 4pp. Average Income In 2006 Up $60,000 For Top 1 Percent of Households, Just $430 For Bottom 90 Percent Revised 7/30/08 Chye-Ching Huang and Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 3pp. States Can Opt Out of the Costly and Ineffective “Domestic Production Deduction” Corporate Tax Break 7/29/08 Jason Levitis, Nicholas Johnson, and Katherine Lira HTML, PDF, 18pp. Implementing New Changes to the Food Stamp Program: A Provision By Provision Analysis of The 2008 Farm Bill Revised 7/25/08 Stacy Dean, Colleen Pawling, and Dorothy Rosenbaum HTML, PDF, 87pp. Evidence Shows That Tax Cuts Lose Revenue Revised 7/21/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Lessons from the Telephone Lifeline Program Add to Concerns About Using Utilities to Deliver Low-Income Climate Rebates 7/18/08 Matt Fiedler HTML, PDF, 18pp. Statement: Edwin Park, Senior Fellow, on the President’s Veto of the Medicare “Doctor Fix” Bill 7/15/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. A Balanced Approach to Restoring Fiscal Responsibility 7/9/08 Henry Aaron, Nancy Altman, Kenneth Apfel, James Blum, J. Bradford DeLong, Peter Diamond, Robert Greenstein, James Horney, Richard Kogan, Jack Lew, Marilyn Moon, Van Doorn Ooms, Uwe Reinhardt, Charles Schultze, Robert Solow, Paul Van de Water Full Report: PDF, 15pp. Executive Summary: PDF, 5pp. Press Release: PDF, 3pp. Economic Data Can Be Used To Target State Fiscal Relief Effectively Updated 7/9/08 Iris J. Lav, Jason Levitis, and Elizabeth McNichol HTML, PDF, 12pp. New Georgia and Florida Health Plans Unlikely To Reduce Ranks of Uninsured 7/1/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 6pp. Food Stamp Provisions of the Final 2008 Farm Bill Revised 7/1/08 Dorothy Rosenbaum HTML, PDF, 6pp. Farm Bill Contains Significant Domestic Nutrition Improvements Revised 7/1/08 Dorothy Rosenbaum HTML, PDF, 8pp. States' Vehicle Asset Policies in the Food Stamp Program Revised 7/1/08 HTML, PDF, 9pp. Testimony: James Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on Addressing the Nation's Financial Challenges 6/26/08 HTML, PDF, 9pp. Proponents' Case for a Federally-Imposed Business Activity Tax Nexus Threshold Has Little Merit 6/26/08 Michael Mazerov HTML, PDF, 14pp. Expanding Medicaid a Less Costly Way to Cover More Low-Income Uninsured Than Expanding Private Insurance 6/26/08 HTML, PDF, 4pp. Testimony: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, at the Hearing on the SAFE Commission Act and the Long-Term Fiscal Challenge, House Committee on the Budget 6/24/08 HTML, PDF, 8pp. Proposed "Business Activity Tax Nexus" Legislation Would Seriously Undermine State Taxes on Corporate Profits and Harm the Economy 6/24/08 Michael Mazerov Summary: HTML, PDF, 2pp. Full Report: PDF, 13pp. Appendix: PDF, 11pp. Property Tax Limitation in the Senate Housing Bill Is Unnecessary, Impractical, and Likely To Cause Harm 6/23/08 Iris J. Lav and Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 5pp. House-Passed Housing Tax Package Improves Significantly on Senate Version: But Addressing the Foreclosure Crisis Will Require Other Measures Revised 6/17/08 Aviva Aron-Dine, Barbara Sard, and Will Fischer HTML, PDF, 12pp. The Unemployment Rate Is Already High Enough to Warrant Extended Benefits; Past Is Poor Guide to When the Time Is Right Updated 6/16/08 Chad Stone and Martha Coven HTML, PDF, 5pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the May Employment Report 6/6/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Well-Designed, Fiscally Responsible Corporate Tax Reform Could Benefit the Economy; Unpaid-For Rate Cuts Would Likely Hurt Most Americans in the Long Run 6/4/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 21pp. How Low-Income Consumers Fare in the Senate Climate-Change Bill 6/3/08 Robert Greenstein, Chad Stone, Martha Coven, and Matt Fiedler HTML, PDF, 8pp. Fact Sheet: How a “Climate Rebate” Would Work 6/3/08 HTML, PDF, pp. Suozzi’s Statement Ignores Truth About Massachusetts’ Property Tax Cap 5/28/08 Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 6pp Claims That a Modest Tax Surcharge on Millionaires Would Damage Small Businesses and the Economy Do Not Withstand Scrutiny Revised 5/22/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 4pp. The Congressional Budget Plan: A Brief Analysis of the Conference Agreement 5/22/08 Richard Kogan and James Horney HTML, PDF, 4pp. Hidden Consequences: Lessons From Massachusetts for States Considering a Property Tax Cap 5/21/08 Phil Oliff and Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 17pp Press Release: HTML, PDF, 2pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on Misleading Claims That Congressional Budget Plan Calls For "Largest Tax Increase In History" 5/20/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Improving the Medicare Savings Programs Would Help Low-Income Seniors Cope With Higher Medical Expenses 5/20/08 Edwin Park and Danilo Trisi HTML, PDF, 7pp. GAO Study Again Confirms Health Savings Accounts Primarily Benefit High-Income Individuals 5/19/08 Edwin Park HTML, PDF, 4pp. Families Helped by the Child Tax Credit Expansion Work Hard in Low-Paying Jobs: Nursing Home Aides, Cooks, Pre-School Teachers, and Construction Workers Would Get a Boost Revised 5/19/08 Sharon Parrott and Arloc Sherman HTML, PDF, 3pp. Improving the Refundable Child Tax Credit: An Important Step Toward Reducing Child Poverty Revised 5/19/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 7pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the House Supplemental Funding Bill 5/15/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Missouri's Proposed Voting Requirement Could Disenfranchise More Than 200,000 U.S. Citizens 5/15/08 Donna Cohen Ross And Allison Orris HTML, PDF, 3pp. Determining Income Eligibility in Children's Health Coverage Programs: How States Use Disregards in Children's Medicaid and SCHIP 5/14/08 Donna Cohen Ross and Aleya Horn, CBPP and Robin Rudowitz and Caryn Marks, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured PDF, 13pp. Informing the Debate about Curbing Medicare Advantage Overpayments 5/13/08 Edwin Park HTML, PDF, 12pp. How CBO Estimates the Cost of Climate-Change Legislation: Explaining the "25 Percent Offset" 5/13/08 Chad Stone, James Horney, and Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 6pp. Senate "Housing" Legislation Highly Disappointing:  Less Than One-Fourth of Cost of Senate Bill Goes for Provisions That Will Actually Help Address the Foreclosure Crisis Revised 5/12/08 Aviva Aron-Dine, Barbara Sard, Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 12pp. Eliminating Louisiana's Income Tax Will Harm the State's Budget Outlook, Competitiveness Revised 5/12/08 Jason Levitis, Elizabeth C. McNichol and Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 4pp. Designing Climate-Change Legislation that Shields Low-Income Households from Increased Poverty and Hardship Revised 5/9/08 Robert Greenstein, Sharon Parrott, and Arloc Sherman HTML, PDF, 17pp. The Effects of Climate-Change Policies on the Federal Budget and the Budgets of Low-Income Households: An Economic Analysis Revised 5/9/08 Chad Stone and Matt Fiedler HTML, PDF, 12pp. Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities Revised 5/9/08 HTML, PDF, 10pp. Tax Cuts: Myths and Realities Revised 11/16/07 HTML, PDF, 9pp. CBPP Statement: Barbara Sard, Director of Housing Policy, on House Action on Foreclosure Legislation 5/7/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the April Employment Report 5/2/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Delaying Administration’s Medicaid Regulations Will Not Weaken the Program’s Fiscal Integrity 4/25/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 4pp. Testimony: Robert Greenstein on Climate Change at the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Tax Aspects of a Cap-and-Trade System 4/24/08 HTML, PDF, 14pp. Tax Foundation Figures Do Not Represent Typical Households’ Tax Burdens: Figures May Mislead Policymakers, Journalists, and the Public 4/23/08 Robert Greenstein and Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 5pp. Testimony: Barbara Sard on Section 8 Voucher Reform Act 4/16/08 HTML, PDF, 14pp. Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? 4/14/08 Matt Fiedler HTML, PDF, 4pp. Fixing TABOR’s "Ratchet" Will Not Repair TABOR: Deterioration in Colorado Largely Attributable to Formula 4/10/08 Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 4pp. Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends Jared Bernstein, Elizabeth McNichol, Andrew Nicholas 4/9/08 Full Report: PDF, 74pp. Press Release: HTM, PDF, 5pp. State Fact Sheets State Data Tables Senate Housing Legislation Highly Disappointing: Three-Fifths of Cost of Senate Bill Goes For Tax Cuts That Will Do Little or Nothing to Address the Foreclosure Crisis 4/8/08 Aviva Aron-Dine, Barbara Sard, Chad Stone HTML, PDF, 9pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the March Employment Report 4/4/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. CBPP Statement: Iris Lav, Deputy Director, on Provision in Bipartisan Senate Housing Package Affecting Local Property Taxes 4/3/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Almost All Large Iowa Manufacturers Are Already Subject to “Combined Reporting” in Other States; Fears of Job Flight from Reducing Corporate Tax Avoidance Are Unwarranted 4/3/08 Michael Mazerov and Katherine Lira Full Report: HTML, PDF, 9pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 1pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report Revised 4/2/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Trustees Reports Show Social Security Shortfall Manageable, Medicare’s Problems More Daunting Revised 4/2/08 Paul N. Van de Water HTML, PDF, 4pp. Long-Term Social Security Shortfall Smaller Than Cost of Extending Tax Cuts for Top 1 Percent 3/31/08 Kris Cox and Richard Kogan HTML, PDF, 2pp. Extending the President’s Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Would Cost $4.4 Trillion Through 2018 Revised 3/28/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 7pp. Capital Gains Tax Cuts Slashed Taxes of Top 400, While Their Incomes Soared 3/27/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 3pp. What the 2008 Trustees’ Report Shows about Social Security 3/27/08 Chad Stone and Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 6pp. A Response to Americans for Prosperity’s Misleading Claims about Florida’s TABOR (CP 45) 3/25/08 Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 3pp. Administration Moves to Withdraw Key Health Services from Children and Adults With Mental Illness And Other Disabilities Revised 3/21/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 2pp. Administration Moves to Eviscerate Efforts to Enroll Uninsured Low-Income Children in Health Coverage Through the Schools: Bipartisan SCHIP Bill Would Temporarily Block Such Action Revised 3/21/08 Judith Solomon and Donna Cohen Ross HTML PDF, 5pp The Tax Commission’s TABOR: A Path to Deterioration in Florida 3/21/08 Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 10pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 1pp. Kyl Estate Tax Amendment Would Cost Nearly as Much as Estate Tax Repeal 3/12/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 4pp. Four Helpful Hints for States Dealing With Deficits 3/12/08 HTML, PDF, 3pp. Fact-Checking This Week’s Budget Resolution Debate 3/12/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 2pp. Accounting For the Cost of Retiree Health and Other Benefits (GASB 45) 3/11/08 Elizabeth C. McNichol HTML, PDF, 13pp. Have the 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts Made the Tax Code More Progressive? 3/11/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 5pp. Senate Bill Would Update and Streamline Housing Voucher Program; Improves on House Bill Passed With Strong Bipartisan Support 3/10/08 Will Fischer and Barbara Sard HTML, PDF, 13pp. Claim That Congressional Budget Plans Call For "Largest Tax Increase in History" Is Inaccurate 3/7/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the February Employment Report 3/7/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Federal Spending, 2001 through 2008: Defense Is a Rapidly Growing Share of the Budget, While Domestic Appropriations Have Shrunk Revised 3/6/08 Richard Kogan HTML, PDF, 5pp. Administration's Budget Does Not Reflect Administration Policies: Administration Policies Would More Likely Lead to a $113 Billion Deficit in 2012 than a $48 Billion Surplus 3/5/08 Kris Cox HTML, PDF, 4pp. HUD Budget Contains Major Funding Shortfalls: Congress Needs to Add $6.5 Billion to Administration’s Request to Avoid Cuts In Assistance for Low-Income Families 3/5/08 Barbara Sard, Douglas Rice, and Will Fischer HTML, PDF, 4pp. How Much Would a State Earned Income Tax Credit Cost In 2009? 3/5/08 Jeremy Koulish and Jason Levitis HTML, PDF, 5pp. Strengthening the Food Stamp Program To Serve Low-Income Seniors 3/5/08 Stacy Dean HTML, PDF, 5pp. Administration's Medicaid Regulations Will Weaken Coverage, Harm States, and Strain Health Care System Revised 3/4/08 Allison Orris and Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 6pp. Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level? 2/29/08 Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 5pp. Idaho Is the Only State to Exclude Low-Income Families from Its Grocery Tax Credit 2/28/08 Phil Oliff and Nicholas Johnson Full Report: HTML, PDF, 3pp. Press Release: HTML, PDF, 1pp. New Federal Law Could Worsen State Budget Problems: States Can Protect Revenues by "Decoupling" Revised 2/28/08 Nicholas Johnson HTML, PDF, 6pp. Net Operating Loss Measure Under Consideration in Senate Has Low Bang-for-the-Buck as Stimulus: No Justification for Waiving PAYGO for the Provision 2/26/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 2pp. Using Income Taxes To Address State Budget Shortfalls 2/21/08 Elizabeth C. McNichol and Andrew Nicholas HTML, PDF, 11pp. Is It Raining Yet? Yes, And It’s Time for Many States To Use Their Rainy Day Funds 2/21/08 Elizabeth C. McNichol HTML, PDF, 7pp. Now Would Be a Good Time for States Still Granting Net Operating Loss "Carryback" Deductions To Eliminate Them 2/21/08 Elizabeth C. McNichol HTML, PDF, 8pp. Summary of Final TANF Rules: Some Improvements Around the Margins 2/20/08 Liz Schott HTML, PDF, 13pp. Bush Budget Would Cut Domestic Discretionary Programs by $20 Billion in 2009: Many Cuts Come On Top Of Sizable Reductions In Recent Years 2/20/08 Sharon Parrott, Kris Cox, Danilo Trisi, and Doug Rice HTML, PDF, 44pp. State-by-State Tables, 33pp. The President’s Budget and the Medicare “Trigger” Revised 2/15/08 James Horney and Richard Kogan HTML, PDF, 6pp. State Low-Income Tax Relief in the Absence of an Income Tax 2/14/08 Iris J. Lav And Phillip Oliff HTML, PDF, 6pp. Fact Sheet: The "Mother of All Distortions": Attacks on Rangel AMT Plan Not Based On Reality 2/13/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. The Rangel AMT Proposal Versus Unpaid-For Repeal of the AMT: Which Is Better Tax Reform? Aviva Aron-Dine 2/13/08 HTML, PDF, 15pp. New Medicaid Rules Would Limit Care for Children in Foster Care and People with Disabilities in Ways Congress Did Not Intend Revised 2/8/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 5pp. President’s Budget May Provide States With Inadequate Funding to Maintain Current SCHIP Programs Edwin Park 2/7/08 HTML, PDF, 3pp. The Dubious Priorities of the President’s Budget Robert Greenstein, James Horney and Richard Kogan Revised 2/7/08 HTML, PDF, 6pp. 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Cuts Funding for Head Start: Bipartisan Reauthorization Bill Enacted Two Weeks Before Omnibus Was Completed Called for Increased Investment Revised 2/6/08 Sharon Parrott HTML, PDF, 6pp. Federal Grants To States and Localities Cut Deeply in Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Budget 2/4/08 Iris J. Lav And Phillip Oliff HTML, PDF, 6pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the January Employment Report 2/1/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Senate Action Will Not Delay Rebates One Day 1/31/08 Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 1pp. Senate Proposal to Add Unemployment Insurance Benefits Improves Effectiveness of Stimulus Bill 1/31/08 Chad Stone, Sharon Parrott, and Martha Coven HTML, PDF, 5pp. Understanding Errors in the School Meals Programs 1/31/08 Zoë Neuberger HTML, PDF, 2pp. Senate Rebate Proposal Targets More Funds to Low-Income Households, Boosting Stimulus Impact 1/30/08 Aviva Aron-Dine and Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 4pp. Repatriation Measure Unlikely to Stimulate the U.S. Economy or Boost U.S. Investment — But Will Promote Investment in Tax Havens and Undermine the Corporate Income Tax 1/30/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 2pp. House Bill Makes Significant Improvements In “Hope VI” Public Housing Revitalization Program Revised 1/30/08 Barbara Sard and Leah Staub HTML, PDF, 16pp. Business Tax Cuts in Stimulus Package Would Cost States Billions of Dollars Revised 1/30/08 Nicholas Johnson and Iris J. Lav HTML, PDF, 3pp. An Analysis of the Rebate Proposal in the Announced Stimulus Deal Revised 1/29/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 4pp. President’s Expected Push to Make Tax Cuts Permanent is Irresponsible Fiscal and Economic Policy 1/28/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 2pp. Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles 1/28/08 Donna Cohen Ross and Aleya Horn (CBPP) and Caryn Marks Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured HTML, PDF State-by-State Tables Dispelling Confusion on Food Stamps, Tax Rebates, and the Stimulus Package: Speaker's Statement On Food Stamps At National Press Club Was Mistaken 1/26/08 Robert Greenstein HTML, PDF, 2pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein on Stimulus Deal 1/24/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Paying More for Less: "Healthy Indiana Plan" Would Cost More Than Medicaid While Providing Inferior Coverage 1/24/08 Judith Solomon HTML, PDF, 5pp. Testimony: Robert Greenstein on “Cap, Auction, and Trade: Auctions and Revenue Recycling Under Carbon Cap and Trade” Before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming 1/23/08 HTML, PDF, 7pp. New Zandi Analysis Finds Rebates More Effective as Stimulus if They Include Lower-Income Workers: Food Stamps and Unemployment Benefits Get the Highest Ratings 1/22/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Fewer Than 60% of Working Households Benefit Fully From President’s Tax Rebate 1/22/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 3pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein in Response to Administration Comments on Economic Stimulus Revised 1/22/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. CBPP Statement: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, on the President's Economic Stimulus Plan Revised 1/22/08 HTML, PDF, 2pp. Economic Policy in a Weakening Economy: Principles for Fiscal Stimulus Revised 1/17/08 Chad Stone and Kris Cox HTML, PDF, 15pp. Another Misdiagnosis: Marginal Rate Reductions and Extensions of Tax Cuts Expiring in 2010 Not the Right Medicine for the Economy’s Current Ills 1/15/08 Aviva Aron-Dine HTML, PDF, 9pp. The Four Pieces of Effective Fiscal Stimulus: Unemployment Insurance, State Relief, Food Stamps, and Tax Refunds 1/14/08 HTML, PDF, 4pp. Comparison of Nutrition Provisions in House- and Senate-Passed Farm Bills Revised 1/14/08 Summary: HTML, PDF, 3pp. Full Report: PDF, 19pp. Description of Provisions in Nutrition Title of Senate Farm Bill Revised 1/14/08 Dottie Rosenbaum and Stacy Dean HTML, PDF, 31pp. Food Stamp Improvements for More Than 10 Million People Would Disappear in 2013 Under Senate-Passed Farm Bill 1/8/08 HTML, PDF, 3pp. CBPP Statement: Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the Labor Department's December Unemployment Report 1/4/08 HTML, PDF, 1pp. Preliminary Analysis of the HUD Provisions of the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for FY 2008 Revised 1/4/08 Douglas Rice and Barbara Sard HTML, PDF, 5pp.