Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Setting the Record Straight on Premium Tax Credit Enhancements

Enhancements to premium tax credits (PTCs) cut out-of-pocket premiums by more than half, on average, for over 20 million ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States Should Pursue New Revenue Options to Expand Access and Prevent Cuts to Affordable Housing and Homelessness Solutions

States and localities have options to secure additional revenue for their efforts to address housing affordability.
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Congressional Delay of SNAP Cost Shift Urgently Needed to Protect Food Assistance for Low-Income Families

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...
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Federal Data Are Disappearing as Statistical Agencies Face Budget Cuts and Political Pressure

Federal statistical agencies face increasingly overt politicization by the Trump Administration on top of chronic underinvestment, uncertainty, and recent and proposed budget cuts, all of which ...
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Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rules Lay Framework for Program Improvements States Can Still Adopt, Despite Moratorium

As part of historic cuts to Medicaid that will take health coverage away from millions, the Republican megabill enacted in July places a ten-year moratorium on implementing portions of two recently ...
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Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that ...
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The Republican Agenda’s Triple Threat to Black Households’ Economic Well-Being

Opportunity should be available to everyone no matter their race, color, or creed. The Administration’s agenda limits the opportunities for Black households to live in healthy and thriving communities ...
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Resources on Harmful Republican Megabill

The harmful Republican megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, takes food assistance and health care away from millions of people while showering ever larger tax breaks on the ...
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Contrary to Administration’s Misleading Claims, New Senior Deduction Doesn’t Help Low- and Middle-Income Seniors, Does Deplete Social Security Trust Funds

The Trump Administration has been peddling false and exaggerated claims about the harmful Republican megabill’s effects on the taxation of Social Security benefits, including in a blast email from the ...
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The Trump Administration Is Threatening Libraries, Museums, and Other Nonprofits That Support the Arts, Humanities, and Learning

The Trump Administration is attacking federal support for thousands of community libraries, museums, and other nonprofits that support the arts, humanities, and learning, diminishing programs and ...
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Expanding HUD’s “Moving to Work” Authority Would Harm People Struggling to Afford Housing and Pave Way for Deep Cuts

Everyone should have a safe, stable, affordable place to live. Rental assistance is highly effective at helping people with low incomes afford housing and is essential to efforts to reduce evictions ...
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House Republican Tax Bill Is Skewed to Wealthy, Costs More Than Extending 2017 Tax Law, and Fails to Deliver for Families

The tax provisions of the House Republican reconciliation bill double down on the failures of the 2017 tax law, which was skewed in favor of the richest people in the country, further eroded the ...