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Congress Must Extend Protections for SNAP Households Who Are Victims of Benefit Theft
When a mother in Georgia saw all her family’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits stolen from her ...
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In Case You Missed It…
Recently at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, health, and state budgets and taxes.On food assistance, Ed Bolen explained why Congress should extend protections for households who have had ...
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Medicaid Threats in the Upcoming Congress
Deeply damaging health coverage proposals recently advanced by Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks could gain traction in Congress next year. [1] Cutting Medicaid would harm ...
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Rental Assistance at 50: Looking Forward After a High-Stakes Election
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) and Enterprise Community Partners will co-host a forum on Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 9 a.m. to noon ET to examine the future of rental ...
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Premium Tax Credit Improvements Must Be Extended to Prevent Steep Rise in Health Care Costs
Improvements to premium tax credits, enacted in the American Rescue Plan and extended by the Inflation Reduction Act, have helped nearly 20 million people afford health coverage in the Affordable Care ...
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FAQs on Impoundment: Presidential Actions Are Constrained by Long-Standing Constitutional Restrictions
The incoming Trump Administration is reportedly exploring whether it can impound — that is, not spend — funds that Congress has provided in legislation. [1] Supporters of this position argue that the ...
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Trump, Republican Congress Health Care Proposals Could Pose Risks to Access and Affordability
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House and likely Republican control of Congress pose big risks to people’s ability to access and afford health coverage in Medicaid and the ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities20d
Improving Social Security to Reduce Elderly Poverty
Policymakers will need to act in coming years to shore up the long-term financing of Social Security, and when they do, they should also strengthen the program by improving its minimum benefit, which ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities22d
Tax Policy to Support Shared Prosperity and Economic Opportunity
Chair Heinrich, Vice Chair Schweikert, members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you this morning at this important hearing. I am Samantha Jacoby, Deputy Director of ...
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House Republican Bills Deeply Cut Programs That Help Low-Income People and Underserved Communities
Fiscal year 2025 started on October 1, but its funding under a stopgap continuing resolution runs out on December 20, 2024. Policymakers are debating whether to finalize 2025 appropriations during ...
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Republican Economic Proposals Would Harm the People Trump Promised to Help
While the new President and new Congress will not take office until early next year, they have already put forward an agenda that would increase poverty and diminish opportunity. While the new ...