The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a high-caliber strategic policy institute that informs and shapes public policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. It has ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, immigration, health, housing, food assistance, state budgets ...

House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would cut assistance that helps children in families with low incomes ...

The House Republicans’ budget reconciliation legislation would reduce assistance that helps seniors and older adults get ...

Texas is hurtling toward fiscal instability, driven by a sweeping school voucher program and lawmakers’ support of massive, untargeted property tax cuts — both funded by fleeting ...

Health coverage for 9.7 million to 14.4 million people could be at risk if lawmakers cut Medicaid by imposing unnecessary and ...

In a stark departure from our country’s long history of supporting people fleeing violence and persecution, the House ...

The House Republican reconciliation bill would impose massive cuts in food assistance, health care coverage, and other supports for people with low incomes [1] and singles out immigrants with lawful ...

Wealthy heirs, owners of multimillion-dollar partnerships, and private equity investors would be among the big winners from ...

The goal is not to improve program efficiency, but to pay for tax cuts for the very wealthy by denying people benefits ...

Presidents and Congresses of both parties have adhered to a commitment to provide enough funding for the WIC program — the ...