In a nation as wealthy as ours, everyone should be able to afford to meet their basic needs – they should be able to buy ...

Congressional Republicans could have followed through on their promises to help families afford the basics by extending the ...

Housing is a basic need for all people — yet across the country, over 22.6 million renter households are spending more than ...

As Congress continues to negotiate the next set of funding bills before the upcoming deadline at the end of January, ...

The health bill House Republicans are preparing to bring to the floor this week not only fails to prevent imminent premium ...

Throughout President Trump’s second term, the Administration has aggressively abused its authority over federal personnel to impose mass layoffs through so-called “reductions in force” (RIFs), ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on health, immigration, housing, Social Security, and federal and state taxes.On health, CBPP President Sharon Parrott released a statement noting ...

Annual premium increase, 60-year-old couple with income of $85,000 (401% FPL), by congressional district, 119th Congress Note: FPL = federal poverty level. Examples are based on 2026 average ...

The Trump Administration has taken many steps to undermine the bipartisan deal on fiscal year 2025 funding since the President signed it into law in March, including through illegal funding freezes, ...

With only a few weeks left before the start of fiscal year 2026, Congress is considering attaching the Agriculture appropriations bill [1] — which funds, among other programs, the Special Supplemental ...

Fiscal year 2026 begins in less than a month, on October 1. Congress routinely finalizes funding levels for the roughly one-quarter of the federal budget funded by annual appropriations only after the ...

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 ...