This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, and income security.On the federal budget, CBPP President Sharon ...

In recent months, Kentucky and South Dakota have cut cash benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...

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 ...

Amid the urgent debate over whether Congress will act to prevent cost increases for millions of people in 2026 marketplace ...

Concerns are reportedly growing over the state of the U.S. economy, so it’s worth checking in on its health. The answer is ...

Affordable housing is a basic human need and rental assistance is proven to make housing more affordable. But a House committee recently passed a bill that could result in about 411,000 fewer people ...

The Trump Administration is only planning to release two-thirds of the SNAP funding it committed to spend to partially cover November benefits, cutting families’ benefits far more than necessary and ...

Shutdowns are damaging — especially lengthy ones — and reopening the government is important. But two fundamental issues remain unaddressed, and Congress needs to tackle them without ...

Medicaid is a popular program that covers 72 million people. [1] The majority of U.S. adults across party affiliations oppose cuts to Medicaid. [2] Nevertheless, Republicans in Congress want to pass ...

On this upcoming Veteran’s Day, we should honor our veterans by ensuring that they can afford housing, health care, food, and ...

Since the start of President Trump’s second term in January, the Trump Administration has consistently sought to evade accountability. Last month, the President removed a Senate-confirmed Inspector ...

Few budgetary concepts generate as much unintended confusion and deliberate misinformation as the Social Security trust funds. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that are just as ...