Addressing the nation’s long-term fiscal problems with any constitutional amendment to require annual balanced budgets would ...

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 ...

Everyone should be able to see a doctor when they are sick, afford their prescriptions, and get the preventative care their ...

The Trump Administration became so determined to deny people their SNAP benefits that it fought all the way to the Supreme Court, even though the funds were available and it had the legal authority to ...

Climate change is causing storms, wildfires, droughts, and floods to become more frequent and severe, and these hazards are the leading contributor to rising disaster costs across the country.

Families With Children, Older Adults, Veterans Among Those Who Would Be Harmed As Republican lawmakers draft legislation to enact the deep cuts called for in their budget resolution, it appears ...

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 enhanced premium tax credits have lowered premiums for the majority — more than 90 percent — of people who get their health coverage through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Click on a state ...

The long-term outlook for the Social Security trust funds has declined slightly, the latest annual report from the program’s trustees shows. Social Security can pay full benefits for nine more years ...

As the House Ways and Means Committee prepares to mark up a major tax bill, it is important to step back and consider which priorities it will reflect — whether it will prioritize tax policies that ...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, popularly known as WIC, provides nutritious foods, counseling on healthy eating, breastfeeding support, and health care ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) is the nation’s most important anti-hunger program, reaching some 41 million people nationwide in 2024. These fact ...