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

Less than two months after signing massive tax cuts that largely benefit those at the top of the economic ladder, President Trump has put forward a 2019 budget that cuts basic assistance that millions ...

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 2017 tax law’s 20 percent deduction for pass-through business income exemplifies the worst flaws of the law: it’s skewed to the rich, costs significant revenue, and has failed to deliver its ...

All states make information regarding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), including their applications, state policy manuals or regulations, and general program information, ...

Make a gift that will help lift people out of poverty. Give monthly and make an even bigger difference. Over the last four decades, the Center has played a significant role, in collaboration with ...

With just weeks to go until the premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements expire — which would increase Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

The national recession has had such a devastating effect on state finances that states took in $87 billion less in tax revenue from October 2008 through September 2009 than they collected in the ...

Some policymakers, such as those on the Republican Study Committee, have proposed to raise Social Security’s full retirement age to 70 and beyond. [1] Raising the retirement age cuts benefits for all ...

The National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly the Food Stamp Program) are powerful tools that alleviate child hunger and ...

The House Appropriations Committee has approved ten of the fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills and the remaining two have been approved by subcommittees. Each of the votes has been strictly partisan ...

Cuts Would Take Assistance Away From People in Every State The budget resolution that the House plans to take up this week directs the House Agriculture Committee to cut programs in its jurisdiction ...