In a nation as wealthy as ours, everyone should be able to afford to meet their basic needs – they should be able to buy enough food to feed their families, have a safe and affordable place ...

As Congress continues to negotiate the next set of funding bills before the upcoming deadline at the end of January, policymakers must ensure sufficient and timely funding for critical housing ...

Congressional Republicans could have followed through on their promises to help families afford the basics by extending the premium tax credit enhancements to help them enroll in affordable, ...

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), ...

The health bill House Republicans are preparing to bring to the floor this week not only fails to prevent imminent premium spikes for more than 20 million people in marketplace plans, but would raise ...

This is our final edition of In Case You Missed It for 2025. CBPP wishes you restful and happy holidays! This week at CBPP, we focused on health, the federal budget and federal taxes, and housing.

Housing is a basic need for all people — yet across the country, over 22.6 million renter households are spending more than 30 percent of their income on housing — the widely considered threshold of ...

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent groups deemed it a success and users across the political spectrum rated their ...

Statement of Sharon Parrott, CBPP President, on Senate vote rejecting extension of ACA premium tax credit enhancements With premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements that make Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...

Industry groups are lobbying the Treasury Department to create a special exemption from the corporate minimum tax — enacted to ensure that corporations pay at least a minimum tax rate on their profits ...

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