Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Fast Tracking More Cuts Will Hurt Families Who Are Already Struggling to Make Ends Meet

Deliberate policy choices by President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have increased costs people pay to meet their ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Congress Should Support Rental Assistance in 2027 to Prevent Increased Homelessness and Evictions

A House subcommittee is expected to release next week its 2027 housing funding bill, giving Congress an opportunity to ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Build Back Better Legislation Would Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap

Over 2 million uninsured adults with incomes below the poverty line, most who live in the South and are people of color, don’t have a pathway to health coverage, because their states have refused to ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Congressional Republicans Can’t Cut Medicaid by Hundreds of Billions Without Hurting People

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 ...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Lukewarm 2004 Labor Market: Despite Some Signs of Improvement, Wages Fell, Job Growth Lagged, and Unemployment Spells Remained Long

The labor market showed some signs of improvement in 2004; most notable in this regard was the job growth that occurred in every month of the year. This was the first year of consistent job growth ...