Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Congressional Delay of SNAP Cost Shift Urgently Needed to Protect Food Assistance for Low-Income Families

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...
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The Trump Administration Is Purposefully Inflicting Unnecessary Pain During the Shutdown

Since the shutdown began, the Administration has gleefully trumpeted instances where it is withholding funding or canceling grants supporting transportation and energy infrastructure projects across ...
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Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims

Statement of Sharon Parrott, CBPP President and former Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official, on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins’ false claim that the Trump Administration cannot provide ...
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Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

In Case You Missed It...

This week at CBPP, we focused on food assistance, state budgets and taxes, health, and federal taxes.On food assistance, Katie Bergh and Dottie Rosenbaum warned that ...
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Congress Needs to Address the Trump Administration Turmoil at the Social Security Administration

Years of underfunding have forced the Social Security Administration (SSA) to serve the growing number of beneficiaries with fewer staff, creating customer service woes that the Trump Administration ...
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Trump Administration Poised to Cut SSI Benefits for Nearly 400,000 Low-Income Disabled and Older People

The Trump Administration is preparing to propose a rule to cut Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits and strip eligibility for hundreds of thousands of low-income older people and severely ...
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The Republican Agenda’s Triple Threat to Black Households’ Economic Well-Being

Opportunity should be available to everyone no matter their race, color, or creed. The Administration’s agenda limits the opportunities for Black households to live in healthy and thriving communities ...
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What the 2025 Trustees’ Report Shows About Social Security

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 ...
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Expanding HUD’s “Moving to Work” Authority Would Harm People Struggling to Afford Housing and Pave Way for Deep Cuts

Everyone should have a safe, stable, affordable place to live. Rental assistance is highly effective at helping people with low incomes afford housing and is essential to efforts to reduce evictions ...
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Harsh Work Requirements in House Republican Bill Would Take Away Medicaid Coverage From Millions: State and Congressional District Estimates

The House Republican reconciliation legislation currently under consideration in the Energy & Commerce Committee would take away health coverage and leave at least 8.6 million people uninsured as it ...
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House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Worsen Hunger, Hit State Budgets Hard

The House Agriculture Committee reconciliation bill would radically alter the structure of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by requiring states to pay a portion of food ...
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Millions At Risk of Losing Food Assistance Under Proposed Expansion of SNAP’s Work Requirement

Millions At Risk of Losing Food Assistance Under Proposed Expansion of SNAP’s Work Requirement by 119th congressional district Note: “With school-age children” refers to households with ...