This technical note describes the numbers we use to analyze funding for programs whose size is determined by the enactment of ...

The Trump Administration has attempted to sell the megabill enacted in July 2025 as helping workers by aggressively promoting ...

Recent policy choices by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans have made the tax system less effective at ...

SNAP participation nationwide fell by 2.5 million people (6 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and December of ...

People across the country are losing vital grocery benefits as states grapple with a difficult SNAP landscape, following deep ...

Most claims about interstate tax migration are grossly exaggerated. A robust body of evidence shows people are not primarily ...

New open enrollment data for 2026 show that people are paying much more for marketplace coverage following the expiration of ...

President Trump’s 2027 budget, released today, isn’t a serious plan to address real issues facing families and the nation. It ...

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 ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, Social Security, and food assistance.