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 ...

Non-elderly adults without children, one of the largest demographic groups in the United States, are left out of many economic and health security programs that are effective at reducing poverty and ...

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 ...

Costing well over $100 billion a year, tax incentives for retirement plans such as pensions, 401(k)s, and individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are one of the largest federal tax expenditures. Yet ...

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 ...