Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Trump Plan to End Free ‘Direct File’ Program and Rely on For-Profit Tax Preparers Is a Mistake

The Trump Administration announced it is ending the IRS’s free tax filing program, Direct File, even though independent ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Treasury Should Reject Lobbying Efforts to Further Weaken Corporate Minimum Tax

Industry groups are lobbying the Treasury Department to create a special exemption from the corporate minimum tax — enacted ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Trump Administration’s Legally Dubious Misuse of Social Security Data Risks Disenfranchising Eligible Voters

Friday, December 12 is the deadline for public comments on a policy the Trump Administration secretly adopted in May, giving ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

How to Evaluate Proposals to Address Expiring Premium Tax Credit Enhancements

With just weeks to go until the premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements expire — which would increase Affordable Care Act (ACA) ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

A Balanced Budget Amendment Doesn’t Change the Math

Addressing the nation’s long-term fiscal problems with any constitutional amendment to require annual balanced budgets would ...
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Marketplace Enrollees In Every Congressional District Face Steep Premium Increases Unless Tax Credit Enhancements Are Extended

Annual premium increase, 60-year-old couple with income of $85,000 (401% FPL), by congressional district, 119th Congress Note: FPL = federal poverty level. Examples are based on 2026 average ...
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Trump Administration Abruptly Cut Off Highly Effective Support for Disabled People Experiencing Homelessness

The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize ...
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Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment Rules Lay Framework for Program Improvements States Can Still Adopt, Despite Moratorium

As part of historic cuts to Medicaid that will take health coverage away from millions, the Republican megabill enacted in July places a ten-year moratorium on implementing portions of two recently ...
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Resources on Harmful Republican Megabill

The harmful Republican megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, takes food assistance and health care away from millions of people while showering ever larger tax breaks on the ...
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The Trump Administration Is Threatening Libraries, Museums, and Other Nonprofits That Support the Arts, Humanities, and Learning

The Trump Administration is attacking federal support for thousands of community libraries, museums, and other nonprofits that support the arts, humanities, and learning, diminishing programs and ...
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House Republican Tax Bill Extends — and Expands — Costly Tax Breaks for the Wealthy

Wealthy heirs, owners of multimillion-dollar partnerships, and private equity investors would be among the big winners from the expanded tax breaks for wealthy households in the House Republican tax ...
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House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families

House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families More Than 2 Million Children Live in Households That Would Lose at ...