Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Families Across U.S. Feeling Pain as Anniversary of 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Approaches

The Republicans’ harmful megabill was enacted on July 4, 2025. As the law’s one-year anniversary approaches, families across ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

As Millions Lose SNAP, Senate Farm Bill Proposal Ignores Urgent Need to Protect Food Assistance for Low-Income Families

The farm bill proposal released today by Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman ignores the rapidly worsening hunger ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

Five Reasons HSAs Aren’t the Answer to the Health Care Affordability Crisis

In the wake of their actions that have worsened health care affordability, President Trump and some in Congress have pushed ...
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Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States’ First-Ever Bill for SNAP Benefits Could Cost Billions

An emergency is unfolding across the country with millions of people losing the help they need to afford groceries, and the harm will only worsen unless Congress acts.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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 ...