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The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation's premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- a...
Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses how Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan would affect Medicare.
Erica Williams, Policy Analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses how proposed budgets put forth by many governors would great...
Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, discusses how Medicaid block grant proposals would harm seniors, children, and people with dis...
Liz McNichol, Senior Fellow with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses the facts about state and local workers: who they are, what the...
Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, and Dottie Rosenbaum, Senior Analyst, discuss the Work Support Strategies Initiative...
The jobs report for February is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Nick Johnson, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy discusses the budget situation in Wisconsin.
James Horney, the Center's Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.
Erica Williams, policy analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses troubling trends in governors' new budget proposals.
The jobs report for January is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what the Commerce Department's new report on gross domestic product means for the econom...
Senior advisor Iris Lav discusses misconceptions concerning bond debt, pensions and other challenges facing states.
Senior Fellow Paul Van de Water discusses myths about health reform's impact on jobs and the deficit.
Jim Horney, the Center's Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the new budget rules in the U.S. House of Representatives.
The jobs report for December is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Director of the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, talks about cuts to the safety net despite the ris...
Michael Leachman, Assistant Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses the latest information showing that the Recovery Act is...
Senior Policy Analyst Doug Rice discusses proposed funding cuts that could cause tens of thousands of low-income families to lose housing as...
The jobs report for November is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses the expiration of federal emergency unemployment benefits and what it means for millions...
Senior Policy Analyst Dottie Rosenbaum discusses the findings of the US Department of Agriculture's report on food insecurity that was relea...
Jim Horney, the Center's director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the key issues facing Congress during the lame duck session that began...
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what's at stake if Congress fails to renew the federal emergency unemployment benefits p...
The jobs report for October is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Jon Shure, the Deputy Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses how in some states people will vote today on ballot initiativ...
Policy Analyst Phil Oliff discusses how states are still struggling to deal with the steep decline in revenues brought on by the recession.
Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses the news that seniors won't receive a cost-of-living-adjustment to their Social Security benefit...
Senior Researcher Arloc Sherman discusses deep poverty and how it affects families.
The jobs report for September is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses some basic information about the Social Security trust funds.
Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses how federal programs are affected by the start of the new fiscal year.
January Angeles, Policy Analyst, discusses an important milestone for the health reform law that will take place this week.
Arloc Sherman, Senior Researcher in the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, discusses what to look for in the Census Bureau...
Chuck Marr, the Center's Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses the current status of the estate tax.
The jobs report for August is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Chuck Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses the debate about taxes that will take center stage when Congress returns after Labor D...
Senior Fellow Liz McNichol discusses why some states have ended their fiscal year with budgets in the black even as the state budget crisis...
Senior Fellow Paul Van de Water discusses how Social Security helps to reduce poverty.
Policy Analyst January Angeles discusses how the new health reform law strengthens Medicare and protects seniors.
The jobs report for July is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Chuck Marr, the Center's Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses why letting the high-income tax cuts expire is the proper response to the...
Health Policy Analyst Sarah Lueck discusses the great news that millions of Americans will soon be able to receive preventive health care se...
Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, Director of the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, discusses how states are using the TANF Emergency...
Policy Analyst Phil Oliff discusses what the new fiscal year brings for states.
Senior Advisor Iris Lav discusses property taxes, and good and bad ways to address concerns about rising property tax bills.
The jobs report for June is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Health Policy Analyst Sarah Lueck discusses a provision in the new health reform law that will start helping young adults this fall.
Unemployment Insurance, a critical program that helps workers who lose their jobs and strengthens the economy, is discussed by Chief Economi...
Zoë Neuberger, Senior Policy Analyst, discusses the federal food and nutrition program for women, infants and children known as WIC, and the...
The latest information showing that the Recovery Act is creating jobs and the need to extend more aid to states is discussed by Senior Polic...