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JAMA Research Letter: Emergency Medicaid Spending for Undocumented Immigrants in the US
October 9, 2025
Proponents of the Budget Reconciliation Law of 2025 state that its trillion-dollar cuts to Medicaid will only affect care for groups whom they argue should not be receiving it, such as undocumented immigrants. Federal law, however, already prohibits undocumented immigrants from qualifying for comprehensive Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace options under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]
Florida Policy Institute: Challenges Ahead: What Census Data Reveals about the Wealth Gap and Uninsured Rate as Florida Braces for H.R. 1
October 9, 2025
The Census Bureau’s data provides a baseline for understanding the realities Floridians face. These reports show that while taxes and transfers play a measurable role in reducing inequality and limiting hardship, gains remain uneven — particularly for children. The passage of H.R. 1 threatens to widen these gaps by locking in benefits for the wealthiest […]
Testimony: ITEP’s Eli Byerly-Duke Discusses Oklahoma’s Child Tax Credit in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee Hearing
October 8, 2025
On September 30, 2025, ITEP Policy Analyst Eli Byerly-Duke appeared before Oklahoma’s Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee to discuss potential improvements to the state’s Child Tax Credit. Check out his slide deck here. Read a press release about the hearing here.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Letter to Joint Committee on Taxation on Bonus Depreciation
September 29, 2025
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. In addition to ripping away health care coverage and food assistance from millions of Americans, this bill enacted numerous massive tax breaks for big corporations, including the permanent extension of 100% bonus depreciation. I write to seek more information […]
Rep. Steve Cohen: Congressmen Cohen and Beyer and Senator Wyden Introduce the Billionaire Income Tax Act
September 18, 2025
WASHINGTON – Congressmen Steve Cohen (TN-9) and Don Beyer (VA-8) and Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced bicameral Billionaire Income Tax Act bills in an effort to establish a level of fairness in federal taxation and prevent millionaires and billionaires (and one prospective trillionaire) from avoiding significant liability. The measure would tax wealth gains as […]
Rep. James E. Clyburn: Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Steals from the Poor, Gives to the Rich
September 18, 2025
The Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that in 2026, South Carolina’s wealthiest 1%—those making over $782,500 a year—will receive an average tax cut of $68,260, while the lowest-income residents, earning under $23,200, will face an average tax increase of $30, in addition to steep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP. Read more.
Americans for Tax Fairness: Public Interest Groups Back Billionaires Income Tax to Establish Fairness and Invest in Families, Not the Ultrawealthy
September 18, 2025
Today, dozens of public interest organizations representing millions of Americans announced their strong support for the Billionaires Income Tax (BIT), introduced by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), Rep. Donald Beyer (D-VA), and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN). The legislation would finally ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share in taxes—just like working families who contribute out […]
West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy: “One Big Beautiful Bill’s” Tax Provisions a Bad Deal for WV (Unless You’re Rich)
September 18, 2025
Proponents of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (HR 1), including all four of West Virginia’s members of Congress, have repeatedly touted the tax provisions of the legislation as benefiting most or all West Virginia families. The WVCBP has already covered in detail how the SNAP and Medicaid provisions of HR 1 are particularly harmful for West Virginians […]
Washington Center for Equitable Growth: How U.S. tax policies have fueled right-wing populism
September 18, 2025
Among the many factors fueling support for right-wing populism in the United States is federal tax policies. The nation’s tax system confuses, frustrates, and angers many citizens in ways that leave them vulnerable to populist appeals from the right. A mismatch between how the federal tax system works in theory and how it works in […]
New Jersey Policy Perspective: Freedom from Want: An Economic Guarantee for New Jersey’s Kids
September 11, 2025
All children in New Jersey deserve the freedom to grow up safe, healthy, and free from poverty.
House Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats: Ranking Member Scott Statement on the 2025 Nation’s Report Card
September 10, 2025
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that this new private school voucher program could cost $56 billion per year—more than all current federal K-12 spending combined.
House Committee on Education & Workforce Democrats: Ranking Member Bonamici Opening Remarks at ECESE Subcommittee Hearing on Reading and Math in K-12 Schools
September 4, 2025
An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that this new private school voucher program could cost $56 billion per year—more than all current federal K-12 spending combined.
Economic Policy Institute: Unions Aren’t Just Good for Workers—They Also Benefit Communities and Democracy
August 20, 2025
Rebuilding worker power by strengthening unions is not just good policy—it is a democratic imperative in the face of authoritarian backsliding.
Hawai’i Appleseed: Incoming Federal Tax Cuts Will Heavily Favor Hawaiʻi’s Wealthiest Residents
August 7, 2025
Recently-signed federal legislation will cut taxes for the wealthy. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) analysis of the Senate Reconciliation Bill—promoted as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—has found that its tax provisions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthiest Americans, while offering less relief to working families.
New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute: New Federal Reconciliation Law Reduces Taxes, Health Access, and Food Assistance Supports for Granite Staters
August 6, 2025
The new federal reconciliation law, signed on July 4, 2025, makes significant changes to programs that will impact Granite Staters. These changes include direct interactions with individuals and families, including reducing taxes for most residents, particularly those with higher incomes, and limiting access to both health services and food assistance. The new law also impacts the financial outlooks for both the State and federal governments, which may affect subsequent policy choices and services.
United Ways of California: The Economic Impact of Immigrants in California
August 5, 2025
Communities across California are feeling the effects of immigration raids and mass deportation efforts, both in the fabric of their communities as well as their economies. Actions and threats against employees, jobs, and neighbors will have a profound impact on our state and nation in both the short and long term. Here, we delve deeper into one aspect of why by discussing the impact immigrants have on our economy.
Center for American Progress: 2024 Findings Reveal What’s at Stake for Recipients and the United States
August 5, 2025
The 10th annual DACA survey illustrates the positive contributions that DACA recipients have made to America and reveals the significant, widespread disruptions that would result from ending DACA, highlighting more than ever the need for congressional action to provide pathways to citizenship for recipients.
State Innovation Exchange: Funding Our Futures Despite Trump’s Big Ugly Megabill
July 29, 2025
Trump’s Big Ugly Megabill is a budget dream come true for billionaires and corporate lobbyists and a nightmare for states. The nearly 900-page bill poses brutal consequences, especially for working class people.
League of Women Voters: What Is the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and Its Impact?
July 28, 2025
On July 4th, the President signed into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), a nearly 1,000-page bill that changes federal spending levels by stripping tens of millions of our most vulnerable neighbors of their health care and nutrition.
Maine Center for Economic Policy: How Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” Further Enriches the Rich and Immiserates the Poor
July 25, 2025
Though some of the details of the OBBBA were altered in the Senate from its original House-passed version, the overall impact remained largely the same: tax cuts for the rich, little change for the middle class, and punishing cuts for the poor.
Georgia Budget & Policy Institute: Historic Federal Tax Shift Benefits Wealthiest, Grows Deficit and Exacerbates Georgia’s Rural Challenges
July 18, 2025
In H.R. 1, the federal reconciliation bill, the federal government shirks its responsibility to Georgians, leaving the state to continue to support Georgians with fewer resources.
Demos: The Reconciliation Bill Is a Brazen Betrayal of Present and Future Generations
July 16, 2025
The passage of the inaptly named “One Big Beautiful Bill” is a loss for the country, not just because of immediate cost and economic harm it will cause families but because of the future we’re giving up. Slashing funding for programs that support individual and community well-being in order to cut taxes for the wealthy elite will most directly and immediately harm households with the fewest resources, but ultimately, everyone will lose out on a better future.
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies: Joint Center Launches 2025 Tax Advisory Committee
July 15, 2025
Today, the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies officially launched its 2025 Tax Policy Advisory Committee. This committee will play a critical role in informing the Joint Center’s tax research, helping shape public discourse around tax policy issues affecting Black communities, and contributing to efforts to close the racial wealth divide.
Florida Policy Institute: What Floridians Should Know About the FY 2025-26 Tax Package
July 11, 2025
Once again, policymakers are pursuing tax cuts and plan to pay for them with budget cuts. All the while, three-quarters of Florida prisons do not provide A/C; over 2.5 million Floridians are without health coverage; thousands of homebound adults and disabled individuals are stuck on long waitlists for home and community-based care; and the state’s affordable housing crisis continues.
The Bell Policy Center: Colorado’s Rural Communities Will Suffer from the Federal Budget Bill
July 11, 2025
It’s been widely acknowledged that the bill’s benefits and burdens will be unequally felt. Yet, within these analyses, impacts on the urban-rural divide are often overlooked. As we detail below, the federal bill is likely to worsen the economic well-being of rural Colorado while providing substantial benefit to affluent suburban and mountain resort communities.
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