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• In Case You Missed It… 5/24/2013
• Subsidies Will Help Low- and Moderate-Income People Afford Health Coverage 5/24/2013
• Three Reasons Why Killing the Corporate Income Tax Is a Terrible Idea 5/24/2013
• North Carolina Lawmakers Chart the Wrong Course 5/23/2013
• Enrollment Assistance Under Health Reform Has Roots in Other Successful Programs 5/23/2013
• Health Reform Won’t Cripple Medicare Advantage, Latest CBO Estimates Show 5/23/2013
• Questions About Apple’s Tax Strategy Highlight Risks of a Territorial Tax System 5/22/2013
• Senator Vitter Offers — and Senate Democrats Accept — Stunning Amendment With Racially Tinged Impacts 5/22/2013
• Critics of Obama Tax Subsidy Proposal Miss Key Points 5/21/2013
• Minnesota’s Tax Plan a Recipe for Future Growth 5/21/2013
• Fears of Widespread “Rate Shock” Unfounded 5/20/2013
• Projected Medicare and Medicaid Spending Has Fallen by $900 Billion 5/20/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 5/17/2013
• SNAP Enrollment Is Still So High Because the Job Market Is Still So Bad 5/17/2013
• New Renters’ Credit Should Complement Existing Housing Development Credit 5/16/2013
• Health Reform Moves Forward as House Votes (Again) to Repeal 5/16/2013
• Distribution Estimates Critical to Tax Reform Efforts 5/16/2013
• Facts on SNAP, Part 4: SNAP Responded to the Recession and Will Shrink as the Economy Improves 5/15/2013
• Coming Cuts to Safety Net Hospitals Reinforce Importance of Medicaid Expansion 5/14/2013
• House Agriculture Committee Proposal Would Force 2 Million People Off SNAP 5/14/2013
• North Carolina Should Reinstate Its EITC 5/13/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 5/10/2013
• Working-Family Tax Credits Lift Millions of Mothers — and Children — Out of Poverty 5/10/2013
• The Facts on SNAP, Part 3: SNAP Is Efficient 5/10/2013
• “Debt Prioritization” = Default by Another Name 5/9/2013
• Van de Water: Health Insurance Tax Part of Health Reform’s Carefully Designed Structure 5/9/2013
• The Facts on SNAP, Part 2: SNAP Supports Work 5/9/2013
• Health Reform Opponents Push Medicaid “Reforms” That Would Undermine Medicaid Expansion 5/9/2013
• State Policymakers Can Better Support All Women By Expanding Medicaid 5/9/2013
• What You Need to Know About International Tax Reform Options 5/9/2013
• The Facts on SNAP, Part 1: SNAP Provides Modest Benefits to Vulnerable People 5/8/2013
• The Case for Fairer Sales Tax Rules 5/7/2013
• New Study from Treasury Analysts Highlights Risk of Corporate Tax Reform Trap 5/7/2013
• Bernstein Debates State Taxes and Economic Growth: Live 5/7/2013
• Bernstein: How to Reconnect Economic Growth and Jobs 5/6/2013
• After Reinhart-Rogoff, Reflections on the Relationship Between U.S. Debt and Economic Growth 5/6/2013
• In Case You Missed It…. 5/3/2013
• Today’s Jobs Report in Pictures 5/3/2013
• Oregon Medicaid Study Strengthens — Not Weakens — Case to Expand Medicaid 5/3/2013
• SNAP Will Take a Hit Even Before the Farm Bill Battle Begins 5/2/2013
• Why the FAA Vote Isn’t a Model for Dealing with Sequestration 5/2/2013
• Three Facts About EITC Overpayments 5/1/2013
• Tax Reform Reality Check 4/30/2013
• Revenue-Neutral Tax Reform: The Road to Nowhere on Deficit Reduction 4/30/2013
• User-Friendly Applications Will Help Uninsured Gain Coverage 4/30/2013
• Friedman and Parrott: The President’s Budget Achieves Substantial Deficit Reduction and Largely Protects Low-Income Americans 4/29/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 4/26/2013
• Congress Addresses Flight Delays But Leaves Other Sequestration Problems Unsolved 4/26/2013
• Not Much “Shock” in CareFirst’s Proposed 2014 Maryland Health Insurance Rates 4/25/2013
• Swapping State Income Taxes for Bigger Sales Taxes Would Make Tax Systems Even Less Fair 4/25/2013
• Medicaid Expansion Would Not Collapse Private Insurance 4/24/2013
• Obama’s Medicare Savings Are Bigger Than You May Think 4/24/2013
• Fairer Sales Tax Rules Take a Big Step Forward 4/23/2013
• How Would the Chained CPI Affect Social Security Benefits? 4/23/2013
• Looking for Common Ground in the State Income Tax Debate 4/22/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 4/19/2013
• President Obama’s 2014 Budget — Holding Ground for HUD in Tight Times 4/19/2013
• Want More Low-Income Workers to Have Health Coverage? Expand Medicaid. 4/19/2013
• Five Strategies to Smooth Out the Ups and Downs of State Tax Dollars 4/18/2013
• Benefits of the Earned Income Tax Credit Extend to the Next Generation 4/17/2013
• SSI: Helping the Poorest Elderly and Disabled Americans 4/16/2013
• Bernstein on the Minimum Wage 4/16/2013
• President’s Budget Leaves Little Room for Further Compromise 4/16/2013
• Helping Consumers Choose the Right Health Plan Under Health Reform 4/16/2013
• Not So Hale and Hearty: Explaining Disability Rates in One Alabama County 4/15/2013
• Volunteers Help Low-Income Families Meet the Tax Day Deadline 4/15/2013
• Proposal to Delay DSH Cuts No Reason Not to Expand Medicaid 4/15/2013
• Tax Day Roundup 4/15/2013
• Top Five State Tax Charts 4/15/2013
• Top 10 Federal Tax Charts 4/15/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 4/12/2013
• The Basics of Following the Money, Updated 4/12/2013
• Debating Foreign Tax Havens 4/12/2013
• Four Governors Whose Radical Tax Plans Have Taken a Beating (and Why They’re Not Giving Up Yet) 4/12/2013
• Federal Income Taxes on Middle-Income Americans Near Historic Lows 4/12/2013
• A Closer Look at the President’s Budget 4/11/2013
• Brownback’s Claims Wilt Under Scrutiny 4/11/2013
• President’s Budget Affirms That Washington Will Pay Nearly All the Costs of Expanding Medicaid 4/10/2013
• Greenstein on the Obama Budget 4/10/2013
• New Study Makes Headlines About “Rate Shock” But Sows Confusion 4/10/2013
• Pros and Cons on the Chained CPI 4/9/2013
• Most Deficit Savings Have Come from Program Cuts 4/9/2013
• Who’s Serious About Getting a Budget Deal? 4/8/2013
• Dynamic Scoring: Still a Bad Idea 4/8/2013
• In Case You Missed It…. 4/5/2013
• Some (Relatively) Good News in Today’s Jobs Report 4/5/2013
• Ryan Budget, Not Medicaid, Creates a Two-Tiered Health Care System 4/5/2013
• Today’s Jobs Report in Pictures 4/5/2013
• It’s Time to Fix the Broken Mortgage Interest Tax Break 4/4/2013
• No Surprise: Disability Beneficiaries Experience High Death Rates 4/4/2013
• Administration Did Not Reverse a Proposed New Cut to Medicare Advantage Plans 4/3/2013
• “Tax Freedom Day” Analysis Can Give a Misleading Impression of Tax Burdens 4/2/2013
• Sequestration Threatens to Cut Rental Assistance to 140,000 Families 4/2/2013
• Four Reasons Not to Move to Biennial Budgeting 4/2/2013
• Bernstein on Investing in Public Goods 4/1/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 3/29/2013
• New York High Court Upholds the State’s “Amazon Law” 3/29/2013
• Avoiding the Corporate Tax Reform Trap 3/29/2013
• Economics of Risky Tax Proposals Don’t Add Up 3/29/2013
• State Eligibility Changes Not Major Factor in SNAP’s Growth 3/28/2013
• The Tax Code’s Foreign Tilt 3/28/2013
• Purchasing Power of TANF Benefits Fell Further in 2012 3/28/2013
• SSI Provides Critical Support for Disabled Kids and Their Families 3/27/2013
• The Ryan Budget’s Huge Cost Shift to States 3/27/2013
• The State of Disability 3/26/2013
• Senate Calls for Level Playing Field for Main Street Retailers 3/25/2013
• The Facts About Disability Insurance 3/25/2013
• Claim About Health Reform “Rate Shock” Is “Unfounded,” Urban Analysis Finds 3/25/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 3/22/2013
• Ryan Roundup 2013: Everything You Need to Know About Chairman Ryan’s Latest Budget 3/22/2013
• States Have Hiked College Tuition to Compensate For Cuts 3/22/2013
• Ryan Budget Would Make Safety Net Less Effective in Promoting and Supporting Work 3/22/2013
• Big Cuts in State Income Taxes Aren’t a Ticket to Stronger Growth 3/21/2013
• Putting Housing Money Where the Need Is 3/21/2013
• Why Balancing the Budget Over the Next Decade Isn’t the Right Goal 3/20/2013
• Setting the Record Straight: Safety Net Dollars Go to People — Not Red Tape 3/20/2013
• The Ryan Budget’s Skewed Tax Cuts 3/20/2013
• Ruffing: Pending Insolvency of Disability Insurance Expected and Should Be Addressed 3/20/2013
• Charges Against Murray Budget on Deficit Reduction and Spending Cuts Don’t Stand Up Under Scrutiny 3/19/2013
• Greenstein Op-Ed: The Best Approach for Deficit Reduction 3/19/2013
• Adding Up Five Years of State Higher Ed Cuts 3/19/2013
• Ryan Budget’s SNAP Cuts Even Deeper Than We Thought 3/19/2013
• Three Facts: What SNAP Means for Families and Communities 3/18/2013
• The Ryan Budget’s Nearly $6 Trillion Revenue Hole 3/18/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 3/15/2013
• Two-Thirds of Ryan’s Cuts Would Come from Low- and Moderate-Income Programs 3/15/2013
• Three Big Changes to Medicare in the Ryan Budget 3/15/2013
• Ryan Budget Again Includes a Medicaid Block Grant That Would Add Millions to the Ranks of the Uninsured and Underinsured 3/15/2013
• Comparing the Murray and Ryan Budgets 3/14/2013
• Ryan Budget Hits Non-Defense Discretionary Funding Far More Than Sequestration Does 3/14/2013
• Yes, the Ryan Budget Is Contractionary 3/14/2013
• Ryan Budget Would Slash SNAP 3/14/2013
• Just the Basics on Deficits and Debt (and Interest) 3/13/2013
• Greenstein on the Ryan Budget 3/12/2013
• Why Deficit Reduction Must Protect Effective Low-Income Programs 3/11/2013
• Projected Medicaid Spending Has Fallen by More Than $200 Billion 3/11/2013
• Failure to Fund Disability Reviews Is Penny Wise and Pound Foolish 3/11/2013
• Refuting, Once Again, the Medicare Part D Myth 3/11/2013
• State Pension Plans on the Rebound 3/11/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 3/8/2013
• State Jobs Picture Darker Than We Thought 3/8/2013
• Seven Other Important Numbers from Today’s Jobs Report 3/8/2013
• Sequestration’s Bad News for Low-Income Housing 3/8/2013
• Today’s Jobs Report in Pictures 3/8/2013
• Senate Should Give More Departments — Not Just Defense and Veterans Affairs — Updated Funding Levels 3/7/2013
• Bernstein: Why Future Budget Deals Must Include New Revenues 3/6/2013
• Sequestration Could Deny Nutrition Support to Up to 750,000 At-Risk Low-Income Women and Children 3/5/2013
• Don’t Forget Ryan’s Budget of Last Year 3/5/2013
• Bernstein: Tax Expenditures Offer a Useful Way Forward on Deficit Reduction 3/5/2013
• OMB Announces Amounts of Budget Cuts Under Sequestration 3/4/2013
• Three Reasons Why Unused Funds Aren’t a Painless Source of Deficit Savings 3/4/2013
• TANF Provided a Weak Safety Net During and After Recession 3/4/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 3/1/2013
• Raising the Minimum Wage Is Good Economic Policy 3/1/2013
• No, the Administration Isn’t Proposing New Cuts in Medicare Advantage Payments 3/1/2013
• Tax Cuts and Wars Will Continue to Fuel Debt Through the Decade 3/1/2013
• Video: Why Tax Expenditure Reform Should Be Part of Deficit Reduction 3/1/2013
• 5 Ways TANF Work Requirements Could Better Promote Work 2/28/2013
• Inhofe Proposal Fails to Address Key Sequestration Problems 2/28/2013
• Recession, Past Policies Continue to Drive Deficits 2/28/2013
• More States See Advantages to Expanding Medicaid in 2014 2/27/2013
• A Two-Pronged Approach to Tax Expenditure Reform 2/27/2013
• Sequestration Would Deny Nutrition Support to At-Risk Low-Income Women and Children 2/27/2013
• The Two Sequestrations Coming Next Month 2/26/2013
• A Bipartisan Call for More Help for Low-Income Renters 2/26/2013
• Sequestration’s Impact: It’s Real 2/25/2013
• The Deeply Flawed Sessions Report on Safety Net Spending 2/25/2013
• In Case You Missed It…. 2/22/2013
• Both Sides Have Offered Higher Revenues Than Those in Fiscal Cliff Deal 2/22/2013
• A Look at the New Simpson-Bowles Plan 2/22/2013
• Exchanges Will Offer Consumers Better Choices in Every State 2/21/2013
• After Cutting Jobless Benefits, North Carolina Takes Aim at Working-Family Tax Credit 2/21/2013
• New Guide to Help Families Use Housing Vouchers to Move to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods 2/20/2013
• Minimum Wage Proposal an Essential Step Toward Making Work Pay 2/20/2013
• Projected Medicare Spending Has Fallen by More than $500 Billion 2/19/2013
• Want to Help Small Businesses? First, Do No Harm 2/19/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 2/15/2013
• Looming Cuts Threaten Housing Programs 2/15/2013
• Growing Tax Avoidance by Multinationals Undermines Competition, OECD Warns 2/15/2013
• North Carolina’s Costly Cut in Jobless Benefits 2/14/2013
• States Face Four Big Budget Threats 2/14/2013
• SNAP Responded as Designed to Economic Hardship 2/13/2013
• Greenstein on Deficit Reduction and the Safety Net 2/13/2013
• Austerity Still Bites 2/12/2013
• The Misguided Medicare “Trigger” 2/12/2013
• ALEC’s Radical Tax and Budget Agenda 2/12/2013
• How Big Are the Automatic “Sequestration” Cuts Scheduled for March 1? 2/11/2013
• Why Raising the Medicare Age Would Be a Step Backward 2/11/2013
• $1.5 Trillion More in Deficit Savings Would Stabilize Debt Over Coming Decade 2/11/2013
• In Case You Missed It… 2/8/2013
• Building a Better TANF Program 2/8/2013
• SNAP Beneficiaries Face a “Food Cliff” in November 2/8/2013
• Tax Hike Won’t Drive Millionaires from California 2/7/2013
• New Tax Credits Blunt Insurance Premium Increases for Young Adults 2/7/2013
• Working Family Tax Credits Deserve Bipartisan Praise — and Action 2/7/2013
• Greenstein: Safety Net Lifts Millions Out of Poverty and Has Positive Long-Term Effects 2/6/2013
• Closing Costly Tax Loopholes Is No “Gimmick” 2/5/2013
• Bernstein: Don’t Let Deficit Focus Crowd Out Education and Job Creation 2/5/2013
• Important Improvements to Two Key Tax Credits, Explained 2/4/2013
• In Case You Missed it…. 2/1/2013

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