10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJuly 3, 2025 10 Egregious Things You May Not Know About the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Congressional Republicans’ radical budget and tax bill includes several less-known provisions that will increase costs, fuel the Trump administration’s overreach, and waste taxpayer dollars. Jul 3, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Natasha Murphy, 9 More Kierra B. Jones, Andrés Argüello, Lily Roberts, Kyle Ross, Michael Sozan, Silva Mathema, Sara Partridge, Paige Shoemaker DeMio, Corey Husak
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich ArticleJune 13, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill Act Would Ravage Regions Won by Donald Trump While Giving Tax Breaks to the Rich Cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy tax credits would devastate people in communities that voted for President Donald Trump. Jun 13, 2025 Kierra B. Jones, Andrea Ducas, Kyle Ross, 6 More Lily Roberts, Lucero Marquez, Jamie Friedman, Colin Seeberger, Kennedy Andara, Andrés Argüello
State Estimates of Increases in Homeowner and Small-Business Borrowing Costs Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ArticleJune 3, 2025 State Estimates of Increases in Homeowner and Small-Business Borrowing Costs Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act The “big, beautiful bill” passed by House Republicans in reconciliation is expected to significantly increase U.S. government debt, driving up interest rates for borrowers—including families taking out a mortgage or people growing their own businesses. Jun 3, 2025 Natalie Baker, Sara Estep
The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District ArticleMay 21, 2025 The Devastating Harms of House Republicans’ Big, ‘Beautiful’ Bill by State and Congressional District Estimates for the increase in number of uninsured people by 2034; how many people could lose some or all SNAP benefits; and the number of jobs at risk due to elimination of clean energy tax credits under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act. May 21, 2025 Colin Seeberger, Andrea Ducas, Lily Roberts, 3 More Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Kennedy Andara, Kyle Ross
House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District ArticleMay 15, 2025 House Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts and Associated Lives Lost by Congressional District Proposals to impose work requirements on Medicaid expansion enrollees would cause large coverage losses and hundreds of avoidable deaths each year in many congressional districts. May 15, 2025 Natasha Murphy, Andrea Ducas
Congressional Republicans’ Tax Legislation Would Massively Increase Federal Debt, Even With Enormous Spending Cuts ArticleMay 15, 2025 Congressional Republicans’ Tax Legislation Would Massively Increase Federal Debt, Even With Enormous Spending Cuts The legislation would heavily benefit the wealthy while substantially increasing costs for American households. May 15, 2025 Alan Cohen
Congressional Republicans’ Reconciliation Plan Could Cost a Working-Class Family Thousands More Per Year ArticleMay 14, 2025 Congressional Republicans’ Reconciliation Plan Could Cost a Working-Class Family Thousands More Per Year The budget legislation would gut programs for health care, food, and energy while giving enormous tax breaks to billionaires. May 14, 2025 Emily Gee, Sara Partridge, Kyle Ross, 1 More Colin Seeberger
House Republicans’ Tax Bill Is Full of New Loopholes for the Ultrawealthy ArticleMay 13, 2025 House Republicans’ Tax Bill Is Full of New Loopholes for the Ultrawealthy A new House Republican proposal would give wasteful tax breaks to the wealthiest Americans, while gutting programs that help others meet their basic needs. May 13, 2025 Colin Seeberger
The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich ArticleMay 12, 2025 The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans. May 12, 2025 Bobby Kogan
The House Republican SNAP Cuts Would Take Food From Hungry Families ArticleMay 12, 2025 The House Republican SNAP Cuts Would Take Food From Hungry Families The U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s budget proposal would cut assistance for all SNAP recipients—not “waste, fraud, and abuse.” May 12, 2025 Kyle Ross
The GOP’s plan could throw millions off Medicaid — and that’s just the start In the NewsMay 12, 2025 The GOP’s plan could throw millions off Medicaid — and that’s just the start In an op-ed published by MSNBC, Andrea Ducas explains how disastrous House Republicans’ Medicaid work requirements proposal would be. May 12, 2025 MSNBC Andrea Ducas
The Fiscal Impact of DOGE’s IRS Layoffs Past EventMay 12, 2025 The Fiscal Impact of DOGE’s IRS Layoffs Please join the Center for American Progress for an event featuring former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and an expert panel on the importance of adequate funding for tax enforcement and administration in the federal budget. Online only May 12, 2025
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