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
The Fiscal Impact of IRS Staffing Cuts ArticleMay 12, 2025 The Fiscal Impact of IRS Staffing Cuts New research from the Center for American Progress shows that the Trump administration’s cuts to the IRS could cost the government nearly $1 trillion over the next decade. May 12, 2025 Sara Estep, Lawrence H. Summers
Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Would Increase Uninsurance Among Manufacturing, Agricultural, and Service Workers ArticleMay 9, 2025 Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements Would Increase Uninsurance Among Manufacturing, Agricultural, and Service Workers Congressional Republicans’ proposals to impose work reporting requirements would result in a combined 3.4 million manufacturing, agricultural, and service workers per year losing Medicaid coverage. May 9, 2025 Brian Keyser, Natasha Murphy
Why Trump’s Pronatalist Agenda Is Actually Anti-Motherhood In the NewsMay 9, 2025 Why Trump’s Pronatalist Agenda Is Actually Anti-Motherhood In an op-ed for Ms. Magazine, Sara Estep discusses how President Trump and Vice President Vance’s pronatalist agenda is actually at odds with what mothers and their families need to thrive. May 9, 2025 Ms. Magazine Sara Estep
Point: Deception and Destruction — Musk and DOGE’s Real Goal In the NewsMay 8, 2025 Point: Deception and Destruction — Musk and DOGE’s Real Goal In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Ben Olinsky argues that DOGE’s sweeping cuts are deliberately destroying the parts of government Americans rely on for basic services and protections. May 8, 2025 InsideSources Ben Olinsky
Opinion: How Trump’s push to privatize Medicare would be a disaster for seniors In the NewsMay 6, 2025 Opinion: How Trump’s push to privatize Medicare would be a disaster for seniors In an op-ed published by MarketWatch, Andrea Ducas and David Lipschutz explain why the Trump administration wants to make Medicare Advantage the default enrollment for all Medicare recipients and how doing so would devastate Americans' wallets. May 6, 2025 MarketWatch Andrea Ducas, David Lipschutz
The Congressional Republican Budget Plan Will Hurt Americans’ Wallets ArticleMay 5, 2025 The Congressional Republican Budget Plan Will Hurt Americans’ Wallets Congressional Republicans are gearing up to pass their budget reconciliation legislation in the coming months—a plan that gives tax cuts disproportionately to the rich while raising costs on everyday Americans. May 5, 2025 Lucero Marquez, Natalie Baker
How Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans Will Spike Health Insurance Premiums for Older Adults ArticleMay 1, 2025 How Congressional Republicans’ Health Care Plans Will Spike Health Insurance Premiums for Older Adults Congressional Republican plans to slash Medicaid funding and allow the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to expire will significantly raise insurance costs for older Americans with marketplace coverage. May 1, 2025 Natasha Murphy, Andrea Ducas, Kennedy Andara, 1 More Brian Keyser
The Latest House Republican Car Tax Proposal Would Impose New Annual Costs on American Families ArticleApril 30, 2025 The Latest House Republican Car Tax Proposal Would Impose New Annual Costs on American Families The inefficient and inequitable proposed car tax will only cover 34 percent of the shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund. Apr 30, 2025 Leo Banks, Lucero Marquez
100 Days of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy: Global Chaos, American Weakness, and Human Suffering ReportApril 24, 2025 100 Days of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Policy: Global Chaos, American Weakness, and Human Suffering In only 100 days, the Trump administration has wrought chaos around the world and weakened the United States’ place in it—leaving the American people and billions of others worldwide to pay the price. Apr 24, 2025 Allison McManus, Ryan Mulholland, Andrew Miller, 3 More Dan Herman, Robert Benson, Courtney Federico
Moving Federal Student Loans From the Department of Education to the Small Business Administration Would Make Borrowing Riskier ReportApril 17, 2025 Moving Federal Student Loans From the Department of Education to the Small Business Administration Would Make Borrowing Riskier A Trump administration proposal to end the Education Department’s administration of federal student loans will have significant consequences for student loan borrowers and taxpayers. Apr 17, 2025 David A. Bergeron
Congressional Republican Tax Proposals Would Push Inflation and Interest Rates Even Higher ArticleApril 15, 2025 Congressional Republican Tax Proposals Would Push Inflation and Interest Rates Even Higher Against a backdrop of tariffs pushing consumer good prices higher, Congress’ budget reconciliation plan will gut basic needs and drive inflation and interest rates higher. Apr 15, 2025 Christian E. Weller
How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad ArticleApril 15, 2025 How State Capture and Corruption Harms Citizens: Lessons From Abroad Examples from abroad serve as prescient warnings that corruption and state capture erode services, impoverish societies, and compromise public safety. Apr 15, 2025 Robert Benson
Americans on Average Will Be Poorer Under the Senate’s Plan To Extend the Trump Tax Law and Enact Additional Tax Cuts ArticleApril 10, 2025 Americans on Average Will Be Poorer Under the Senate’s Plan To Extend the Trump Tax Law and Enact Additional Tax Cuts The Senate’s approach to extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and creating additional tax cuts would lower after-tax income on average and raise federal debt. Apr 10, 2025 Bobby Kogan
Examples of Potential Consumer Price Hikes Under Trump’s Tariffs ArticleApril 8, 2025 Examples of Potential Consumer Price Hikes Under Trump’s Tariffs Due to President Trump’s trade wars, Americans can expect to pay more for groceries, clothing, and household items. Apr 8, 2025 Emily Gee
Senate Republicans Are Ignoring Senate Rules To Cut Taxes for the Rich ArticleApril 4, 2025 Senate Republicans Are Ignoring Senate Rules To Cut Taxes for the Rich The Senate majority made clear its intent to add trillions of dollars to the national debt while taking food away from the hungry and health care away from the poor. Apr 4, 2025 Bobby Kogan, Alan Cohen
Trump’s Trade War is a Major Economic and Strategic Blunder ArticleApril 4, 2025 Trump’s Trade War is a Major Economic and Strategic Blunder Despite proclaiming it “liberation day,” the Trump administration’s tariffs are hurting the U.S. economy, increasing inflation, and leaving America isolated on the world stage. Apr 4, 2025 Ryan Mulholland
Congress’ War on Math ArticleApril 1, 2025 Congress’ War on Math Congress should be able to increase deficits if it wants to—but it should do so with honest, transparent, and consistent accounting. Apr 1, 2025 Lawrence H. Summers, Bobby Kogan, Emily Gee
Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Harm the Economy and Raise Consumer Borrowing Costs While Pushing Up Debt ArticleMarch 24, 2025 Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Harm the Economy and Raise Consumer Borrowing Costs While Pushing Up Debt A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office finds that extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would hurt—not help—the economy. Mar 24, 2025 Bobby Kogan
Trump Is Making America Greater for Billionaires, Not Workers In the NewsMarch 6, 2025 Trump Is Making America Greater for Billionaires, Not Workers In an op-ed published by InsideSources, Karla Walter and David Madland break down the real economic impacts that Trump’s recent slew of executive orders could have on everyday Americans. Mar 6, 2025 InsideSources Karla Walter, David Madland
Congressional Republicans’ Budget Plans Would Force America’s Working Class To Foot the Bill for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy ArticleFebruary 26, 2025 Congressional Republicans’ Budget Plans Would Force America’s Working Class To Foot the Bill for Tax Cuts for the Wealthy New budget proposals envision a massive tax giveaway to those at the top financed by working-class Americans, including cuts to health care and food programs. Feb 26, 2025 Colin Seeberger
4 Ways House Republicans’ Emerging Tax Package Would Put Billionaires Over Families ArticleJanuary 31, 2025 4 Ways House Republicans’ Emerging Tax Package Would Put Billionaires Over Families The emerging House Republican tax package would raise working- and middle-class families’ costs to shower enormous tax giveaways on the wealthiest Americans. Jan 31, 2025 Chad Bolt, Brendan Duke, Families Over Billionaires, 1 More Center for American Progress
Scott Bessent’s 3 Percent Deficit Target Would Require Massive Cuts to Anti-Poverty Programs and Middle-Class Tax Increases ArticleJanuary 15, 2025 Scott Bessent’s 3 Percent Deficit Target Would Require Massive Cuts to Anti-Poverty Programs and Middle-Class Tax Increases Basic arithmetic suggests that the fiscal goals of President-elect Donald Trump’s treasury pick would slash health care and food security for working- and middle-class families while renewing tax cuts tilted to the wealthy. Jan 15, 2025 Brendan Duke, Bobby Kogan
Republican Tax Legislators’ Potential Framework for Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts Is a Gimmick That Would Cost More Than Advertised ReportDecember 17, 2024 Republican Tax Legislators’ Potential Framework for Extending Trump’s Tax Cuts Is a Gimmick That Would Cost More Than Advertised Using a current policy baseline to mask the cost of extending Trump’s tax cuts is a gimmick that cannot change the fact that doing so would increase the deficit. Dec 17, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Brendan Duke, Sophie Cohen
Progressive Principles for the 2025 Tax Debate: Having No Deal Is Better Than Having a Bad Deal ReportDecember 9, 2024 Progressive Principles for the 2025 Tax Debate: Having No Deal Is Better Than Having a Bad Deal Facing the $4 trillion expiration of the Trump tax cuts next year, Congress must not greenlight a tax deal that will worsen income inequality and lose revenue. Dec 9, 2024 Brendan Duke, Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Rural America ArticleSeptember 13, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Rural America The new authoritarian playbook would devastate rural America in many ways. Sep 13, 2024 Colin Seeberger
The Trump Tax Cuts Led to Record-Low, Not High, Revenues Outside of a Recession ArticleAugust 28, 2024 The Trump Tax Cuts Led to Record-Low, Not High, Revenues Outside of a Recession Federal revenues lag far behind pre-tax cut budget projections. Aug 28, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Brendan Duke, Jessica Vela
Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy ArticleAugust 27, 2024 Project 2025’s Tax Plan Would Raise Taxes on the Middle Class and Cut Taxes for the Wealthy The far-right extremist playbook would immediately raise taxes for the middle class by thousands of dollars while also pushing for long-term changes that could raise taxes by $5,900. Aug 27, 2024 Brendan Duke
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Parents ArticleAugust 20, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Parents The new authoritarian playbook would devastate parents in many ways. Aug 20, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors ArticleAugust 15, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms Seniors The new authoritarian playbook would devastate American seniors in many ways. Aug 15, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms the American People Fact SheetAugust 8, 2024 Project 2025’s Plan To Gut Checks and Balances Harms the American People The new authoritarian playbook would devastate Americans in many ways. Aug 8, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State Fact SheetAugust 1, 2024 Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State These fact sheets provide insight into how Project 2025 would affect people in states across the country. Aug 1, 2024 Colin Seeberger
Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy ArticleJuly 17, 2024 Sen. Ted Cruz’s No Tax on Tips Act Does Little for Low- and Moderate-Wage Workers But Opens Door to Tax Abuse by Wealthy This legislation may sound like pro-worker tax reform, but it’s just more of the 2017 tax law’s empty promises for workers and giveaways for the wealthy. Jul 17, 2024 Brendan Duke
The 2017 Tax Bill’s Pass-Through Deduction Largely Favors the Wealthy and Encourages Gaming of the Tax Code ReportJune 27, 2024 The 2017 Tax Bill’s Pass-Through Deduction Largely Favors the Wealthy and Encourages Gaming of the Tax Code Congress should reject attempts to extend the 2017 tax bill’s costly pass-through deduction. Jun 27, 2024 Jean Ross
The Inflation Reduction Act Still Reduces the Deficit ArticleJune 27, 2024 The Inflation Reduction Act Still Reduces the Deficit Higher clean energy tax credit costs mean they are working better than expected. Jun 27, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Brendan Duke
The Direct File Pilot Shows That a Public Tax Filing Option Saves Money, Improves Customer Service ArticleJune 18, 2024 The Direct File Pilot Shows That a Public Tax Filing Option Saves Money, Improves Customer Service States should move to adopt integrated free filing. Jun 18, 2024 Jean Ross
What Would It Take To Stabilize the Debt-to-GDP Ratio? ReportJune 5, 2024 What Would It Take To Stabilize the Debt-to-GDP Ratio? Because most of the Bush-era tax cuts were permanently extended, the United States is projected to have the debt ratio rise indefinitely. Closing this fiscal gap would require decreasing primary deficits by 2.1 percentage points of GDP, on average. Jun 5, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Increase Upward Pressure on the Debt Ratio by More Than 50 Percent ArticleJune 5, 2024 Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Increase Upward Pressure on the Debt Ratio by More Than 50 Percent If Congress renews the Trump tax package, the fiscal gap will grow from 2.1 percent of GDP to 3.3 percent of GDP, making debt ratio stabilization 54 percent harder. Jun 5, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
The Biden Administration’s Targeted, Strategic Tariffs Are Effective Industrial Policy at Work ArticleMay 29, 2024 The Biden Administration’s Targeted, Strategic Tariffs Are Effective Industrial Policy at Work Standing up for American workers while fighting the climate crisis is smart and pragmatic policy. May 29, 2024 Ryan Mulholland, Mike Williams
The Key Role of States in Unlocking Direct Pay for Clean Energy ReportMay 28, 2024 The Key Role of States in Unlocking Direct Pay for Clean Energy States have a crucial role to play in maximizing the uptake of direct pay clean energy tax credits and spurring the clean energy economy. May 28, 2024 Reema Bzeih, Rachel Chang, Shara Mohtadi, 1 More Sam Ricketts
Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost $4 Trillion Over the Next Decade ArticleMay 8, 2024 Permanently Extending the Trump Tax Cuts Would Cost $4 Trillion Over the Next Decade Permanently extending the Trump tax cuts would cost $400 billion per year and give the largest tax cut to extremely rich households. May 8, 2024 Bobby Kogan, Jessica Vela
Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice IssueNovember 1, 2021 Tackling Climate Change and Environmental Injustice We pursue climate action that meets the crisis’s urgency, creates good-quality jobs, benefits disadvantaged communities, and restores U.S. credibility on the global stage.
Restoring Social Trust in Democracy IssueNovember 1, 2021 Restoring Social Trust in Democracy Democracy is under attack at home and abroad. We must act to ensure it is accessible to all, accountable, and can serve as a force of good.
Building an Economy for All IssueNovember 1, 2021 Building an Economy for All Economic growth must be built on the foundation of a strong and secure middle class so that all Americans benefit from growth.