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Non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs comprise domestic and international programs outside of national defense that Congress funds on an annual basis. These programs are called “discretionary”...
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The Honorable Chuck Schumer Senate Majority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Leader United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable...
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Among those hardest hit are programs crucial to the well-being of families with low incomes and their children, to public health, to job training and protection of workers’ rights, to a clean...
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Congressional leaders’ new agreement on a topline funding level for 2024 rightly ensures that overall funding available for non-defense programs will stay at $773 billion, the already tight level set...
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Statement of Sharon Parrott, CBPP President, on first “minibus” spending bill and other legislative priorities needing congressional action
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Critical decisions lie ahead in three areas in particular: tax policy, health care, and investments in people and communities.
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That’s all the analysis of the President’s 2025 budget that we’ll be posting here. Watch our other spaces for our expert analysis on the federal budget and other issues. President’s Budget Prioritizes...
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President Biden’s 2025 budget lays out a sound approach to key decisions that need to be made next year: a fairer tax code that raises more revenues from wealthy people and profitable corporations to...
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Now that Congress has finished appropriations bills for 2024 and as it turns to 2025, the two-year limits set last year and modified this January continue to be both an overriding constraint and a...
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The Social Security Administration (SSA) is experiencing a customer service crisis, with long hold times on the phone and record-long waits for disability determinations, fueled by over a decade of...
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