2024年11月22日 · Given the erosion of non-defense appropriations’ purchasing power, there’s a strong case for policymakers to not only reject the cuts proposed by the House but to increase 2025 appropriations by more than the 1 percent target set in last year’s negotiation. A 1 percent increase won’t even keep up with rising costs let alone begin to address funding shortfalls and …

2024年11月21日 · The incoming Trump Administration is reportedly exploring whether it can impound — that is, not spend — funds that Congress has provided in legislation. [1] Supporters of this position argue that the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA) restricts the President’s ability to impound funds, and they recommend that it be repealed.

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Anyone can experience domestic violence — on average 1 in 3 U.S. women will.But structural inequities such as gender inequality, misogyny, transphobia, racism, and poverty make women with low incomes, women of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ people some of the likeliest groups to experience it. For example, economic disparities due to historical and …

2024年12月17日 · Raising or suspending the debt limit does not authorize new spending or tax cuts; it merely acknowledges past budgetary decisions. On January 1, 2025, the federal government will reach the debt limit, the maximum amount it is allowed to borrow.

2019年8月12日 · The pay-as-you-go rule, also known as PAYGO, is designed to encourage Congress to offset the cost of any legislation that increases spending on entitlement programs or reduces revenues so it doesn’t expand the deficit.

2024年12月13日 · Deeply damaging health coverage proposals recently advanced by Republican congressional leaders and conservative think tanks could gain traction in Congress next year. [1] Cutting Medicaid would harm enrollees — including the millions of children, people with disabilities, and elderly people with low incomes who are covered by Medicaid — and increase …

2022年5月24日 · State budget decisions should matter to all of us. State budgets affect the quality of life of workers, families, and communities across the nation ― they decide the fate of roads, schools, health care, public transportation, clean air and water, and much more.

2024年7月24日 · Few budgetary concepts generate as much unintended confusion and deliberate misinformation as the Social Security trust funds. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that are just as sound as all other U.S. government securities, held by investors around the globe and regarded as being among the world’s safest investments.