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June 17, 2024
Child Support Policy: Areas of Emerging Agreement and Ongoing Debate
The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) system is important in providing resources to children who live apart from one of their parents. This is especially true in poor households. In this…
April 17, 2024
Fiscal Sanity Please, Senators
The Wyden-Smith tax bill, which combines an expanded child tax credit (CTC) with a variety of business tax breaks, has been in limbo in the Senate for the past three…
January 26, 2024
Please Congress: Make Fiscal Sanity a Priority
…let parents claim eligibility based on current or prior year of earnings. This loosening of income requirements would finance less work by low-income parents according to analysis by AEI scholars. Furthermore, as Heritage’s Robert…
December 14, 2023
Harnessing Tailwinds on State and Local Land-Use Reform: A Bipartisan Playbook
…Robert Doar, President, American Enterprise Institute Will Marshall, President, Progressive Policy Institute 11:10 a.m. Panel I: How We Got into the Housing Policy Mess and Why We Need to Fix…
November 14, 2023
The Comeback City
…the process of change. Don’t expect it to take less than thirty years.”3 Read the full report. Sam Roberts, “Given New York Today, Could Anyone Lead It?,” New York Times,…
November 9, 2023
Child Support Policy: Areas of Emerging Agreement and Ongoing Debate
This paper will be delivered at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management 2023 Fall Research Conference. Abstract The Child Support Enforcement (CSE) system has a broad scope and provides…
September 19, 2023
House Budget Plan Proposes Commonsense Welfare Changes
The House Budget Committee, headed by Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), today released a draft budget proposal detailing the majority’s spending priorities and proposed changes across a range of government benefits and programs….
September 15, 2023
Cities and Severe Mental Illness: The Challenge in New York City and Los Angeles
…are grappling with similar problems. Agenda 10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks Robert Doar, President, AEI 10:45 a.m. Panel Discussion Panelists: Scott Auwarter, Assistant Executive Director, Bronxworks Pietro D’Ingillo, Clinical and Forensic…
May 30, 2023
Two Sentences Will Strengthen SNAP’s Support for Work
The debt ceiling deal, agreed to by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, will improve the federal safety net’s effectiveness in helping people rise out of poverty. It modestly…
May 4, 2023
Work Is Essential to the American Dream
Work is one of the foundations of American life. Almost always, being employed and earning income gives individuals the opportunity, responsibility, and community they need to flourish. The broader importance…