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Op-Ed
Thanks, Joe Manchin
During transitions of power, it’s easy to fixate on a new administration’s nominees and legislative agenda…
Journal Publication
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…
Blog Post
Fiscal Sanity Please, Senators
The Wyden-Smith tax bill, which combines an expanded child tax credit (CTC) with a variety…
Blog Post
Please Congress: Make Fiscal Sanity a Priority
Sometimes I don’t understand Republicans in the House of Representatives. When they are threatening government…
Working Paper
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…
Blog Post
House Budget Plan Proposes Commonsense Welfare Changes
The House Budget Committee, headed by Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX), today released a draft budget…
Blog Post
Two Sentences Will Strengthen SNAP’s Support for Work
The debt ceiling deal, agreed to by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, will…
Blog Post
Two Sentences Will Strengthen SNAP’s Support for Work
The debt ceiling deal, agreed to by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy, will…
Blog Post
Work Is Essential to the American Dream
Work is one of the foundations of American life. Almost always, being employed and earning…
Blog Post
Work Requirements Unify Voters in Wisconsin’s Referendum
When Wisconsin’s voters went to the polls on Tuesday, April 4, most national news coverage…
Op-Ed
The Bad Science Behind the Child Tax Credit Expansion
Here is a story that helps explain why people have lost trust in public-policy experts:…
Multimedia
Post-Pandemic, Remember Previous Progress on Poverty
Many American families faced serious economic hardship due to the pandemic and all of the…