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As the name suggests, the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) helped reinforce Congress’s control over the executive branch’s spending of funds and provided an explicit pathway for the President ...

Rental assistance is a key policy intervention that state policymakers should add to their toolbox to address housing affordability at scale.

Figure 3 shows income inequality after taking into account various taxes and cash and near-cash transfers, using the OECD data for 2010 or the latest available year. Taking these policies into account ...

Many communities across the United States are considering new approaches to public safety that go beyond traditional policing, and the federal American Rescue Plan has given them a unique opportunity ...

A number of Republican members of Congress have introduced legislation over the past dozen years that would authorize Treasury to prioritize certain payments if the federal government reached the debt ...

The Trump Administration and DOGE have proposed eliminating phone access for critical Social Security services, including retirement applications. Millions of seniors would have to seek in-person help ...

While a strong economy will hopefully be long-lasting, many of the measures that have helped families afford rent are temporary, and millions of renters still struggle to afford housing, reflecting ...

“Administrative burden exacerbates inequity,” the Office of Management and Budget recently said of economic and health assistance programs. That is because burdens “do not fall equally on all entities ...

See our latest report, with updated estimates, on the benefits of making the American Rescue Plan’s expansions to the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit permanent.