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The breadth of actions harming low- and moderate-income people over the last year is staggering, with huge cuts to health coverage, food assistance, and other basic needs programs, paired with hikes in tariffs that add to families’ affordability challenges.
Our Priorities
Report
Administration’s Radical Personnel Cuts Bypassed Congress and Lacked Transparency, Obscuring Impact on Public Services
January 15, 2026
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Kiran Rachamallu
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Devin O’Connor
Massive, rushed declines in personnel have caused disruptions and slowdowns in public services ranging from repairing infrastructure damage from hurricanes to removing lead contamination from public schools to answering questions from Social Security beneficiaries.
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Trump Administration, Congressional Republicans Are Worsening Affordability Challenges in Many Ways
December 18, 2025
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Brendan Duke
November 3, 2025
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Gideon Lukens
and
Elizabeth Zhang
December 17, 2025
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Sonya Acosta
January 20, 2026
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Republican Megabill Tax Provisions Are Skewed to the Rich, Fail to Deliver for Families, and Are Fiscally Irresponsible
December 17, 2025
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Samantha Jacoby
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Chuck Marr
and
Kris Cox
Instead of changing course and prioritizing people with low and moderate incomes as Republicans’ campaign rhetoric about supporting hard-pressed working families suggested, the new law again gives enormous, permanent tax cuts to wealthy households while failing to deliver for individuals and families with low and middle incomes, many of whom will be hurt by the law’s cuts to health care and food assistance.
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Resources on Harmful Republican Megabill
December 11, 2025
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Margot Dankner
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Shelby Gonzales
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Elizabeth Lower-Basch
and
Kiran Rachamallu
October 8, 2025
Report
States Should Support an Energy System That Is Affordable, Safe, and Reliable for All
January 20, 2026
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Rachel Jacobson
and
Mikaela Tajo
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WIC Works: A Cost-Effective Investment in Improving Low-Income Families’ Nutrition and Health
January 20, 2026
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Steven Carlson
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Joseph Llobrera
and
Zoë Neuberger
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Setting the Record Straight on Premium Tax Credit Enhancements
January 12, 2026
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Gideon Lukens
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State and Local Leaders Should Sustain and Expand Investments in Housing Affordability and Stability in Their Budgets
December 17, 2025
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Mari Castaldi
and
Nikhe Braimah
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Congressional Republicans Fail to Help Millions Afford Health Care
December 17, 2025
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Sharon Parrott
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