Poverty and child poverty in 2022 rose by largest amount on record in data back to 1967, reflecting the expiration of pandemic relief measures that policymakers allowed to expire. cbpp.org/research/pover…
#TBT Back in 2001, John McCain voted no on the Bush tax cuts because of how much was given to the top 1 percent.
Now in 2017, he will vote yes on an even worse #GOPTaxPlan for low- & moderate-income Americans: bit.ly/2zB4js3
Punchbowl reports “White House officials determined they do not have the authority” to use contingency reserves —billions of $ that Congress provided for use when SNAP funding is inadequate— to fund Nov. SNAP benefits. But, that’s not what USDA’s now-deleted shutdown plan says:
The nation's doctors, hospitals, and insurers all agree on the Senate #GOPTaxBill: It would "result in a significant increase in premiums, which would in turn substantially increase the number of uninsured Americans."
Some very good news: In the 6 weeks after the federal government began issuing monthly payments of the expanded #ChildTaxCredit, the number of adults living with kids reporting that they didn’t have enough to eat fell by 3.3 million or nearly one-third.
cbpp.org/blog/after-chi…