Macroeconomics

Social Security COLA Formula Mismatches Retiree Needs

Every year, a formula buried in federal statute quietly determines whether tens of millions of Americans can keep up with rising prices. The Social Security...

Education

House Advances Anti-Fraud Package and Agriculture Spending Bill

The House cleared H.Res. 1333 on a strict party-line vote Wednesday, opening the floor to a bundle of legislation targeting fraud in child care, student...

Legislation

House Advances Four-Bill Anti-Fraud Package

The House voted 207-207 Wednesday to advance a package of four bills targeting waste, fraud, and abuse across federal social programs, with every Republican...

Social Welfare

Senate Weighs Benefits Cliff Fix Amid GOP-Dem Divide

Why it matters: The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee held a hearing on federal benefits cliffs on Wednesday, June 3, examining how...

Social Welfare

Accountability: Oversight On $152 Million to Help Rural Seniors

More than 152 million federal dollars flow each year into programs designed to keep elderly and disabled residents of federally assisted housing out of...

Congress

House GOP Says Fraud is Target in Child Care Bill

The H.R. 7726 floor vote landed along a clean partisan line Wednesday, with House Republicans defeating a Democratic motion to recommit the No Funds for...

Macroeconomics

Senate Advances Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill"

The Senate voted 53–0 along party lines to proceed to the S. 2 reconciliation bill, clearing the procedural hurdle to begin floor debate on the centerpiece...

Social Welfare

Benefits Cliffs Trap Workers, Hurt Small Business

Millions of low-wage workers at small businesses across the country face a perverse arithmetic baked into federal policy: accept a raise, lose more in...

Agriculture

USDA Secretary Rollins To Face Congress Over SNAP Cuts

More than 3.5 million Americans have lost food assistance since the One Big Beautiful Bill Act took effect — and the cabinet secretary responsible for...

Education

Thousands of Foster Youth Exit System Without Enough Support In Adulthood

More than 15,000 young people aged out of foster care in FY2025 — leaving the system without a permanent family and, in many cases, without the tools to...

Social Welfare

Parametric Insurance Risks Leaving Disaster Victims Uncompensated

The Trump Administration is weighing one of the most significant restructurings of federal disaster relief in decades, and a new Congressional Research...

Health

Senate Aging Panel Pushes Back on Fall Prevention Cuts

Why it matters: The Senate Special Committee on Aging convened Wednesday, May 20, for a hearing on senior falls prevention that put a stark policy...

Legislation

Program Costs for Expired Federal Tax Credit Still Being Funded

A key federal hiring incentive for veterans, welfare recipients, and ex-felons has quietly expired, and Congress has yet to act.

Government Operations

Senate Panel Challenges Deep Cuts to Native Programs

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee convenes Wednesday with the federal government's obligations to Native American tribes squarely on the table. The Trump...

Health

Senate Committee Confronts Rising Senior Fall Deaths

Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries among Americans 65 and older, and the death toll is climbing. Over the past decade,...

Legislation

Sandwich Generation Faces Crisis Amid Medicaid Cuts

Tens of millions of Americans are quietly absorbing the costs of a fraying care system, paying out of pocket for aging parents while simultaneously raising...

Social Welfare

# Federal Watchdog Finds Three Early Childhood Programs Operating Without Any Performance Measures

More than 200 federal programs direct money, food, healthcare, and childcare toward one of the most vulnerable populations in the country: pregnant women,...