§ On the congressional
budget plans, Robert Greenstein pointed out that
despite Republicans’ anti-fraud rhetoric, the House and Senate budget plans
leave out funding for “program integrity” activities that are proven to save
money. David Reich noted that the plans
have no plans to fix sequestration’s tight constraints on non-entitlement
programs and described how both
plans will dramatically cut transportation infrastructure funding.
Richard Kogan revealed that the
plans each get 69 percent of their cuts to non-defense spending from programs
that serve people of limited means. Isaac Shapiro found that the plans
would ultimately cut programs for low- and moderate-income people by about 40
percent. Jessica Schubel described the Medicaid
cuts that the House budget plan could force states to make. Brandon DeBot
explained how the
House budget plan’s deep cuts to Pell Grants would reduce college access for
low- and modest-income students. Douglas Rice described how the
House and Senate budget plans fail to fully reverse the loss of 100,000 housing
vouchers due to the sequestration budget cuts. Shannon Spillane translated the
language congressional Republicans are using to make their budget plans sound
benign and even positive. We also updated our
congressional budget roundup with everything you need to know about the House
and Senate plans.
§ On federal
and state taxes, Chuck Marr explained why the
House Ways and Means Committee bill to repeal the federal estate tax on
inherited wealth would create more inequality and bigger deficits and pointed out House
Republicans’ misguided priorities in backing estate tax repeal. Michael
Mitchell described how major
tax-cutting states are looking to cut their higher education budgets further to
patch their budget holes.
§ On health,
Edwin Park highlighted a
bipartisan House bill that permanently fixes Medicare’s flawed physician
payment formula, extends the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through
2017, and makes permanent the Qualifying Individuals program, which provides
premium assistance for low-income recipients. Jesse Cross-Call described how
extending CHIP funding would ease pressure on states as they formulate their
budgets for the next fiscal year.
§ On housing,
Will Fischer explained why the
Senate should quickly approve a House-passed measure to streamline rental
assistance for people with fixed incomes.
This week, we released papers on the congressional
budget plans’ disproportionate cuts in programs for people with limited means,
proposed cuts
to Pell Grants for higher education, the compromise to fix
Medicare’s physician payment formula and extend CHIP, and how the Obama budget
restores housing vouchers. We posted a fact sheet on big cuts in state
income taxes not yielding promised benefits and a paper on state innovations
in leveraging technology for health and human services. We updated
our reports on eliminating
the estate tax and ten facts you
should know about the estate tax. We also updated our backgrounders on unemployment
compensation and the
estate tax.CBPP’s Chart of the Week – House, Senate Budget Plans Each Get 69 Percent of Cuts From Low-Income Programs:
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