Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

...receiving food assistance more than tripled from July 2000 to more than 790,000 in October 2009. The report uses data compiled by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which says the program is one of the fastest and most effective...

In this article: Michigan, Inflation, Wayne County, Kent County, and Detroit

...need more demand for goods and services in order to have people willing to hire people," said Chad Stone, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think-tank in Washington. "I don't know how you do it...

In this article: Barack Obama, Unemployment, White House, Tax, U.S., Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Washington

The left-of-center Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, which was critical of a number of provisions in the Senate Finance Committee's health care proposal, has much, much kinder words for the full Senate bill that Majority Leader Harry...

In this article: Harry Reid, Senate Finance Committee, and Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

...& Hospitals, Health Insurance, Domestic Policy, Federal and State Legislation Statement of Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on the New Senate Health Reform Bill WASHINGTON, Nov. 19...

In this article: Tax, Medicaid, Medicare, Congressional Budget Office, and Senate Finance Committee

...to pull their business out of the state if he didn't do their bidding. I bring this up in light of a report this week from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that estimates states are losing $7 billion a year from uncollected...

In this article: Gavin Newsom, Macy's, San Francisco, Tax, Amazon.com, E-mail marketing, Revenue, and Glass ceiling

...will receive food stamps "This is a dramatic and alarming increase," said Stacy Dean, director of food assistance policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which studies policies affecting the poor. "It confirms that the...

In this article: Recession, USA Today, United Nations, USDA, Barack Obama, U.S., and EADS

...in a number of initiatives over many years that affect our most vulnerable people," said Ellen Nissenbaum, legislative director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which focuses on issues involving low- and moderate-income people.

In this article: Catholic Church, Bart Stupak, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Nancy Pelosi, Climate change, House of Representatives, and John A. Boehner

...help of the EITC -- which rewards work, a Republican mantra -- the state moved to 31st place, according to a recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. If Bishop has his way, Michigan will fall back to its former shameful...

In this article: Mike Bishop, Tax, Michigan, Revenue, Massage, European Union, and Ben Gordon

...below what's been projected, we really run the risk of undercutting the recovery," said Jim Horney, director of fiscal policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank. But many moderate Democrats are deeply...

In this article: White House, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Global warming, Jake Tapper, and Ron Wyden

...into recession rises with the incredibly weak labor market." Zandi is not alone in calling for more stimulus. On Wednesday, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a think tank that concentrates on state and local government...

In this article: Unemployment, Recession, Cnnmoney.com, Robert Gibbs, and Brookings Institute