Federal education policymakers find themselves at a critical intersection of budget policy and human investment as they consider budget reconciliation legislation. Updated, March 4, 2025: This post ...

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is an American think tank that analyzes the impact of federal and state government budget policies from a progressive viewpoint. The Center's stated mission ...

Overhead view of members of the House Appropriations Committee sitting at several long tables with papers and water bottles as they convene to discuss appropriations bills. On Sept. 10, the House ...

The Senate’s newly adopted budget blueprint has triggered a fight over the merits of wiping away the cost of tax-cut extensions in a bid to make them permanent — a dispute that could bog down work on ...

Mega-sized federal spending bills are so complex that they present numerous opportunities for making “sleight of legislation” pork barrel changes to existing programs and introducing new programs that ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom released his May Revision of the upcoming state budget on Wednesday, which includes difficult decisions as the state is facing a projected $12 billion budget shortfall. That means ...