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A State of the Union Wish List

February 8, 2013, Ron Haskins

The Super Committee’s Failure and Its Effect on Low-Income Families

November 28, 2011, Ron Haskins

Should the Disadvantaged be Spared from the Budget Axe? A Look at the President’s Budget Commission Findings and How They Could Impact the Poor

December 16, 2010

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Means-Tested Programs Should Bear Part of the Deficit Burden

November 15, 2010, Ron Haskins

Will Advocacy Groups Kill Much-Needed Budget Reform?

October 27, 2010, Bill Frenzel

Why Deficit Reduction Is Necessary and Need Not Hurt the Poor

October 18, 2010, Isabel V. Sawhill

Rising Poverty and the Social Safety Net: End the Stimulus Benefit Expansions

September 17, 2010, Ron Haskins

Examining Economic Mobility in America

December 3, 2009, Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill

Step One: Addressing Health Care Costs

September 17, 2009, Isabel V. Sawhill

The Costs of Benefit Delivery in the Food Stamp Program

March 2008, Julia B. Isaacs

The Earned Income Tax Credit

February 22, 2007, Ron Haskins