On Saturday, President Biden signed a continuing resolution funding the federal government through March 14, 2025. After placing a prior bipartisan agreement at risk to provide easier passage for future tax cuts for billionaires, House Republicans finally introduced the CR just hours before a potential…
By Janna Herron (EXCERPT) “One theme that really stuck out to me is just not only were these payments going towards bills, food and groceries,” said Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst at CLASP. “But it was also helping parents to be able to say…
In 2024, a record 21.4 million people received their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Enrollment gains among Black, Latino, and people with low incomes drove the increased enrollment. Sustaining the policy choices that led to record enrollment and adding in long…
By Kaitlyn Levinson EXCERPT During the pandemic, however, Trump approved individual stimulus payments. While the payments weren’t exactly the same as guaranteed income programs, it suggested the former president was open to using cash distributions to help people in financial crises, said Ashley Burnside, senior policy…
By Janie Ekere EXCERPT “What we would like to see is it made fully refundable in whatever tax bill that we see in 2025 so that the families with the lowest incomes can continue to receive it,” said Elizabeth Lower-Basch, deputy executive director of policy…
By Elizabeth Chuck EXCERPT The federal provision has some limitations about who is eligible for reimbursement, and it hasn’t been a “perfect solution,” said Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit Center for Law and Social Policy. But it has helped a lot…
By Kalyn Belsha EXCERPT “People like the child tax credit,” said Ashley Burnside, a senior policy analyst at The Center for Law and Social Policy, a nonprofit that supports expanding the child tax credit. Through surveys, her organization has seen this kind of policy can…
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