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News December 15, 2021

Associated Press: COVID-expanded child tax credit benefit nears lapse

"Robert Greenstein, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, compared the child tax credit to America’s signature safety net programs — Social Security,…
News November 23, 2021

NBC News: Higher food costs make the math even harder for Americans on food stamps

"'The question is really what’s going to happen in the interim between now and the next annual inflation adjustment,' said Lauren Bauer, a fellow in economic s…
Commentary October 6, 2021

Wendy Edelberg testifies on raising revenue to invest in shared prosperity

Wendy Edelberg discusses the effects of the tax provisions being considered in the reconciliation package by Congress in response to the economic impacts of th…
Commentary May 26, 2021

Lauren Bauer testifies on the future of SNAP: Moving past the pandemic

On May 26, 2021, Lauren Bauer testified before the the U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Nutrition, Oversight, and Department…
News April 15, 2021

Robert Greenstein joins The Hamilton Project at Brookings

Robert Greenstein has been appointed as a Visiting Fellow in Economic Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he will be affiliated with The Hamilton Proje…
June 10, 2020

To target aid to the neediest families, we need to strengthen TANF

Jana Parsons
During the COVID-19 pandemic, broad-based income support through both direct checks and unemployment insurance have been essential in limiting the income losse…
Commentary April 3, 2019

Jay Shambaugh testifies on the impact of proposed work requirements for SNAP recipients

On April 3, 2019, Jay Shambaugh testified before the U.S. House Agriculture Subcommittee on Department Operations Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry during the …
News June 16, 2017

Are the Trump administration’s proposed food stamp cuts justified?

In this Washington Post opinion blog, Hamilton Project Director Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach and Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow Robert E. Rector deb…
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