Robert Greenstein
Robert Greenstein is the founder and President of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He is considered an expert on the federal budget and a range of domestic policy issues, including anti-poverty programs and various aspects of tax and health care policy.
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Views Sunday, August 09, 2020 Trump COVID-19 Executive Actions Woefully Inadequate, Legally Dangerous President Trump’s new executive actions should deeply concern all Americans. They fall dramatically short of responding effectively to the enormous need across the country due to COVID-19 and the deep recession. And, by bypassing Congress on major budget and tax decisions and trying to override... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, July 28, 2020 Counting the Many Ways the GOP Senate Covid-19 Relief Plan Would Fail Struggling Families and the Economy The new Senate Republican COVID-19 plan announced Monday falls far short of meeting the needs of a nation reeling from a pandemic and economic crisis. It fails to provide anything close to the level of fiscal relief that states, territories, tribes, and localities need to avoid large-scale layoffs... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 12, 2018 Trump Budget Offers Stark Vision We Cannot Afford to Ignore A President’s budget reflects his vision for America. From that perspective, President Trump’s vision is stark, with the most affluent individuals and powerful corporations accumulating more wealth — and wielding more power, and facing fewer limits, to treat workers and consumers as they choose —... Read more |
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Views Thursday, July 27, 2017 “Skinny Repeal Bill” — a Trojan Horse for Broader ACA Repeal and Deep Medicaid Cuts Senate Republican leaders have tried and failed this week to pass two measures to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) — a modified version of their “repeal-and-replace” bill and a straight ACA repeal bill. Both measures, like all previous versions of ACA repeal that Congress has considered, would... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 04, 2017 I Have Never Seen Lawmakers So Deeply Hurt So Many of Their Own Constituents House Republican lawmakers voted today to add more than 20 million Americans to the ranks of the uninsured; require millions more people to pay thousands of dollars more each year for coverage and care — often for skimpier care; rip $800 billion out of Medicaid over the next decade by ending the... Read more |