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.

Articles by this author

Trump COVID-19 Executive Actions Woefully Inadequate, Legally Dangerous

Under our constitutional system, the President and Congress together—not the President acting alone—have the power to appropriate funds and decide how to use them.

Robert Greenstein · Aug 9, 2020

Counting the Many Ways the GOP Senate Covid-19 Relief Plan Would Fail Struggling Families and the Economy

The Senate Republican proposal fails to come close to meeting the scale and nature of the challenges we face.

Robert Greenstein · Jul 28, 2020

Trump Budget Offers Stark Vision We Cannot Afford to Ignore

While tens of millions of struggling Americans must reduce their already modest standards of living, this budget would widen inequality, worsen poverty and hardship, and further divide the country

Robert Greenstein · Feb 12, 2018