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U.S. poverty spiked last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level. The figures reflect the uneven pace at which the government has ceased some forms of coronavirus pandemic assistance as well as the calamitous effects of record inflation on household finances. Tuesday's data offer the first statistical snapshot of how the wind-down of such programs ...

A year ago, when the Supreme Court struck down the federal right to abortion access, Republican politicians pledged to support women facing unplanned pregnancies.

Opponents of the 1996 welfare reform legislation mounted aggressiveattacks claiming the bill would hurt and impoverish millions ofchildren and single mothers. Indeed, the opposite is true. Thereforms have been incredibly successful and should be renewed andexpanded this year.

Tax Cuts For Today and Tomorrow

Latest pandemic-era program to expire will leave millions of Americans with less money to spend on food each month

Flush with pandemic cash, from Tacoma to Gainesville, scores of local administrations are trying out guaranteed payouts to poor households in the region of $250-$1,000 per month.

Taxpayers in lower income groups benefited from the President's2001 tax law. Some lawmakers, in a recent controversy over the 2003tax law, seek to send larger checks to families who already pay nofederal income taxes and already receive a check from thegovernment.

<p>Lame-duck sessions of Congress are now poorly named. It is true that many of the members voting in the House and Senate will not be returning next year, hence the adjective "lame." But lame-duck sessions can be enormously productive precisely because those members who are not returning can vote their conscience free from concern of party or voter disapproval.</p>

A pandemic-era program that sent monthly checks of up to $300 per child to most families drove down poverty rates. Amid new research about its merits, some Democrats are vowing to bring it back.

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