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Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses how Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan would affect Medicare.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Erica Williams, Policy Analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses how proposed budgets put forth by many governors would greatly harm their states residents.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, discusses how Medicaid block grant proposals would harm seniors, children, and people with disabilities, as well as states.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Liz McNichol, Senior Fellow with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses the facts about state and local workers: who they are, what they do, and how their pay compares to their private sector counterparts.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, and Dottie Rosenbaum, Senior Analyst, discuss the Work Support Strategies Initiative and their report on improving the delivery of key services to needy families.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for February is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Nick Johnson, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy discusses the budget situation in Wisconsin.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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James Horney, the Center's Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Erica Williams, policy analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses troubling trends in governors' new budget proposals.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for January is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what the Commerce Department's new report on gross domestic product means for the economy and job creation.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior advisor Iris Lav discusses misconceptions concerning bond debt, pensions and other challenges facing states.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Fellow Paul Van de Water discusses myths about health reform's impact on jobs and the deficit.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Jim Horney, the Center's Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the new budget rules in the U.S. House of Representatives.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for December is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Director of the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, talks about cuts to the safety net despite the rising need among our most vulnerable citizens.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Michael Leachman, Assistant Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses the latest information showing that the Recovery Act is creating jobs and boosting the economy.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Policy Analyst Doug Rice discusses proposed funding cuts that could cause tens of thousands of low-income families to lose housing assistance during these tough economic times.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for November is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses the expiration of federal emergency unemployment benefits and what it means for millions of jobless workers and the economy.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Policy Analyst Dottie Rosenbaum discusses the findings of the US Department of Agriculture's report on food insecurity that was released last week.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Jim Horney, the Center's director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the key issues facing Congress during the lame duck session that began yesterday.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what's at stake if Congress fails to renew the federal emergency unemployment benefits program that helps millions of laid off workers meet their families' basic expenses.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for October is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Jon Shure, the Deputy Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses how in some states people will vote today on ballot initiatives that will significantly affect public services.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Policy Analyst Phil Oliff discusses how states are still struggling to deal with the steep decline in revenues brought on by the recession.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses the news that seniors won't receive a cost-of-living-adjustment to their Social Security benefits this year.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Researcher Arloc Sherman discusses deep poverty and how it affects families.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for September is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses some basic information about the Social Security trust funds.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Jim Horney, Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses how federal programs are affected by the start of the new fiscal year.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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January Angeles, Policy Analyst, discusses an important milestone for the health reform law that will take place this week.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Arloc Sherman, Senior Researcher in the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, discusses what to look for in the Census Bureau's upcoming release of data on poverty in 2009.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chuck Marr, the Center's Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses the current status of the estate tax.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for August is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chuck Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses the debate about taxes that will take center stage when Congress returns after Labor Day.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Fellow Liz McNichol discusses why some states have ended their fiscal year with budgets in the black even as the state budget crisis continues.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Fellow Paul Van de Water discusses how Social Security helps to reduce poverty.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Policy Analyst January Angeles discusses how the new health reform law strengthens Medicare and protects seniors.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for July is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Chuck Marr, the Center's Director of Federal Tax Policy, discusses why letting the high-income tax cuts expire is the proper response to the nation's short and long-term challenges.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Health Policy Analyst Sarah Lueck discusses the great news that millions of Americans will soon be able to receive preventive health care services free of charge.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, Director of the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, discusses how states are using the TANF Emergency Fund to create jobs – and the need for extending the program.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Policy Analyst Phil Oliff discusses what the new fiscal year brings for states.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Senior Advisor Iris Lav discusses property taxes, and good and bad ways to address concerns about rising property tax bills.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The jobs report for June is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Health Policy Analyst Sarah Lueck discusses a provision in the new health reform law that will start helping young adults this fall.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Unemployment Insurance, a critical program that helps workers who lose their jobs and strengthens the economy, is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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Zoë Neuberger, Senior Policy Analyst, discusses the federal food and nutrition program for women, infants and children known as WIC, and the increase in the program's costs because manufacturers are adding expensive but unproven ingredients to formula.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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The latest information showing that the Recovery Act is creating jobs and the need to extend more aid to states is discussed by Senior Policy Analyst, Michael Leachman.Por Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Podcast
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