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Kris Cox

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Director of Federal Tax Policy @centeronbudget.bsky.social Tax, budget, policy, racial and economic justice | Views are my own she/her

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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Treasury proposed a rule that wld take away tax benefits f/ ppl w/ a lawful status, incl taking eligibility for the refundable part of the CTC &/or EITC away from ~1M ppl, incl hundreds of thousands of US citizen kids, upending 30 yrs of precedent public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-16985.pdf
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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Additional analysis on Rep. McDonald-Rivet’s #EITC bill for low-income working fams w/ kids <4 – the expansion would reduce the # of kids age 0-3 experiencing poverty by more than 400k kids – a dramatic 19.5% reduction, @centeronbudget.bsky.social estimates for 2026.
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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Going fwd, the Trump Admin plans to dramatically cut the number of audits Biden planned. Today House Republicans take a step toward that by proposing a destructive $1.4B enforcement cut. Congress should not signal that tax cheats can proceed w limited oversight.
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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Fewer sophisticated auditors means that fewer wealthy people will be audited. See below how audits of wealthy people plummeted since 2010 when Republicans began their latest round of gutting the IRS.
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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Currently, *the IRS has fewer auditors than it has had since the 1950s* – not a typo! – because Republicans have previously gutted the enforcement budget.
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chuckcbpp.bsky.social @chuckcbpp.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
House Republicans proposed another reckless cut in the IRS budget. The proposed 9% cut would take the IRS budget to 44% below its 2010 level. This gutting of the IRS is a betrayal of honest taxpayers. It should be rejected out of hand
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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The #EITC is an important tool for helping low- & moderate-income working fams w/ kids afford the basics. Rep. McDonald-Rivet has intro’d a valuable bill expanding the EITC that @centeronbudget.bsky.social estimates would help >5M low-inc kids under age 4. mcdonaldrivet.house.gov/media/press-...
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Congresswoman McDonald Rivet Introduces Bill to Cut Taxes for Working Families by Thousands of Dollars Per Year
WASHINGTON— Today, with the support of a broad coalition of endorsers, Congresswoman Kristen McDonald Rivet (MI-08) introduced the Working Parents Tax Relief Act, a game-changing tax cut that would re...
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
For over half a century, the National Weather Service has operated 24/7. But after the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency pushed to shrink the federal workforce, that’s no longer possible in parts of the country.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This would be an obvious act of ethnic cleansing under international law.
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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
There’s been lots of chatter about repealing taxation of Social Security benefits in the tax bill. Turns out Rs opted to increase the standard deduction for some seniors instead. Will this increase help lower- and middle-income retirees? Nope, and here’s why. 🧵
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The good news: the deeply flawed House GOP budget bill containing the tradeoff below doesn’t have the votes. The bad news: it doesn’t have the votes because the House Freedom Caucus is trying to make the yellow bar bigger and the SALT caucus is trying to make the red bar bigger.
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Chye-Ching Huang @dashching.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
As @taxlawcenter.org's Mike Kaercher notes in this piece, "The fact that there's even a question of whether the administration is violating these laws that prevent weaponization of the IRS is deeply troubling"
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
NEWS: Thanks to courageous West Virginia coal miner Harry Wiley and his brilliant attorney, Sam Petsonk, over 100 NIOSH workers in Morgantown, WV just got their jobs back and the crucial Coal Workers Surveillance Program will be restored. They took on RFK and the Trump admin—and won. Story soon.
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Nicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
“Staffers at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts said Thursday that they plan to form a union in response to several waves of layoffs and what they describe as a lack of transparency from leaders at the arts institution, which President Donald Trump took over in February.”
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Kennedy Center employees announce plans to unionize
Staffers asked the National Labor Relations Board to oversee a union vote. They criticized leaders at the arts center for layoffs and a lack of transparency under President Donald Trump.
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Peggy Bailey @peggybaileydc.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The #SNAP cuts in the House Ag bill would hurt millions of people. It could be particularly devastating for families, retailers and others in rural America.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
This is not a screenplay. For some, these will be life or death situations. For many, these natural disasters will yield devastating loss. We should have a FEMA ready, able and fully staffed to support the American public when it needs it most.
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
When the Trump administration eviscerated the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health office in Morgantown, WV in April, they abruptly shut down life-or-death services for coal miners with black lung. One of those miners decided to fight back—and won. inthesetimes.com/article/west...
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A West Virginia Coal Miner Just Saved NIOSH’s Black Lung Program
A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory Health Division after a veteran coal miner filed a class action lawsuit argui...
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Kris Cox @krisycox.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Great new blog out from my colleague @brendanvduke.bsky.social
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Chye-Ching Huang @dashching.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Ways & Means bill "would impose onerous burdens on taxpayers claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit for tens of millions of eligible children and, in doing so, discourage many of them from claiming credits for which they are eligible." New @taxlawcenter.org: taxlawcenter.org/blog/ways-an...
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Ways and Means Bill Would Cut Earned Income Tax Credit by Increasing Bureaucratic Burdens for Families
This post explains how the bill would impose onerous burdens on taxpayers claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for tens of millions of eligible children and, in doing so, discourage many of th...
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The House Ways & Means tax plan gives permanent tax breaks to the wealthy, with $105 billion going to households making over $1 million. Low-income families could face eventual tax hikes, alongside cuts to #Medicaid and #SNAP. @brendanvduke.bsky.social explains: www.cbpp.org/blog/how-hou...
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How House Republican Agenda Boosts the Wealthy, Does Little (or Worse) for Low-Income Families | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
House Ways and Means Republicans have released their tax plan as part of the budget reconciliation process and as long expected, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy while doing little for...
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
These #s don’t consider the expiration of the enhanced PTCs, which made ACA coverage far more affordable & increased coverage. Despite extending profligate tax cuts for the wealthy, this is the 1 tax cut the W&M cmte doesn’t extend. 4M ppl will lose coverage as a result per CBO
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The bill is even more regressive when you look at 2029 when tax cuts for families expire & tax increases resulting from cuts to ACA premium tax credits grow larger.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The House GOP is taking a page from 2017 playbook & making the most regressive pieces permanent (i.e. estate tax/pass-thru deduction) while making new tax cuts for families temporary.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
These new tax #s only provide a partial snapshot of the Trump/House R agenda. They do not include cuts to Medicaid, food & more, or tariffs. We hope to have combined impacts soon–but even if you just add in the effects of the tariffs most families barely benefit if at all.
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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
New @centeronbudget.bsky.social analysis of the draft GOP tax plan released yesterday: Unsurprisingly, it provides enormous tax cuts for the wealthy—including an average annual $65k cut for the top 1%—while doing little for low- and moderate-income families in 2027 (and even less by 2029).
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Shelby Gonzales @shelbytgonzales.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It’s deeply disappointing that House Republicans are planning to take food away from people who have fled their homes seeking safety in our nation and have completed rigorous processes to obtain refugee or asylum. Historically these humanitarian statuses have been supported by both parties.
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Leran @leran.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
My kid was home sick yesterday and I had to decide whether or not to send him to school today. I'm lucky. That choice wouldn't cost my job or make me lose pay. But if the GOP proposal passes low-income families would have to weigh all that and if staying home would jeopardize their ability to eat.
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Danny Mintz @dannymintz.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The new GOP proposal for SNAP cuts would take food off the table of 7 year olds if their parents can't report enough work hours. When my kids were 7, they were playing foursquare, learning math facts, and being silly. Imagine getting LESS help to feed your kids if your boss cuts your hours.
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Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The Ways and Means committee bill includes a slew of expansions of tax-advantaged health savings accounts – totaling more than $40 billion/10y – that mostly benefit high-income people and do nothing to address the problems people face affording care. www.cbpp.org/blog/five-re...
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Five Reasons Lawmakers Should Reject Expansions of Health Savings Accounts | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Expanding health savings accounts (HSAs) is a key element of Republicans’ health care policy agenda. Ostensibly, HSAs allow people enrolled in certain health insurance policies to set aside money...
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Emily Gee @emily-gee.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"This combination — top-heavy tax cuts financed by low-income benefit cuts — would add up to possibly the largest single transfer of wealth from poor to rich in U.S. history" says @bbkogan.bsky.social. Must-read this morning from @crampell.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Now might be exactly the worst time to cut Medicaid and food stamps
Cutting the safety net could prolong an economic recession.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Excellent NYT graphic. In the space of about 3 months, tariffs on China: -- doubled; -- went up ≈ 2.5X from there; -- roughly doubled again; -- went up ≈ 40% from there; -- and now have dropped ≈ 80% from the peak -- but are still 3X what they were in February. www.nytimes.com/article/trum...
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
“To watch these changes unfold without naming them for what they are is to participate in a collective amnesia about how knowledge infrastructures shape power relations."
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BatManitou @manitouryan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Hey, but at least the billionaires will get cuts!
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
CBPP's Samantha Jacoby posted on X explaining how the House Republican tax bill's new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers works: x.com/jacsamoby/st...
Samantha Jacoby on X: House Rs’ tax bill includes a new federal tax credit to subsidize private school vouchers — effectively the first nationwide voucher program. Plus, it’s structured as a costly tax break for the wealthy w/an egregious capital gains tax loophole. It should be rejected.
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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Make no mistake: The House Agriculture Committee's bill would cut millions of low-income people off SNAP entirely & slash food benefits for millions more. It's extreme. It's unprecedented. If enacted, it would be the single largest cut to food assistance in history.
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Peggy Bailey @peggybaileydc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We can’t afford to help families eat? And we think some people don’t “deserve” food? Why? Oh, right! We have to give wealthy people and corporations tax cuts instead. Silly me. Totally shameful!
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
We will have more analysis soon of these & other provisions. Bottom line: this bill would worsen hunger & hardship. If enacted, it would be the largest cut to #SNAP in history—taking food from struggling families to give tax cuts to the wealthy. Our leaders can & must do better.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The bill would also deny food benefits to all non-citizens who are not lawful permanent residents (green card holders). This includes people who are refugees & asylees, who were exempted from restrictions enacted in 1996. In FY23, 434,000 refugees & asylees participated in SNAP.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The bill would also cut food benefits for many households immediately by ending a simplification for calculating utility costs & cut future benefits for every single SNAP participant by permanently freezing the cost of the Thrifty Food Plan outside of inflation adjustments.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For each state & congressional district, we have estimates for how many people would be at risk of losing some or all of their food assistance due to this expansion of SNAP’s harsh work requirement to older adults & parents of school-aged kids. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Worsening SNAP’s Harsh Work Requirement Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Families with children, older adults, and veterans are among those who would be harmed. Estimates of the impact by congressional district are available inside.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This provision puts 6 million adults at risk of being cut off SNAP entirely & risks reducing food benefits for the roughly 5 million people who live with them, including 4+ million kids aged 7-17. That's almost 11 million people at greater risk of hunger.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Consider a parent w/ a 2nd grader who works for a small business and gets laid off when sales fall after tariffs raise their costs. Or a parent without sick leave who loses his job when his child gets very sick. Both could lose their SNAP benefits & not have enough to feed their kids.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
74% of the parents at risk of losing SNAP are women. Think about it: just after Mother’s Day, House Rs want to take food benefits away from low-income moms. If mom gets cut off SNAP, her family gets less food assistance—slashing the grocery budget she’s using to feed her kids.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Research shows this policy doesn't boost employment, it just increases hunger. It takes food away from people who are working but get tangled in red tape, people who are sick or caring for a sick child but fall through the cracks & don’t get an exemption, & people between jobs.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The bill would also take SNAP away from parents & grandparents of school-aged kids, adults in their early sixties & people living in areas without enough jobs by dramatically worsening SNAP's harsh, ineffective, & red tape-laden work requirement.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
If states can't meet the additional need, millions may not have enough to eat – worsening hunger & hampering SNAP’s ability to stimulate the economy. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
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Imposing SNAP Food Benefit Costs on States Would Worsen Hunger, Hurt States’ Ability to Meet Residents’ Needs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Requiring states to pay even a modest portion of SNAP benefits would radically change the program’s funding structure, abandoning the long-standing national commitment to provide low-income households...
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Even in good times, states will struggle to fill the massive hole left by this federal funding cut. But when the economy weakens, state revenues fall—at the same time more people lose jobs & need help putting food on the table.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The language is unclear, but it appears this extreme & unprecedented cost-shift could end SNAP entirely in some parts of the country if states decide the new state funding requirements are impossible for them to meet and they opt out of the program.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Here's how: This bill would require states to pay at least 5% of SNAP food benefits starting in 2028, with some owing up to 25%. States have been sounding the alarm that they can’t absorb this federal funding cut & it would lead to benefit cuts, eligibility restrictions, or both.
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Ty Jones Cox @tyjonescox.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This bill would: - Slash federal funding for food assistance, making low-income people bear the cost when states can't fill the hole. - Take food assistance away from millions of people entirely & reduce it for millions more. - Cripple SNAP's ability to respond to recessions.
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