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In 2009, the Recovery Act boosted monthly benefits for SNAP. The resulting increase in spending on SNAP benefits from 2009 to 2013 was greater than CBO had estimated. This report discusses that underestimate and the reasons for it.
- Report
CBO periodically issues a volume of options—this year’s installment presents 121—that would decrease federal spending or increase federal revenues. CBO’s website allows users to filter options by topic, date, and other categories.
- Cost Estimate
Direct Spending and Revenue Effects for the Conference Agreement on H.R. 2
- Cost Estimate
Scheduled for Consideration by the House Committee on Rules
- Presentation
Presentation by Elizabeth Bass and Heidi Golding, analysts in CBO’s National Security Division, at the Southern Economic Association Annual Meeting.
- Presentation
On November 17, 2018, Justin Falk and Nadia Karamcheva, analysts in CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, presented at the National Tax Association’s 111th Annual Conference on Taxation.
- Cost Estimate
As reported by the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship on March 19, 2018
- Presentation
Presentation by Yiqun Gloria Chen, an analyst in CBO’s Macroeconomic Analysis Division, at the University of Michigan’s 66th Annual Economic Outlook Conference.
- Report
In 2015, average household income before accounting for means-tested transfers and federal taxes was $20,000 for the lowest quintile and $292,000 for the highest quintile. After transfers and taxes, those averages were $33,000 and $215,000.
- Cost Estimate
As ordered reported by House Committee on the Judiciary on September 13, 2018