Reports
Latest Reports & Analysis
Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims — CBPP
Impacts from October 2025 Shutdown RIFs — Data Foundation
Expiring ACA Premium Tax Credits Could Lead to Nearly 340,000 Jobs Lost Across the U.S. in 2026 — The Commonwealth Fund
ACA Marketplace Premium Payments Would More than Double on Average Next Year if Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire — Kaiser Family Foundation
Administration Plans for Mass Firings in a Shutdown Not Justified by Law or Prudent Management — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
More Than Half of ACA Marketplace Enrollees Live in Republican Congressional Districts — Kaiser Family Foundation
What Happens During A Government Shutdown? — Center for American Progress
State-Based Marketplace 2026 Enrollment Timeline — State Marketplace NetworkGovernment Shutdown Memo: Impact on Pending Rulemakings and Enforcement — Coalition of Sensible Safeguards
Why this shutdown is not like the others — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center
Damage From Inaction On ACA Tax Credits Has Begun And Will Grow With Further Delays — Health Affairs
Federal Harms Tracker: The Cost to Your Government — Partnership for Public Service
The Legality of the Friday Night Massacre — Georgetown Law Professor David Super
If Enhanced ACA Tax Credits Expire, Older Marketplace Enrollees Face Steepest Premium Hikes — Kaiser Family Foundation
Sens. Merkley and Van Hollen Floor Remarks on Administration's Illegal Impoundments [10.22.25]
Resources
Toolkits and Resources
Main Street Alliance Shutdown Toolkit for Small Businesses.
Protect Our Care Toolkit on Open Enrollment Window Shopping
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How Trump and a Project 2025 Lead Author Are Trying To Undermine Checks and Balances Central to U.S. Governance – Center for American Progress
Federal Courts Have Repeatedly Rejected Claims of an Inherent Constitutional Impoundment Power – Protect Democracy
The impoundment threat, explained – Protect Democracy
The President Has No Constitutional Power of Impoundment – Yale Journal on Regulation
Trump wants Nixon’s impoundment power. What’s impoundment? – Good Authority
Taking Appropriations Seriously – Columbia Law School Scholarship Archive
GAO Ruling on the constitutionality of impoundment [B-135564 July 26, 1973]
Unlawful Funding Freeze Sows Chaos – David Super, Legal Scholar
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Impoundment FAQs – Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Trump and his allies are completely wrong about impoundments – The Hill
This obscure budget procedure could be Trump’s biggest weapon – Vox
Checking Presidential Impoundment of Federal Funds – Protect Democracy
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The Man Behind Trump’s Push for an All-Powerful Presidency – New York Times
The man with a plan to upend government, and what it entails – Roll Call
Spending freeze mess shows Trump’s pick isn’t right for OMB – Washington Post
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Tracking Federal Expenditures in Real Time – The Hamilton Project
Using OMB’s Apportionment Website: Resources for Congress – Protect Democracy
Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities – Center on American Progress
DOGE Cuts by City, State, and Congressional District – Center on American Progress
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Department of Transportation: National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program [5.22.25]
Institute of Museum and Library Services [6.16.25]
Renew America's Energy Efficiency in Schools Program [7.12.25]
Department of Health and Human Services: Head Start Program [7.23.25]
Department of Health and Human Services: National Institute of Health (NIH) Grants [8.05.25]
Department of Homeland Security: FEMA Funding FY25 [9.15.25]
Department of Homeland Security: FEMA Funding FY21-FY24 [9.29.25]