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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
U.S. left-center (progressive policy advocacy)
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit policy institute founded in 1981 and funded primarily by progressive foundations. It conducts research focused on federal and state budget policy, with a consistent emphasis on programs that serve people with low and moderate incomes. Its work during the Trump administration's second term has been sharply critical, concentrating on health coverage losses, Medicaid cuts, federal workforce reductions, and the 2025 Republican reconciliation law.
Owned byIndependent 501(c)(3) nonprofit; governed by a board of directors, chaired (as of 2025) by Kenneth Apfel, a former Social Security Administration commissioner under President Clinton. Founder Robert Greenstein holds the title of president emeritus. Current president is Sharon Parrott.
LeaningU.S. left-center (progressive policy advocacy)
On the administrationbroadly critical
5average bias score across 2 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun