The Hamilton Project
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The Hamilton Project at Brookings produces research and policy proposals on how to create a growing economy that benefits more Americans.
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Joined March 2010
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Amid ongoing uncertainty about SNAP funding, The Hamilton Project has created four figures visualizing federal outlays to SNAP for November 2025. The figures will update daily on weekdays, excluding federal holidays.
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The figures on this page visualize federal outlays to SNAP for November 2025, with comparisons to prior months and prior years.
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In case you missed it: Last week, @SenAmyKlobuchar, Stacy Dean, Danielle Perry, @dwschanz, @DavidASuper1, and Lauren Bauer joined us for a virtual event on SNAP. Read the recap:
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On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted a webcast to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful...
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Why is raising revenue via tariffs bad for the U.S. economy? How do tariffs reduce economic growth? @JayCShambaugh answers these questions and more in a new Hamilton Project explainer: https://t.co/GnCkG4BdaX
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In this explainer, Jay C. Shambaugh shows why tariffs are a particularly bad way to raise funds for the U.S. government.
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The USDA has announced that no SNAP benefits will be issued on November 1. Join us today at 12:30 PM ET to understand what this means for families, communities, and the economy:
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On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted an event to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill...
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TOMORROW AT 12:30 PM ET: Join @SenAmyKlobuchar and a panel of leading experts for a conversation on SNAP and everything you need to know ahead of November 1.
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On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted an event to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill...
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📢 NEW: We are pleased to announce that @SenAmyKlobuchar will be joining our event tomorrow to deliver remarks on SNAP. Additionally, @FoodDepository's Danielle Perry is joining our panel of leading experts. See the updated agenda and RSVP: https://t.co/4Fe7j9iTKZ
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More than 40 million people are at imminent risk of not receiving SNAP benefits for November. Why does this matter and what policymakers can do? This Thursday, October 30, join Stacy Dean, Diane Schanzenbach, David Super, and Lauren Bauer to learn more:
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On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted an event to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill...
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SNAP provides relief to families when they fall on hard times and serves as a crucial financial stimulus because participants quickly spend benefits in their local economies. Recent SNAP cuts will undermine this, Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach warn:
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Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
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SNAP supports both families and the economy during recessions. But the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s SNAP cuts will make the program substantially and detrimentally less responsive to economic downturns, Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach warn.
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Lauren Bauer and Diane Schanzenbach analyze how SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect the program’s response to recessions.
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Our federal expenditures tracker lets you monitor funding to key programs and departments in real time:
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Track federal expenditures and filter by department, program, and more. Data are updated daily.
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Become a research assistant at The Hamilton Project! Apply now through October 15, 2025:
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In January, President Trump fired @NLRB Board Member Gwynne Wilcox, leaving the board without a quorum. @hamiltonproj explores what this means for workers and unions. -> https://t.co/sVgLoVpNkQ
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Today and every day, Anduril honors our heroes. Veterans are core to our mission. They make up over 13% of our employee base. That’s more than twice the share in the US Labor Force. We asked our employees to nominate their Veteran teammates to recognize their impact. Here's
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What’s happening at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)? In a new piece, Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data to track NLRB actions: https://t.co/QvtrP5rAox
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Trying to keep up with all of Trump's actions? Chase Parry and @davidmwessel collected trackers from @BrookingsInst, @lawfare, @HarvardHBS, @hamiltonproj and more ⬇️
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For most of this year, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), which enforces employee protections, has lacked a quorum. How has this affected NLRB actions? Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock explore the data:
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Olivia Howard, Lauren Bauer, Celine McNicholas, and Margaret Poydock use administrative data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to assess the number of cases the NLRB closed, the reason...
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Happy back-to-school season! 🍎 Get ready for the upcoming school year by exploring our work on education: https://t.co/JNWsDxU8tp Stay tuned for more work to come by signing up for our newsletter:
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Explore our data interactives on federal expenditures, real pay, trade, and more: https://t.co/O4XOJnlQJE
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Pleasure that envelops you. Pleasure you've never felt before. TENGA FLIP 360 🛸
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Is pay keeping up with inflation? We’ve updated our wage tracker with the latest data through Q2 2025.
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An interactive shows changes in real pay using different pay measures and two inflation measures, PCE and CPI.
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What does the government spend money on, and why does the federal debt matter? Hear from @AvivaAronDine on @NPR's @planetmoney:
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Although it seems like the government can spend an endless amount of money, it cannot actually do all the things it wants to do. So the big question in this week's lesson is: How do we decide? Why...
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