Oregon Center for Public Policy

House Agriculture Committee Advances Unacceptable Farm Bill, Leaving Low-Income Families Behind Late last night, the House Agriculture Committee voted to advance a deeply flawed farm bill that turns its back on the millions of low-income families struggling to afford groceries in the wake of...

"A farm bill does not support our nation’s food security if it ignores the needs of the millions of people across the U.S. who cannot consistently afford to put food on the table." - @tyjonescox.bsky.social on last night's vote to advance a deeply flawed farm bill: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

😡 Unless you are rich, you've almost surely seen a tax increase when you combine all of Trump's tax policies from past year. Unbelievable.

Read our full analysis here: https://bit.ly/4bqlbGl
#itep #orpol #orleg #oregon

Cheniere Energy Gets $380 Million Gift from Trump’s Treasury Department Cheniere Energy's latest annual financial report shows the company reaped a cool $380 million in tax cuts from a single regulatory change made by the Trump administration last fall.

Trump’s Treasury helped a major energy corporation pay zero federal income tax in 2025 by aggressively undermining the tax code.

Cheniere Energy now gets a $380 million refund from taxpayers.
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The Geographic Distribution of Extreme Wealth in the U.S. More than one in four dollars of wealth in the U.S. is held by a tiny fraction of households with net worth over $30 million. Nationally, we estimate that wealth over $30 million per household will re...

As wealth inequality grows, so does the demand to tax the very top.

In 2022, we found that just a 2% wealth tax on billionaires would have raised $62 billion that year.

Current tax policy is clearly falling short of its potential.
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Interesting turn of events! Instead further expanding tax breaks for #DataCenters, a revised bill would now pause them for a year

She Works Full-Time. Without State Child Care, She Loses Everything. YouTube video by Oregon Center for Public Policy

‼️ ERDC (Oregon's child care subsidy) runs out in 2027. Portland parent Natalie and her four kids can’t survive that.

‼️ Roughly 12,000 Oregon families could lose their state child care subsidy in January 2027.

Watch the mini-documentary here: https://bit.ly/401Exv2
#orleg #orpol #erdc

Great news!

The Data Tells a Different Story: Oregon’s Economy Has Grown Faster Than Most - Oregon Center for Public Policy If you follow news coverage about Oregon’s economy, you may be surprised to learn the following: Oregon’s economy has grown faster than that of most states on

Recent news coverage doesn't tell the full story about the #OregonEconomy. So to set the record straight: Oregon’s economy has grown faster than that of most states on a per capita (per person) basis over the past two-plus decades #orpol #orleg

🎤 Our deputy director Daniel Hauser offered compelling reasons for Oregon legislators to vote no on SB 1586.

Read Daniel's full testimony here: https://bit.ly/4rmbpL3
#orpol #orleg

👎 Tax credits that some Oregon families use to afford health coverage expired in January.

💵 Congress last year failed to renew a tax credit that families use to purchase health insurance on the Affordable Care Act health exchanges.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3ZzCH4k
#orpol #orleg

⚡ We have some new (alarming) analysis of how damaging the actions of the Trump administration have been in one year alone.

😔 Folks, the next few years are REALLY going to hurt.

Full article by CBPP here: https://bit.ly/4rN3mqe

#orleg #cbpp #orpol

❤️ Happy Valentines Day. The rich are getting richer. But not if OCPP has anything to say about it!

❤️ We are advocating for our Oregon working families every week! Stay safe out there Oregon.

#valentines2026 #orleg #orpol #sb1507

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😡 Thousands of Oregon families who rely on state subsidized child care could lose those funds early next year.

🎙️ In this episode of Policy for the People, we speak with the experts about the potential loss of Employment Related Day Care (ERDC).
🎙️ Listen here: https://bit.ly/4qyiYwQ

#orleg #erdc

📢 We sounded the alarm on the harm to Oregon’s budget due to our state’s automatic connection to the wasteful tax cuts in H.R. 1.

Chip in today to strengthen OCPP’s impact at this critical moment.

✅ Donate: https://bit.ly/3M6bGTb

Bill explained here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi

#orleg #orpol

⚖️ This legislative session, an effort is underway to repeal Oregon’s only mechanism for limiting vast wealth inequality.

🤑 This estate tax is projected to secure a whopping $1.1 billion in the next budget period.

🤔 Read here: https://bit.ly/4twYcQU

#orleg #orpol

Oregon's senior-care workers need our help. Here's what state leaders can do. Oregon’s population is getting older, faster than in most other states. That demographic reality is on a collision course with the reality of the workforce that cares for Oregon’s elderly population.

💪 Oregon’s senior-care workers are quitting in droves.


As our latest op-ed in Lookout Eugene-Springfield explains, if we want our parents and grandparents to live out their later years in dignity, we also need to respect the workers who care for them.

https://bit.ly/4ts3TQ2

Tell lawmakers to support SB 1507, which eliminates some tax cuts for the rich and corporations and helps protect the services all Oregonians count on.

Sign here: https://bit.ly/4qtvEVX

SB 1507 explained in-depth here: https://bit.ly/3LXLRVi

@forallfamiliesoregon #orleg #orpol #salemoregon

A graph showing that the bottom 20% of Oregon residents got an average kicker refund of $550 while the top one percent received an average refund of 84 thousand dollars.

Shoutout to @ocppnews.bsky.social for info on Oregon's "kicker," which has cost the state budget $11 billion over a decade, most of it refunded to the wealthy.

📢 What you need to know about mitigating Oregon's budget crisis: Senate Bill 1507 explained.

📢 Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS

🎤 A powerful message from the executive director of For All Families Oregon, Candice Williams, on passing Senate Bill 1507.

🎤 We caught up with Candice at the Fight for Our Future rally in Salem yesterday.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS

💪 One of the most important votes the Oregon legislature will take this session is on Senate Bill 1507. This bill would protect about one-third of the revenue Oregon stands to lose: disconnect now!

Learn more about the disconnect here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS
#orleg #orpol #salem

💪 Fight for Our Future rally in Salem was fiery today! We DO believe we can win!

💪 Our rally today urges state lawmakers to disconnect from the Trump tax cuts for the rich and corporations (nearly $900 million dollars).

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4a1ByqS

#disconnect #orleg #orpol #salem

🚸 Thousands of families in Oregon are at risk of losing their child care, unless the Oregon legislature steps up and puts more resources into Employment Related Day Care (ERDC).

Watch our full video here: https://bit.ly/4qm1LXF
Write to lawmakers here: https://bit.ly/45Dzbt6

#erdc #orleg #salem

"Hey hey, ho ho, Trump tax cuts have got to go!"

Oregonians in Salem right now urging lawmakers to #disconnect from the Trump tax cuts to protect funding for schools and essential services #orleg

Right now in Salem, Fight for Our Future is urging lawmakers to protect working families, not tax cuts for the rich and corporations. Learn more: forourfutureoregon.com #Disconnect #orleg

BREAKING NEWS: Oregon's revenue forecast looks slightly better than the last one. Even so, the state’s fiscal picture remains difficult. It remains urgent that the #ORleg disconnect from the wasteful Trump tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations. Prioritize Oregon families! #ORpol

💰 With the Oregon Legislature in session, lawmakers have a real chance to boost Oregon’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).

FACT: A modest increase to Oregon’s EITC would send $26 million to nearly 230,000 working families 😃 😃 😃

Read here: https://bit.ly/4r7blyD

#EITC #ORleg

‼️ Big rally in Salem this Thursday to stop the coming cuts to Oregon's social safety nets!

‼️ Join us Feb 5th at the Oregon State Capitol State Park. We are asking legislators to DISCONNECT Oregon from Trump's Big Ugly Bill.

‼️ Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4q6srLE
#disconnect #orpol #orleg

Huge turnout at labor-organized rally #IceOut here in Portland