This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget and taxes, housing, health, food assistance, state budgets and taxes, and the economy. On the federal budget and taxes, Chuck Marr argued that the expanded Child Tax Credit must be permanent and monthly. Javier Balmaceda noted that the American Rescue Plan Act provides critical, permanent tax relief to Puerto Rico. Marr, Sam Washington, Samantha Jacoby, and David Reich described how rebuilding the IRS would reduce the tax gap and help replenish the nation’s depleted revenue base. On housing, Will Fischer, Sonya Acosta, and Erik Gartland