Many countries in the world have several active political parties that citizens can choose from when voting. Why does the United States only have two major political parties?

The 2025 Budget Reconciliation Bill spans over 1000 pages. This legislation includes thousands of changes in government policy. In this brief, we focus on just one part of the enacted bill: Title I on Agriculture, Subtitle A: Nutrition. This single subtitle includes 7 distinct sections, each affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Everything Policy was formed around an ambitious goal: to create nonpartisan, fact-based content that informs and inspires thoughtful conversations, driving sound policy outcomes for America’s most pressing issues. In this retrospective, the 100th policy brief, Everything Policy's Research Group reflects on three years of putting facts first.