1.0Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunityhttps://spotlightonpoverty.orgAlex Fiorillehttps://spotlightonpoverty.org/author/alexfiorille/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://spotlightonpoverty.org/spotlight-exclusives/deficit-looms-over-anti-poverty-policies-for-new-administration-and-congress/">Deficit looms over anti-poverty policies for new administration and Congress</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spotlightonpoverty.org/spotlight-exclusives/deficit-looms-over-anti-poverty-policies-for-new-administration-and-congress/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Deficit looms over anti-poverty policies for new administration and Congress” — Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://spotlightonpoverty.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Scott-Winship-1.jpeg768768Scott Winship, a resident scholar and director of Poverty Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, is the former director of the congressional Joint Economic Committee. Spotlight spoke to Winship recently about what to expect from a new Congress and a new administration on legislation focused on poverty and opportunity. The conversation has been lightly edited […]