The Senate Appropriations Committee completed its markup of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Appropriations bill on September 9. The bill includes $497.6 billion for the Department of Defense’s annual “base” budget (not including funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan). This is roughly $3.5 billion below the Obama Administration’s request ($501.1 billion) and $15.4 billion above current levels.

Health care is one of the most pressing issues of our time.
National Priorities Project can help you participate in the health care debate and work more effectively to create change. NPP is the only resource in the country providing data that spotlights the intersection of federal spending and human needs over the last 25 years.

The F-22, known as the “Raptor,” is an air-superiority fighter intended to replace a portion of the Air Force’s fleet of F-15s.  The aircraft utilizes “stealth” technologies, and is able to cruise at supersonic speed without afterburners, thus saving fuel. Lockheed-Martin is the prime contractor, while Boeing (airframes) and Pratt & Whitney (engines) are major subcontractors.

This publication offers a look at federal budgets spanning 2008 to 2010, including the Obama administration's first budget.  Since the values embedded in the budget set the parameters for action while reflecting our nation's approach to the common good, citizens are urged to reconcile the numbers presented here with the President's words.

On March 2, 2009, the Obama Administration released the initial details of its proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget for the federal government. As part of this budget, the Administration is seeking $533.8 billion in funding for the Department of Defense, not including funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan or the nuclear weapons related activities of the Department of Energy. Adjusted for inflation, the $534 billion request is $9 billion, or 1.7 percent, more than Congress approved for the Defense Department for FY 2009. 

As Congress considers additional war funding for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2009, National Priorities Project offers a state-level table and breakdowns of the President's proposed total war spending by congressional district, county and city.

Foreign Policy In Focus expert Miriam Pemberton and Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation analyst Travis Sharp respond to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s military budget.

In January, NPP released part 1 of its analysis of new Active-duty Army recruits, looking at overall educational attainment and quality. In this second installment, NPP analyzes the 2008 recruitment data by race, educational attainment, quality, income, and other demographic characteristics. This is the fifth year in row that the National Priorities Project has obtained data from the US Army Recruiting Command on all non-prior service active-duty and reserve accessions, through the Freedom of Information Act.  Each year NPP compiles these data into geographical areas by zip code, county, and state, and offers them on its searchable online NPP Database. 

According to a new report from National Priorities Project (NPP), the United States is spending between $97 and $215 billion dollars annually on military action to defend access to oil and natural gas reserves around the globe. The Military Cost of Securing Energy provides a critical analysis of the military cost of defending U.S. energy concerns overseas. The report estimates that the military spends up to 30 percent of its annual budget to secure access to energy resources internationally.

Taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent their 2007 income tax dollars: over 40 percent went towards military spending, while education received just over 4 percent. This publication shows how the median income family's 2007 income tax dollars were spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.

The administration released its fiscal year 2009 $3 trillion budget request on Monday, February 5. An overview of the budget proposal along with state-level breakdowns on selected programs are available.

On December 26, President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Bill passed by Congress the previous week. The Act wraps up the budget for fiscal year 2008 and provides an additional $70 billion for war.

Find out how much the Iraq War is already costing taxpayers in your town, city or county. State and national information is also included.

In spite of claims of the jobs created through military spending, much of the money spent on the military never makes it back to the States. This report, based on a new release of federal spending data, IRS and other data, shows at the state level what taxes we paid and what came back.

This publication provides breakdowns by state and congressional district on the human and financial costs of the Iraq War. It also shows what a half trillion in Iraq War spending could buy each congressional district in local services.

With Congress' recent vote for an additional $100 billion in war spending, the total spent or allocated for the Iraq War alone rises to nearly half a trillion dollars. Get a US publication or one for 13 major US cities.

This publication shows how the median income family's income tax dollars are spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.

The administration requested another $100 billion in additional war spending for fiscal year 2007. If Congress appropriates the money as requested, total funding for the Iraq War this fiscal year will climb to nearly $140 billion with nearly a half trillion dollars allocated for the Iraq War in total.

With President Bush's recent move to add more troops to the Iraq War, the price tag to the American taxpayer continues to climb.  Find out what the cost so far is to your state, town, or congressional district.

The budget process this year began with a whimper and ended with even less, as Congress failed to act on 11 out of 13 appropriation bills and deferred this year’s business to next year’s Congress.

With Congress allocating more money for the Iraq War, NPP notes the new total cost of the war along with state, city, county and congressional district taxpayer costs. 

This publication shows how the median income family's income tax dollars are spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.
This publication shows how the median income family's income tax dollars are spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.

The Federal Budget Year in Review provides a snapshot and analysis of the past year's major federal tax and spending policies.

This page provides an overview of military recruitment in fiscal year 2004.

Americans have an historic opportunity to examine federal spending priorities in the face of Hurricane Katrina's aftermath and the Iraq War. NPP offers a two-page overview of current federal spending policies and state level numbers on the cost of the Iraq War.

The Federal Budget Year in Review provides a snapshot and analysis of the past year's major federal tax and spending policies.

Cost to Taxpayers of the New $25 Billion War Request provides a state-by-state breakdown showing what each state will pay to meet the increasing cost of the war in Iraq.

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This publication analyzes the Administration's recent supplementalrequest of $82 billion for war-related funding. State and city cost of war numbers are available.

This publication summarizes the provisions in the new Medicare bill that will limit seniors' savings and offers state-by-state numbers on the dollars spent annually on prescription drugs and their rising cost.

Federal Education Funding Falls Short assesses federal education spending under the Bush Administration and its impact on each state.

The President's Budget: Impact on the States provides a state-by-state breakdown showing what each state would lose in federal funding under President Bush's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2005.