Federal Budget Analysis: Military & Security
Move The Money 2014
May 20, 2014
National Priorities Project, Peace Action, along with a terrific group of colleagues, have assembled all the materials you need to enter the current national debate about Pentagon spending within the federal budget, while building the capacity of colleagues and allies to join you!
Fiscal Year 2015 Pentagon Budget Analysis
April 7, 2014
National Priorities Project examines the new budget proposal for the Department of Defense.
Federal Spending in Your State, 2013-2015
March 24, 2014
Funding by state for select federal programs including Head Start, Special Education, and Medicaid.
President's 2015 Budget in Pictures
March 19, 2014
President Obama recently released his 2015 budget proposal. And budgets are about priorities: What we’re going to spend money on, and how we’re going to raise the money that we’re spending. These pictures tell the story of the priorities in the president’s budget.
Also Includes:
- All Revenue and Spending: Where the Money Comes From and Where the Money Goes
- Annual Budget Deficit or Surplus as a Share of the Economy
- Total Tax Revenue
- Individual and Corporate Income Taxes as Percent of Total Federal Revenue
- Federal Spending and Revenue as a Share of GDP
- MIlitary and Non-Military Discretionary Spending
- Total Spending
- Mandatory Spending
- Mandatory and Discretionary Spending and Interest on Federal Debt
- Discretionary Spending
President Obama Proposes 2015 Budget
March 4, 2014
New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.
Sequestration’s Impact on Military Spending, 2013 – 2014
March 4, 2014
Across-the-board budget cuts have had a much smaller impact on military spending than news reports suggest.
Summary of 2014 Discretionary Spending Levels
Jan. 28, 2014
Earlier this month, congressional lawmakers enacted an omnibus spending bill that would fund the federal government for fiscal year 2014. Here's how the omnibus compares to 2013 spending levels.
FAQ: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013
Dec. 11, 2013
Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray and her House counterpart Rep. Paul Ryan came to a deal on the federal budget. See exactly what the deal contains.
Americans' Blueprint for a Budget Resolution
Nov. 21, 2013
Lawmakers are failing the basic task of managing our nation’s finances. Yet if they listened to the American people, they would pass a smart long-term budget plan by taking these actions on key issues.
A Multi-Issue Prevention Model for Benefiting Society While Reducing Government Spending
Oct. 31, 2013
In a collaboration with the Prevention Project, National Priorities Project explores investment in prevention strategies -- from health care to criminal justice to national defense -- in order to achieve better outcomes for society while saving taxpayer dollars.