Federal Budget Analysis: Transparency & Data
State Smart: Federal Funds in 50 States
Nov. 20, 2014
NPP's State Smart offers an easy-to-use look at dozens of ways that federal dollars flow between states and the U.S. Treasury. This report examines the influence of the Great Recession on these dynamics and their impact on our everyday lives.
Voter’s Guides 2014
Sept. 4, 2014
Our Voter’s Guides give you the low-down on our federal government’s role in vital systems we all care about, including education, health care, and the military, as well as how we can pay for it all through taxes and the role of deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
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!
The Big Money in Tax Breaks Continues
April 18, 2014
National Priorities Project examines trillions of dollars in tax breaks, who benefits, and why it matters for you. Materials include an interactive visualization, a report, and data on every tax break from 1974 to the present.
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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.
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- 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
Will the National Action Plan Tackle Spending Transparency Gaps?
Dec. 9, 2013
Version 2.0 of the White House's Open Government National Action Plan commits to shining more sunlight on how the federal government spends our money. We applaud this focus, but a good deal of work remains to reverse the recent decline of federal spending transparency.
Federal Spending in Your State, 2012-2014
April 29, 2013
Funding by state for select federal programs including Head Start, Special Education, and Medicaid, for fiscal years 2012 through projected 2014.
Homeland Security Spending Since 9/11
Feb. 28, 2013
NPP calculates how much the federal government has spent on homeland security since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.