Will lawmakers act in time to avoid the dangerous debt ceiling limit?

Late last week, Senate lawmakers failed to reach an agreement to restore jobless aid to 1.7 million unemployed workers. The Senate voted 58-40 Thursday on a proposal that would have reinstated unemployment insurance benefits through the end of March, just two votes shy of the 60 votes needed to end debate on the bill.

A few glimmers of hope came from Washington in recent months. Lawmakers agreed on a bipartisan budget resolution. 

House lawmakers passed a five-year farm bill this week that would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by $800 million per year, which amounts to a 1 percent cut to the program’s $80 billion annual cost. Senate lawmakers are scheduled to vote on the bill Monday.

Yesterday we published your priorities for the State of the Union – what you told us, by social media and e-mail, that you wanted the president to tackle in his speech. 

By e-mail and social media, we asked you to weigh in about what you think the president should cover during his speech – about what actions he should take in the coming year. Here's what you said.

NPP visited DC to advocate for federal spending data that captures the flow of federal money to states and communities.

NPP is proud to celebrate Data Innovation Day 2014 by highlighting our open data tools.

Congressional leaders left Washington late last week after passing the omnibus but before they restored unemployment aid to jobless workers.

This weekend, people around the world will gather to liberate data from PDFs. NPP's tax breaks dataset is an example of what can happen when we set information free.