The top 5 fun facts about the $1.2 trillion project that's happening behind closed doors.

The public won't know which lawmakers requested which reforms for 50 years.

NPP's amazing summer interns contribute in myriad ways to our work. This week our Summer Intern Profiles series continues with Jackie Stein, a Research Assistant on our Faces of the Federal Budget project.

NPP's Taxes and Tax Reform one-page fact sheet gives you the info you need to weigh in on changes to the tax code.

What's happening in Congress right now could alter this nation for years to come. NPP's new, easy-to-use fact sheets will help you understand contentious issues like taxes and Obamacare so you can decide for yourself and make your voice heard while lawmakers are close do home during the August recess.

The Senate could vote as early as today on a bill that would allow student loan interest rates to rise sharply within a few years.

Clay is a self-declared “evangelical Texan.”

When lawmakers in the House passed an agriculture bill last week that effectively eliminated funding for the food stamp program, they were pulling nutrition assistance from millions of at-risk families.

This week's summer intern profile is Hannah Carrillo, who is working with NPP on our strategic planning project.

Speaking of hot summer budget battles, can two Senators put tax breaks on a "blank slate" diet and shed a few pounds from the U.S. tax code?