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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Debt & Deficit
The U.S. is expected to reach the debt ceiling in just 18 days, on November 3.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Health Care
Seven in ten Americans are against shutting down the federal government over Planned Parenthood funding.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue
The beginning of a new fiscal year presents a new chance for Americans to make sure the federal budget works for all of us. The National Priorities Project is pleased to sponsor a free webinar on Poverty and the Federal Budget.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Taxes & Revenue
Here are a few of the ways that federal tax and budget policy contribute to economic inequality.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Health Care
The fight to defund Planned Parenthood is not about the money.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process
Yesterday Pope Francis added his considerable voice to the chorus calling for bold, immediate action on climate change. Here are five federal budget policies that don't live up to that vision.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
In fiscal year 2014, the United States government paid out an astounding $444 billion in federal contracts -- equivalent to almost forty percent of the federal discretionary budget for 2014.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Taxes & Revenue
Since 2008 alone, Congress has enacted 33 temporary fixes for the highway fund.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
With ISIS in the news again recently and new fears about abilities to contain the threat, we're taking another look at what this fight is costing us.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
In 2014, 27 cents of your income tax dollar went to the military for weapons, base operations, and war, but only 6 cents went to support generations of our nation's veterans.