By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
The priorities in Congress this week are clear: a $700 billion authorization for military spending in FY 2018, and a $1.5 trillion tax plan that bestows untold wealth upon the already jaw-droppingly wealthy.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Taxes & Revenue
If the Trump tax plan were an object, you can bet it would be gold-plated
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
It's easy to see what comes next: claiming pressure from the deepening debt that they themselves created, members of Congress will want massive cuts to programs that help the poor and middle class.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
Today's Senate vote to require new congressional authorization for ongoing wars may have failed - but it still represents progress.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Taxes & Revenue
Corporations exist for only one reason: to maximize profits, not employment.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Transparency & Data
As of October 1, National Priorities Project (NPP) will join the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS).
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Military & Security
The president's deeply disturbing tendency to glorify war has no place in determining our country's use of nuclear weapons.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Health Care,
Military & Security
Proposals for U.S. military spending are starkly different. See how they stack up.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
If President Trump has shown us anything with this budget, it’s that he will seek to increase military spending, even if he doesn’t know why he’s doing it.
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Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue
Congress is in "recess" from April 7 to April 21, 2017. That means that members of Congress are home in their states or districts -- and they're ready to meet with you.