Analysis - /analysis/2012/what-fiscal-cliff-resources-bush-tax-cuts-sequestration-and-lame-duck-congress/
Nov. 7, 2012 - In the coming weeks, Congress will take on the fiscal cliff and make decisions about the Bush tax cuts, the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration, and a host of other tax and spending issues ...
Blog - /blog/2012/11/05/competing-priorities-millennial-outlook/
Nov. 5, 2012 - ...deficit reduction.
Blog - /blog/2012/10/30/voter-guide-2012-obama-and-romney-issues/
Oct. 30, 2012 - ...deficits, here's where the candidates stand on 12 key issues: Candidate ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/10/17/big-sticks-cost-money/
Oct. 17, 2012 - Mitt Romney’s foreign policy doesn’t match his thrifty approach to other spending. The U.S. Republican presidential candidate’s speech on Monday suggests a George W. Bush-like interv...
Blog - /blog/2012/10/15/you-ask-we-answer-fact-check-social-security-and-deficit/
Oct. 15, 2012 - ...deficit. But for the last two years Social Security expenditures have exceeded Social Security revenues. How does this not contribute to the deficit?" Good question, Paul.
Blog - /blog/2012/10/10/where-are-we-now-congress-elections-and-lame-duck/
Oct. 10, 2012 - The Oct. 1 start of the new fiscal year passed quietly this year, as Congress recessed in mid-September so House and Senate members could return to their districts to campaign before the critical Nove...
Blog - /blog/2012/10/09/debate-were-not-having/
Oct. 9, 2012 - ...deficit, which totaled around $1.1 trillion in fiscal 2012.
Blog - /blog/2012/10/04/npps-top-5-debate-tweets/
Oct. 4, 2012 - NPP's research team live-tweeted and fact-checked the first debate of the 2012 Presidential Election. If you missed, here are our top 5 tweets.
Video - /videos/2012/10/1/budget-brief-sequestration-one-stop-chopping/
Oct. 1, 2012 - ...Deficit, Health Care, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Blog - /blog/2012/10/01/fact-check-and-presidential-debates-did-stimulus-work/
Oct. 1, 2012 - The first of three presidential debates is scheduled for Wednesday. We don't know precisely what topics the candidates will cover, but we can make some educated guesses. And one reader from Duluth, Mi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/10/01/what-the-presidential-debates-wont-tell-you/
Oct. 1, 2012 - ...deficits, taxes, Medicare, the Pentagon, and education, to which you already more or less know the responses each candidate will offer. What you won't get from either Mitt Romney or Barack Obama is a ...
Video - /videos/2012/9/24/voter-guide-why-healthcare-matters-in-the-2012-election/
Sept. 24, 2012 - ...Deficit, Health Care
Blog - /blog/2012/09/12/voter-guide-democrats-federal-budget/
Sept. 12, 2012 - Last week, on the heels of the Republican convention, my colleague Chris Hellman wrote here about the Republican Party platform and its implications for the federal budget. With the Democratic convent...
Video - /videos/2012/9/10/voter-guide-federal-spending/
Sept. 10, 2012 - ...Deficit, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue
Blog - /blog/2012/09/10/top-6-questions-ask-candidates/
Sept. 10, 2012 - This election season, National Priorities Project is launching a suite of materials to arm voters with crucial information about what's at stake in November. And part of being informed is knowing what...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-taxes/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Should tax rates go up or down, and for whom? This one-pager includes important but little-known facts about taxes and loopholes in the tax code, plus proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-federal-spending/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...deficits and what should be done?
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-health-care/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Health care accounts for 24 percent of the federal budget. This one-pager covers the facts on growth in health spending and proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-social-security/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Is Social Security in crisis or not? This one-pager covers the must-know facts and proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/
Sept. 7, 2012 - National Priorities Project's suite of resources for the 2012 election: A comparison of the presidential candidates on 12 key issues, plus fact sheets with crucial background information on Medicare, ...