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The Militarized Budget 2017

Analysis - /analysis/2017/militarized-budget-2017/

April 3, 2017 - In 2016, the "militarized" budget amounted to 64 percent of discretionary spending.

Pink Out Day: Planned Parenthood's Federal Funding

Blog - /blog/2017/03/28/pink-out-day-planned-parenthoods-federal-funding/

March 28, 2017 - Federal funding for Planned Parenthood works out to about $2.50 per taxpayer - but it buys a lot.

Tax Day 2017: Notes and Sources

Analysis - /analysis/2017/tax-day-2017/tax-day-2017-notes-and-sources/

March 28, 2017 - Tax Day 2017: How we did it.

Seven Tax Facts for 2017

Analysis - /analysis/2017/tax-day-2017/seven-tax-facts-2017/

March 28, 2017 - From who pays to what we pay for, here are the facts.

National Priorities Project Statement on Trump FY 2018 Budget Proposal

Analysis - /analysis/2017/national-priorities-project-statement-trump-fy-2018-budget-proposal/

March 16, 2017 - ...Federal funds for job training have already declined precipitously over recent decades. In 1975, the U.S. spent seven times more on job training (adjusting for inflation) than it does today. The budg...

Here Are 8 Things President Trump Can Pay For Instead of Increasing Military Spending

Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/02/27/8-things-instead-of-military/

Feb. 27, 2017 - "There is ample money within the Pentagon budget that could be put to better use," NPP Lindsay Koshgarian Research Director told ATTN.

Six Things You Could Buy Instead of a Border Wall

Blog - /blog/2017/02/13/six-things-you-could-buy-instead-border-wall/

Feb. 14, 2017 - A leaked Department of Homeland Security internal report recently put the cost of President Trump's border wall at $21.6 billion.

Is the Federal Budget Racist? The Movement for Black Lives and the Federal Budget

Blog - /blog/2016/08/18/federal-budget-racist-movement-black-lives-and-federal-budget/

Aug. 18, 2016 - Make no mistake: budgets are moral documents.

3 Alarming NDAA Provisions You Should Know About

Blog - /blog/2016/05/23/3-alarming-ndaa-provisions/

May 23, 2016 - House lawmakers passed the NDAA last week with so many controversial provisions, the president has already issued a veto threat. 

Cellphones Bigger than a Backpack (Or Why Universal Preschool Isn’t a Priority)

Blog - /blog/2016/05/11/cellphones-bigger-backpack-or-why-universal-preschool-isnt-priority/

May 11, 2016 - Some things are better left in the past. Huge Pentagon budgets should be one of them.

Pentagon Spending is Out of Control

Blog - /blog/2016/05/10/pentagon-spending-out-control/

May 10, 2016 - The Pentagon's budget should be better - not bigger. 

Senator McCain is Right: No Secrecy for Northrop Grumman on B-21

Blog - /blog/2016/04/27/senator-mccain-right-no-secrecy-northrop-grumman-b-21/

April 27, 2016 - Senator John McCain has had enough of government secrecy and bloated Pentagon projects.

4 Things Congress Has Been Doing Instead of Passing a Budget Resolution

Blog - /blog/2016/04/26/4-things-congress-has-been-doing-instead-passing-budget-resolution/

April 26, 2016 - What's Congress been doing instead of passing a budget resolution? We name 4 things.

We’re in Federal Budget Limbo

Blog - /blog/2016/04/19/were-federal-budget-limbo/

April 19, 2016 - This is why we can’t have nice things: last week, lawmakers in Congress missed a huge budget deadline.

Competing Visions 2016

Analysis - /analysis/2016/competing-visions-2016/

March 21, 2016 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up to Americans’ priorities.

Tax Day 2016: Notes and Sources

Analysis - /analysis/2016/tax-day-2016/tax-day-2016-notes-and-sources/

March 10, 2016 - Tax Day shows how your income taxes were spent. Notes & Sources describes our data sources and how we analyzed the numbers.

Five Reasons to Support the #PeoplesBudget

Blog - /blog/2016/03/03/five-reasons-support-peoplesbudget/

March 3, 2016 -   Ask your member of Congress to support the People’s Budget!   We’ve just gotten our hands on the People’s Budget, released today, and so far we’re big fans. Here ar...

Super Tuesday: Federal Funding in Twelve States

Blog - /blog/2016/03/01/super-tuesday-federal-funding-ten-states/

March 1, 2016 - Super Tuesday is here. Twelve states will vote in the 2016 presidential primary.

Does the President’s Budget Achieve our New Year’s Resolutions?

Blog - /blog/2016/02/24/does-presidents-budget-achieve-our-new-years-resolutions/

Feb. 24, 2016 - ...federal budget work for all Americans. Does President Obama's budget proposal achieve them?

How Nevada and South Carolina Depend on Federal Spending

Blog - /blog/2016/02/23/how-nevada-and-south-carolina-depend-federal-spending/

Feb. 23, 2016 - ...federal funding makes its way to these states.