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Top 6 Federal Budget Moments of 2016

Blog - /blog/2016/12/21/top-6-federal-budget-moments-2016/

- ...military spending, climate change, economic inequality and corporate greed.

Happy Government Shutdown Day!

Blog - /blog/2016/12/09/happy-government-shutdown-day/

- Happy Government Shutdown Day, America. Like an extra 10 pounds, there are parts of this holiday that don't just go away when it's over.

Pentagon Covers Up $125 Billion in Wasteful Spending

Blog - /blog/2016/12/06/we-hate-say-we-told-you-so-pentagon-covers-125-billion-wasteful-spending/

- We have enough to build a strong future for our country - if we use our resources wisely.

A Trump Budget: Military Contractors Rejoice

Blog - /blog/2016/11/16/trump-budget-military-contractors-rejoice/

- ...military spending has been pretty clear: it’s headed higher.

Open Community Forum this Friday

Blog - /blog/2016/11/11/open-community-forum-friday/

- Please mark your calendars and join us for an engaging discussion on the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead.

A Trump Budget?

Blog - /blog/2016/11/14/trump-budget/

- Budgets are moral documents, and the new president’s budget will reveal so much. 

Justice Department Announces End to Private Federal Prisons

Blog - /blog/2016/08/19/justice-department-announces-end-private-federal-prisons/

- Our pattern of mass incarceration is a choice we've made, and we can change those choices

#SafetyIs an End to Mass Incarceration: Join Us for National Night Out for Safety and Liberation #NOSL16

Blog - /blog/2016/08/02/national-night-out-safety-and-liberation-safetyis-end-mass-incarceration/

- This year, we’ll spend $7.5 billion to send Americans to federal prisons. This is not what safety looks like.

U.S. Military Spending vs. the World: This is Crazy

Blog - /blog/2016/04/20/us-military-spending-vs-world-crazy/

- We spend more than the next seven countries combined.

President Obama's Last State of the Union: A look back

Blog - /blog/2016/01/12/president-obamas-last-state-union-look-back/

- Today President Obama will give his final State of the Union address. A look back at seven years of president's budgets and our predictions about what you'll hear tonight.

The President's AUMF and the Cost of War

Blog - /blog/2015/02/12/presidents-aumf-and-cost-war/

- ...military force against ISIS.

12 Days of Budget Policy Riders: What Congress Gave Away in the Cromnibus

Blog - /blog/2014/12/19/12-days-budget-policy-riders-what-congress-gave-away-cromnibus/

- Twelve of the more bizarre or outrageous early Christmas gifts to special groups that lawmakers delivered through policy riders in the 2015 federal budget bill known as the Cromnibus.

Farewell, Mattea

Blog - /blog/2014/04/16/farewell-mattea/

- NPP says goodbye to Research Director Mattea Kramer.

Secretary Hagel's Cuts Don’t Translate into Less Spending

Blog - /blog/2014/02/25/secretary-hagels-cuts-dont-translate-less-spending/

- ...military programs, the Pentagon isn’t planning any major reductions in spending any time soon.

Congress Passes Clean Debt Ceiling Bill

Blog - /blog/2014/02/13/congress-passes-clean-debt-ceiling-bill/

- The battle to pass a debt ceiling suspension bill is finally over. Earlier this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed a suspension of the debt ceiling until March 15, 2015. ...

Who Won and Lost in the 2014 Budget

Blog - /blog/2014/01/14/who-won-and-lost-2014-budget/

- Lawmakers have introduced a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will finally complete the budgeting process for the federal government's fiscal year 2014.

Trump's Pentagon Parade Will Cost Lives and Livelihoods

Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/06/12/trumps-pentagon-parade-will-cost-lives-livelihood/

June 12, 2025 - ...military parade that happens to be on his birthday. At the same time, he's pushing cuts to food stamps, Medicaid, child labor enforcement, and more.

We Have a Choice: Weapons and War, or Food and Health Care?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/06/11/we-have-a-choice-weapons-and-war-or-food-and-healt/

June 11, 2025 - ...military contractor CEOs.

Global Trade at Gunpoint

Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/06/04/trump-creates-liberation-day-expanding-corporate-p/

June 4, 2025 - Program Director Lindsay Koshgarian quoted 

Trading Life for Death: What the Reconciliation Bill Puts at Stake in Your State

Analysis - /analysis/2025/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/

May 22, 2025 - ...Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net, Taxes & Revenue