Analysis - /analysis/2014/competing-visions-election/
Oct. 29, 2014 - NPP revisits its Competing Visions analysis that shows how lawmakers would break down the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/22/what-has-us-spent-fighting-ebola/
Oct. 22, 2014 - What has the U.S. spent fighting Ebola? It seems nobody really knows. One thing we do know: it’s not a lot.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/28/strategy-toward-islamic-state/
Sept. 28, 2014 - ...ward the Islamic State -- An (Urgent) Opportunity For Congress To Do Its Job Patrick Romain The execution of U.S. foreign policy that has relied on the use of force and support provided to selected fa...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/09/25/cots-rack-up-isis/
Sept. 25, 2014 - Costs Rack Up in ISIS fight Rebecca Shabad The fight against ISIS looks to be much less expensive than those other wars, which sent hundreds of thousands of combat troops to those countries. President...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/19/peoplesclimate-and-peoples-budget-worthsaving/
Sept. 19, 2014 - Even the Pentagon has called climate change a national security threat. Why do we spend so little on climate change initiatives compared to so much on other programs?
Blog - /blog/2014/09/16/notsofast-americamustknow-whenwillitend/
Sept. 16, 2014 - In the wake of President Obama’s speech to the nation last Wednesday, and with a bill in Congress today authorizing further military action against ISIS, we are left with several troubling quest...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/state-smart-cost-military-contracts-your-state-and-election/
Sept. 10, 2014 - ...of releases leading up to State Smart, NPP profiles federal contract spending in the states, with a spotlight on the Department of Defense.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/20/5-reasons-talk-congress-august/
Aug. 20, 2014 - August recess is the best opportunity to tell Congress your thoughts on Iraq, immigration, corporate taxes, unemployment benefits, and more.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/19/15-trillion-and-counting-what-new-involvement-iraq-means-federal-spending/
Aug. 19, 2014 - ...of troops back into Iraq, and air strikes are expected to continue for weeks or months, Americans are wary about our role in a conflict most of us think we never should have starte...
Blog - /blog/2014/07/02/whats-more-patriotic-investing-home-or-overseas/
July 2, 2014 - ...of how our involvement in conflicts overseas – like responding to crisis in Iraq – defines our country’s priorities.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/25/localizable-federal-budget-data-what-does-your-community-spend-education-iraq-war-foreign-aid-and-debt/
June 26, 2014 - ...cost of the Iraq war to taxpayers in your town? If you could reallocate those tax dollars, what would you buy instead? NPP's easy-to-use, localizable federal budget data can answer these questions and...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/06/20/six-numbers-Iraq/
June 20, 2014 - ...of the war in Iraq, and currently it states that the US has spent about $817 billion on the conflict. But that's a fraction of the wear's true, total cost. The Costs of War Project finds that wh...
Blog - /blog/2014/06/18/we-cant-afford-spend-more-money-war-iraq/
June 18, 2014 - ...war in Iraq.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/26/troop-levels-afghanistan/
May 26, 2014 - ...cost the U.S. more than $720 billion since 2001, according to the National Priorities Project, which studies federal spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/fiscal-year-2015-pentagon-budget-analysis/
April 7, 2014 - ...of Defense.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/budget-proposals-2015/
April 1, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/notes-sources/
March 14, 2014 - ...Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in the Budget of the United States Government, fiscal year 2014, in the Public Budget Database. Tax Day Categories When OMB publishes federal budget data, it us...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/05/how-would-you-spend-trillion/
March 5, 2014 - Here are the five things you absolutely need to know about President Obama's proposal to spend $3.9 trillion in 2015
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/05/Top-Five-Obama-Budget/
March 5, 2014 - ...of devoting an astonishing 57 percent of discretionary spending to the military. Here are the top five things to know about Obama's budget: 1. Increases Military Spending Excluding war costs, the b...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.
