Analysis - /analysis/2015/social-security-medicare-trustees-reports/
July 23, 2015 - ...funds.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/07/17/private-defense-contractors-need-war/
July 17, 2015 - ...federal discretionary spending, a total of $598.5 billion." That does not include funding for the National Intelligence Programs - including the Central Intelligence Agency - which will sep...
Blog - /blog/2015/06/17/three-foreign-aid-mythbusters/
June 17, 2015 - ...federal budget is spent on foreign aid. It's actually closer to one percent.
Guide - /guides/federal-budget-tipsheet-transparency-and-data/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal tax dollars are being spent. In every state, a complex network of federal employees and federal contractors and grantees provide vital services that ensure clean drinking water, education, sec...
Guide - /guides/federal-budget-tipsheet-social-insurance-and-earne/
June 11, 2015 - Social insurance is made up of programs that help workers and their families replace income lost due to unemployment, disability, retirement, or death, as well as ensure access to adequate health care...
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-pentagon-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal discretionary spending – that’s the portion of the federal budget that the president requests and lawmakers determine each year in the appropriations process. U.S. military expendi...
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-health-care-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal spending, having risen from 7 percent of the federal budget in 1976 to more than a quarter in fiscal year 2015 as health care costs have risen in the industrialized world. Federal spending for...
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-education-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2015, a figure that has held roughly constant for decades despite consistent polling that shows education is a top priority for most Americans.
Guide - /guides/debt-and-deficit-tipsheet/
June 11, 2015 - Budget deficits have declined sharply in recent years, down from about 10 percent of the U.S. economy in fiscal 2009, to a projected 3.2 percent in 2015. Over the past 50 years, the budget deficit ave...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/pentagon-budget-request-fy2016/
June 4, 2015 - On February 2, the Obama Administration released its fiscal year 2016 budget request reflecting input from the Department of Defense. Here's what they asked for.
Blog - /blog/2015/06/03/leaving-highway-trust-fund-high-and-dry/
June 3, 2015 - Since 2008 alone, Congress has enacted 33 temporary fixes for the highway fund.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/19/move-money-2015-shifting-spending-pentagon-local-priorities-new-hampshire/
May 19, 2015 - From May through July, National Priorities Project staff together with partners from the Peace Action Education Fund will visit four states as part of our Move the Money training series.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/07/congress-budget-resolution-sequestration-name-only/
May 7, 2015 - ...federal government’s discretionary spending in fiscal year 2016.
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-military/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Military In fiscal year 2015, the federal government will spend $545 billion on the military, and that doesn’t even include war funding. In fact, the U.S. spends more on our military t...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-transparency/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Transparency By the time federal money finds its way to your city, it’s virtually impossible to know where exactly the funds came from – because the federal government doesn’t always r...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/15/four-charts-reveal-hidden-facts-of-tax-day/
April 15, 2015 - ...federal government is doing with that money?
Blog - /blog/2015/04/13/where-your-tax-dollars-go-federal-funds-vs-trust-funds/
April 14, 2015 - ...federal funds" - largely from your income taxes - that pay for the military, certain health care programs, education and other things.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/14/marketwatch-heres-where-your-tax-dollars-go/
April 14, 2015 - ...federal government spent your income-tax dollars in two big ways in 2014: on the military and on health care.
Guide - /guides/budget-process-tip-sheet/
April 3, 2015 - ...federal budget process is meant to be a participatory process carried out by Congress that reflects the priorities of the American people. The vision of democracy is that the federal budget reflects t...
Blog - /blog/2015/03/24/budget-reflects-americans-priorities/
March 24, 2015 - ...federal budget proposal that focuses on Americans' priorities -- such as job creation, education, Social Security, infrastructure improvements, and other domestic investments.
