Analysis - /analysis/2015/tax-extenders-explained/
Dec. 9, 2015 - National Priorities Project answers important questions related to the temporary tax breaks known as the “tax extenders.”
Blog - /blog/2015/12/03/bipartisan-highway-bill-should-raise-gas-tax/
Dec. 4, 2015 - The 5-year highway bill revives the Export-Import bank and fails to raise the gas tax.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/early-childhood-education-fact-sheet/
Nov. 9, 2015 - It’s time for us to recognize that preschool is essential for our kids, our families, and our economy. And we can afford it.
Blog - /blog/2015/10/30/bipartisan-budget-deal-averts-devastating-cuts-lets-pentagon-sidestep-caps/
Oct. 30, 2015 - Hidden within the surprise budget deal unveiled on Tuesday is a major windfall for the Pentagon: the inclusion of a $59 billion slush fund that will bring total Pentagon spending over the $600 billion...
Blog - /blog/2015/10/08/congress-sends-national-defense-authorization-act-president/
Oct. 8, 2015 - Yesterday, in a 70-27 vote, lawmakers in the Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which lays out how the Pentagon might spend its 2016 $612 billion budget.
Blog - /blog/2015/10/01/congress-narrowly-averts-shutdown/
Oct. 1, 2015 - ...federal agencies ran out of money, Congress passed a continuing resolution that temporarily funds the government until December 11.
Blog - /blog/2015/09/29/pink-out-planned-parenthood-who-wants-government-shutdown/
Sept. 29, 2015 - ...federal government over Planned Parenthood funding.
Blog - /blog/2015/09/08/few-days-remain-congress-pass-2016-budget/
Sept. 8, 2015 - Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill today from an August recess with very little time left to pass a budget for fiscal yeat 2016.
Blog - /blog/2015/08/25/federal-budget-players-spotlight-harry-reid/
Aug. 25, 2015 - ...federal budget process. This week: Harry Reid.
Blog - /blog/2015/08/06/federal-spending-michigan-state-university-gets-overhaul/
Aug. 6, 2015 - ...federal grant money each year, especially for research and development purposes. Michigan State University recently pledged to do half of its $400 million per year purchasing budget with women- and mi...
Blog - /blog/2015/07/30/medicare-celebrates-50-years/
July 30, 2015 - Today marks Medicare's 50th birthday. What do Americans want for the future of the program?
Blog - /blog/2015/07/23/top-3-things-you-should-know-yesterdays-trustees-reports/
July 23, 2015 - Here's what you need to know from the Social Security and Medicare trustees reports.
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.
