Analysis - /analysis/2015/president-obamas-2016-budget/
Feb. 4, 2015 - ...spending above sequestration caps for defense and non-defense, and many initiatives that would be widely popular with Americans.
Blog - /blog/2015/02/04/top-four-things-you-need-know-about-obamas-fy2016-budget-proposal/
Feb. 4, 2015 - We've analyzed the key funding initiatives in President Obama's FY2016 budget and how they match up to Americans' priorities.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2016-budget/
Feb. 2, 2015 - President Obama today released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. The $4 trillion spending and tax proposal includes funding that would provide two years of tuition-free community college ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/01/obamas-buget-5-things-to-watch/
Feb. 1, 2015 - ...us,” Stan Collender, executive vice president at Qorvis Communications, said. “Mandatory spending has been going up—not because of new proposals that he’s made, but because of ...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/22/npp-staff-joins-partners-annual-national-security-strategy-retreat/
Jan. 22, 2015 - ...ust outside of Washington, DC.
Blog - /blog/2014/12/23/top-14-moments-2014/
Dec. 23, 2014 - As we approach the end of another year, the team here at National Priorities Project has been looking back at our victories and favorite moments from the past twelve months.
Blog - /blog/2014/12/22/millennial-perspective-our-failing-infrastructure-and-highway-trust-fund/
Dec. 22, 2014 - Many of our roads and bridges are close to fifty years old and desperately in need of investments for upgrades. In a 2013 report America’s Infrastructure, The American Society of Civil Engi...
Blog - /blog/2014/12/16/congress-passes-2015-national-defense-authorization-act/
Dec. 16, 2014 - ...Defense Authorization Act (or NDAA) that provides funding to the military. And in a bipartisan vote, lawmakers just made it 53 when the Senate voted to pass a House version of the bill earli...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/whats-cromnibus-extended-analysis/
Dec. 15, 2014 - On Saturday, the Senate passed a U.S. budget that avoided a government shutdown, set the stage for a February showdown over immigration, relaxed financial investment rules implemented under the Dodd-F...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/12/12/buried-within-omnibus-bill-long-term-blank-check/
Dec. 12, 2014 - ...spending fund, which was supposed to be temporary, has become permanent fixture that inflates Pentagon's budget
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/12/12/the-ominous-cromnibus/
Dec. 12, 2014 - ...ustifiable anger directed at what’s in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or “cromnibus” – that the House struggled to pass late Thursda...
Blog - /blog/2014/12/11/whats-cromnibus/
Dec. 11, 2014 - Spending caps, immigration, the F-35, military pay raises, Dodd-Frank, campaign contributions and more: here's what's in the budget bill.
Blog - /blog/2014/12/09/11-trillion-or-shutdown/
Dec. 9, 2014 - With only four days left to pass a budget before a government shutdown, the pressure is on.
Blog - /blog/2014/12/04/congress-has-one-week-make-sure-government-doesnt-shut-down/
Dec. 4, 2014 - ...ust a week away from a government shutdown and Congress has not followed through on one of its most fundamental and important responsibilities: to fund the government.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/state-smart-federal-funds-50-states/
Nov. 20, 2014 - ...use look at dozens of ways that federal dollars flow between states and the U.S. Treasury. This report examines the influence of the Great Recession on these dynamics and their impact on our everyday ...
Blog - /blog/2014/11/11/how-much-do-we-spend-our-nations-veterans/
Nov. 11, 2014 - Last week news broke that 629 U.S. troops believe they were exposed to chemical warfare agents while overseas more than a decade ago. This begs the question: how much does our nation s...
Blog - /blog/2014/11/10/president-requests-56-billion-fight-isis/
Nov. 10, 2014 - What does America expect to accomplish in fighting ISIS? And what will it cost?
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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/10/26/defense-hopes-sequester-relief/
Oct. 26, 2014 - ...defense firm analysts say. While repealing the automatic spending cuts is unlikely and even easing the cuts remains an uphill climb, opponents believe they have new, favorable arguments on their side...
Blog - /blog/2014/10/16/state-smart-better-federal-budget-open-data/
Oct. 16, 2014 - ...spending data.
