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National Priorities Project Reacts to President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget

Blog - /blog/2014/03/04/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2015-budget/

March 4, 2014 - ...of universal pre-kindergarten education. Here are the highlgihts of what the budget contains.

Cutting the army will make it stronger

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/25/cutting-the-army-will-make-it-stronger/

Feb. 25, 2014 - ...of Defense Chuck Hagel has fired a shot across the bow of business-as-usual at the Pentagon by announcing significant cuts in the U.S. Army.

International Open Data Day 2014

Blog - /blog/2014/02/20/international-open-data-day-2014/

Feb. 20, 2014 - ...of NPP's open data tools.

Nobel Peace Prize Nomination for Massachusetts Group Monitoring Military Spending

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/05/Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nomination-MA-Group/

Feb. 5, 2014 - ...of total discretionary spending, discretionary military spending in 2014 dwarfs all other categories of spending. The second highest amount of discretionary spending goes to education, $74bn or 6.4% o...

Data Innovation Day 2014

Blog - /blog/2014/01/23/data-innovation-day-2014/

Jan. 23, 2014 - NPP is proud to celebrate Data Innovation Day 2014 by highlighting our open data tools.

War on Poverty: 50 Years Later

Blog - /blog/2014/01/07/war-poverty-50-years-later/

Jan. 8, 2014 - ...of the War on Poverty, which renewed a commitment to federal funding for programs to help struggling Americans. Here's a list of resources that illustrate how these federal programs are faring 50 year...

Most Underreported Stories of 2013

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/30/most-underreported-stories-2013/

Dec. 30, 2013 - ...of BillMoyers.com to weigh in with their choices, including stories they reported on. Here’s what they had to say.

Karzai Expected to Sign Afghan Security Pact, U.S. Official Says

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/13/Karzai_Expected_to_Sign_Afghan_Security/

Dec. 13, 2013 - ...official.

Give Americans a budget to be thankful for

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/11/27/budget-to-be-thankful-for/

Nov. 27, 2013 - This Thanksgiving, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best interes...

National Prioritities Project estimates cost of military action in Syria

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/09/06/npp-estimates-cost-of-military-action-in-syria/

Sept. 6, 2013 - ...of nerve gas on its citizens, the National Priorities Project has calculated such action may cost hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.

The Cost of Military Intervention in Syria

Blog - /blog/2013/09/05/cost-military-intervention-syria/

Sept. 5, 2013 - ...Cost of National Security site, you can see the real-time cost of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile program. In 2013, the program is projected to cost U.S. taxpayers $320 million –...

NPP's Numbers in the Wild: Cost of the Modern Soldier

Blog - /blog/2013/08/14/npps-numbers-wild-cost-modern-soldier/

Aug. 14, 2013 - ...cost of the modern soldier. If you use our data in your work, let us know!

Military Spending Fact Sheet

Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/military-spending-fact-sheet/

Aug. 1, 2013 - Key facts for understanding the current debate over military spending.

Cost of War Will Tackle New Terrain

Blog - /blog/2013/05/28/cost-war-will-tackle-new-terrain/

May 28, 2013 - ...Cost of War site has been keeping track of real-time federal spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But now the Cost of War site is going to tackle new terrain.

Top Five Things To Know About the Pentagon’s Budget Request

Blog - /blog/2013/04/15/top-five-things-know-about-pentagons-budget-request/

April 17, 2013 - ...of the request, the administration is seeking $526.6 billion for the Pentagon. This amount does not including funding for wars or the nuclear weapons activities at the Department of Energy.  Here...

Top 5 Things to Know About President Obama's 2014 Budget

Blog - /blog/2013/04/10/president-obamas-2014-budget-top-5-things-know/

April 10, 2013 - ...of the first Monday in February. Here are the top five things to know about the new budget.

President Obama Proposes 2014 Budget

Analysis - /analysis/2013/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2014-budget/

April 10, 2013 - ...of President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, including proposed reductions in Social Security benefits.

Fiscal Year 2014 Pentagon Budget Analysis

Analysis - /analysis/2013/fiscal-year-2014-pentagon-budget-analysis/

April 10, 2013 - ...of the Pentagon's 2014 budget request.

Competing Visions: President Obama, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Patty Murray, and House Progressives Release Budget Proposals for 2014

Analysis - /analysis/2013/budget-proposals-2014/

March 14, 2013 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.

Too Much Money Spent in Iraq for Too Few Results

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/06/too-much-money-too-few-results/

March 6, 2013 - ...war-torn nation were worth the cost.