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/2015/02/02/money-chase-2016-us-budget-out-today-be-ready/
Feb. 2, 2015 - ...federal budget cycle is set to kick off today at 11:30 am in Washington, D.C., when the White House releases its spending request to Congress for the 2016 fiscal year that begins in October. Many rese...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/01/obamas-buget-5-things-to-watch/
Feb. 1, 2015 - ...Federal Budget and a veteran of the budget process on Capitol Hill. In 2012, the White House released a white paper that outlined general principles about corporate tax reform, Lorenzen said, but it&...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/27/what-you-need-know-about-presidents-tax-plan/
Jan. 27, 2015 - About a week and a half ago, the White House released a plan to “simplify our complex tax code” and “make it fairer by eliminating some of the biggest loopholes.”&nbs...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/21/state-union-2015/
Jan. 21, 2015 - President Obama’s State of the Union address last night was as notable for what it included as for what it didn’t include. We give you the lowdown on gridlock, climate chan...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/15/obama-proposes-free-community-college/
Jan. 15, 2015 - The White House has announced that President Obama will reveal a proposal to allow students to attend community college free for up to two years.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/01/12/federal-grant-programs-states-chopping-block/
Jan. 12, 2015 - Federal Grant Programs for States Are on the Chopping Block Timothy B. Clark House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, joined by other House Republican leaders, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/06/budget-battle-deadlines-2015-immigration-debt-ceiling-and-2016-federal-budget/
Jan. 6, 2015 - We've talked about three New Years’ resolutions for Congress. Now that the new year has started, here are some deadlines for lawmakers to keep in mind if they want to keep those resolutions...
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/thank-you-becky/
Dec. 22, 2014 - It is a bittersweet day for us here at National Priorities Project. While we are in festive holiday mood, and have lots of organizational accomplishments to be proud of from 2014 (did we mention we we...
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...
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...
Blog - /blog/2014/12/12/there-2015-budget-yet/
Dec. 12, 2014 - Throughout the day yesterday, sources were reporting that the massive $1.1 trillion spending deal lawmakers have been negotiating for weeks would not pass because there were not sufficient v...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/12/12/the-ominous-cromnibus/
Dec. 12, 2014 - With all of the justifiable anger directed at what’s in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or “cromnibus” – that the House struggled to ...
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/2014/12/03/wielding-power-purse/
Dec. 3, 2014 - Wielding the power of the purse has become a convenient way to get at policy positions that some lawmakers don’t agree with.
Blog - /blog/2014/11/26/npp-gives-thanks-federal-budget/
Nov. 26, 2014 - ...federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/11/24/give-back-all-americans-givingtuesday/
Nov. 25, 2014 - ...federal budget priorities that work for all Americans!
Analysis - /analysis/2014/state-smart-federal-funds-50-states/
Nov. 20, 2014 - ...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 lives.
