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Congress finally made a deal to clean up Flint’s water. Are there more infrastructure deals to come?

Blog - /blog/2016/09/29/congress-finally-made-deal-clean-flints-water-are-there-more-infrastructure-deals-come/

Sept. 29, 2016 -  In the coming months, as we usher in a new administration and Congress, there will be an opportunity to finally invest in infrastructure that would strengthen America for decades to come.

Congress Votes on 2017 Pentagon Spending: The Good, Bad and Ugly

Blog - /blog/2016/06/17/congress-votes-2017-pentagon-spending-good-bad-and-ugly/

June 17, 2016 - Over the past 10 days, both the House and Senate have held a series of votes on Pentagon spending. 

Hiroshima and the Hope President: Ask President Obama to Lead Us Toward a Nuclear Free World

Blog - /blog/2016/05/26/hiroshima-and-hope-president-ask-president-obama-lead-us-toward-nuclear-free-world/

May 26, 2016 - Ask President Obama to lead the way to a nuclear-free world.

3 Alarming NDAA Provisions You Should Know About

Blog - /blog/2016/05/23/3-alarming-ndaa-provisions/

May 23, 2016 - House lawmakers passed the NDAA last week with so many controversial provisions, the president has already issued a veto threat. 

Our Failure to Invest in Infrastructure Is Literally Making Us Sick: #JusticeforFlint

Blog - /blog/2016/05/12/our-failure-invest-infrastructure-literally-making-us-sick-justiceforflint/

May 12, 2016 - The residents of Flint have gone without clean water for 748 days, and counting.

4 Things Congress Has Been Doing Instead of Passing a Budget Resolution

Blog - /blog/2016/04/26/4-things-congress-has-been-doing-instead-passing-budget-resolution/

April 26, 2016 - What's Congress been doing instead of passing a budget resolution? We name 4 things.

We’re in Federal Budget Limbo

Blog - /blog/2016/04/19/were-federal-budget-limbo/

April 19, 2016 - This is why we can’t have nice things: last week, lawmakers in Congress missed a huge budget deadline.

Five (of Many) Ways This GOP Budget Would Do Real Harm

Article - /pressroom/articles/2016/03/23/fiver-ways-gop-budget-would-do-real-harm/

March 23, 2016 - House Republicans have in mind so many sweeping and radical changes throughout the federal government that singling out five of them only begins to capture the real harm a budget like this would do to...

Competing Visions 2016

Analysis - /analysis/2016/competing-visions-2016/

March 21, 2016 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up to Americans’ priorities.

 The 5 Questions You Won’t Hear Asked at Any Presidential Debate

Article - /pressroom/articles/2016/03/17/5-questions-you-wont-hear-asked-pres-debate/

March 17, 2016 - Unless we address these long-standing foreign policy questions, we’ll continue playing international whack-a-mole for the next four years.

Tax Day 2016: Notes and Sources

Analysis - /analysis/2016/tax-day-2016/tax-day-2016-notes-and-sources/

March 10, 2016 - Tax Day shows how your income taxes were spent. Notes & Sources describes our data sources and how we analyzed the numbers.

Tax Day 2016: Seven Surprising Things You Should Know About Taxes

Analysis - /analysis/2016/tax-day-2016/tax-day-2016-seven-surprising-things-you-should-know-about-taxes/

March 10, 2016 - There's plenty to like about taxes. And what you don't like, you can change.

What’s Going on With the Federal Budget?

Blog - /blog/2016/03/10/whats-going-federal-budget/

March 10, 2016 - We've seen some budget proposals for FY 2017, but what's next in Congress?

President Obama Proposes 2017 Budget

Analysis - /analysis/2016/president-obamas-2017-budget/

Feb. 11, 2016 - New proposal calls for investment in domestic priorities but also prioritizes Pentagon spending and military force.  

6 Reasons Not to Reboot the Cold War

Article - /pressroom/articles/2016/02/11/6-reasons-not-reboot-cold-war/

Feb. 11, 2016 - The Obama administration's final Pentagon budget calls for quadrupling spending on efforts to counter Russia.

New Year, New Budget?

Blog - /blog/2016/01/07/new-year-new-budget/

Jan. 7, 2016 - As Speaker of the House, Rep. Ryan now holds the most influential position in the House of Representatives.  How will this affect the budget process in 2016?

We Set 3 Resolutions for Congress in 2015. Here’s How They Did

Blog - /blog/2016/01/05/we-set-3-resolutions-congress-2015-heres-how-they-did/

Jan. 5, 2016 - We’re all familiar with making New Year’s resolutions and not keeping them.

Omnibus and Tax Package Defeat “Poison Pill” Riders, Lay Out Spending for Pentagon and Domestic Programs

Blog - /blog/2015/12/17/omnibus-and-tax-package-defeat-poison-pill-riders-lay-out-spending-pentagon-and-domestic-programs/

Dec. 17, 2015 - This week, members of Congress announced a final deal on a federal budget for fiscal year 2016. This counts as a serious win.

Bipartisan Highway Bill Should Raise Gas Tax

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. 

Inequality Showdown: Early Childhood Education

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.