Blog - /blog/2011/05/20/budget-group-identifies-least-1-trillion-common-ground-deficit-reduction-measures/
May 20, 2011 - ...deficit reduction measures that are common to most or all of four of the major deficit reduction proposals circulating in Washington.CRFB found "significant overlap" among the fiscal plans ...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/09/biden-group-senate-get-serious-about-budget/
May 9, 2011 - This week the Senate may begin its work on the FY2012 federal budget, while Vice President Joseph Biden holds a second high-level meeting with leading congressional figures on the budget.Senate Budget...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/04/out-latest-webinar-hitting-debt-ceiling/
May 4, 2011 - Our latest webinar Hitting the Debt Ceiling is a 45-minute presentation (with Q&A) that will introduce people to the current debate in Washington related to raising the legal limit on the U.S. nat...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-fy2012/defining-fy2012-budget-debate/
April 20, 2011 - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Path for Prosperity” and the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s (CPC) “People’s Budget” are more than competing b...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2011-budget-agreement/
April 13, 2011 - Quite literally at the 11th hour on Friday, April 8, narrowly averting a government shutdown, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and President Obama reached agreement on a spending bill t...
Blog - /blog/2011/04/11/congress-president-agree-fy2011-spending-plan/
April 11, 2011 - Late Friday night, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and President Obama reached agreement on a spending bill that will fund the last six months of Fiscal Year 2011, which ends on Septem...
Blog - /blog/2011/04/07/despite-deep-spending-cuts-gop-plan-achieves-little-deficit-reduction-2012/
April 7, 2011 - ...deficit reductions in 2012The budget proposal released by Rep. Paul Ryan’s this week includes a slew of cuts to “non-security” discretionary programs in 2012. The deepest cuts are illustrated be...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-chairmans-plan/
April 6, 2011 - ...deficit projections and significant proposed policy shifts for major federal programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Analysis - /analysis/2011/taxday-2011/revenues-and-borrowing-faq/
March 22, 2011 - ...deficits and more.
Blog - /blog/2011/03/18/continuing-resolution-number-6-end2/
March 18, 2011 - The Senate passed a sixth Continuing Resolution on March 17, 2011, which cuts an additional $6 billion from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. The FY 2011 year ends September 30, 2011 and Republican leaders...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/11/states-continue-feel-recessions-impact/
March 11, 2011 - A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has updated data about the impact of the continued struggling economy on state budgets. According to CBPP's latest analysis, 44 stat...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/08/what-heck-does-federal-budget-have-do-michigan/
March 8, 2011 - I had the real privilege of speaking at the Michigan Forum on Jobs and Human Needs on Saturday, March 6, 2001. Sponsored by a great mix of labor, faith, peace and student groups, the event was held in...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/07/the-peace-movement-today/
March 7, 2011 - Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/04/quick-facts-the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-b/
March 4, 2011 - Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.
Blog - /blog/2011/03/03/block-higher-education/
March 3, 2011 - ...deficit and the national debt which is approaching $14 trillion. In the two-week continuing resolution passed on March 2, higher education programs ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/03/stop-the-wars-fund-the-train/
March 3, 2011 - Re: Nugent's opposition to $2.4 billion train funding is same amount the 5th District has spent on war. "Locals react to rail plan rejection" by Michael D. Bates, Hernando Today , Feb. 19.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/27/high-speed-rail-opposition-demonstrates-weak-leade/
Feb. 27, 2011 - U.S. Rep. Richard Nugent's support of Gov. Scott's opposition to the $2.4 federal funding of a speed train for Florida was discouraging news, but not surprising.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/27/war-by-the-numbers/
Feb. 27, 2011 - The budget battle in Washington, D.C., has focused so far on where and how much to cut spending. Republicans have targeted federal funding for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other politic...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/25/presidents-budget-faqs/
Feb. 25, 2011 - Budgeting Process How does the budget go from an idea to a law? Each February, the Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, releases the President's budget requests for the n...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/24/guest-viewpoint-federal-budget-cutting-ignores-fat/
Feb. 24, 2011 - How much belt-tightening can a body take? Even the skinniest fashion models cannot strut their stuff in outfits that endanger their vital organs.
