Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-extenders-faq/
Nov. 19, 2014 - National Priorities Project answers important questions related to the temporary tax breaks known as the “tax extenders.”
Blog - /blog/2014/11/13/what-can-we-expect-lame-duck-congress/
Nov. 13, 2014 - Lawmakers returned to Washington yesterday to begin work in the “lame duck” Congress that goes through the end of the year. There’s plenty to do, but there’s no telling how muc...
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/2014/10/29/npp-brings-you-competing-visions-election-edition/
Oct. 29, 2014 - ...federal budget. Because that’s what all our voter’s guides have in common: federal spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/competing-visions-election/
Oct. 29, 2014 - ...federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/22/what-has-us-spent-fighting-ebola/
Oct. 22, 2014 - What has the U.S. spent fighting Ebola? It seems nobody really knows. One thing we do know: it’s not a lot.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/08/spotlight-education-and-student-loans-voters-guide/
Oct. 8, 2014 - This week, we’re spotlighting our education-themed voter’s guides with facts about Education, Student Loans and Student Debt.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/03/participatory-budgeting-can-transform-our-democracy/
Oct. 3, 2014 - Last week I had the good fortune to join an amazing group of people doing exciting and transformative work in the growing field of participatory budgeting (“PB”), at the third annual PB Co...
Blog - /blog/2014/10/03/npp-us-treasury-heres-why-spending-data-matters/
Oct. 3, 2014 - ...federal spending data to the U.S. Treasury Department.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/02/state-smart-federal-grants-your-state/
Oct. 2, 2014 - ...federal grants that go directly to state governments and ultimately affect people in our communitites.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/30/spotlight-npps-health-care-and-affordable-care-act-voters-guides/
Sept. 30, 2014 - ...federal health care policy and spending before the November 4 election.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/22/congress-passes-spending-bill-top-three-takeaways/
Sept. 22, 2014 - Congress has settled how the government will spend billions of dollars over the next couple of months. From Syria to our own homegrown border crisis, here’s what you need to know.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/19/peoplesclimate-and-peoples-budget-worthsaving/
Sept. 19, 2014 - Even the Pentagon has called climate change a national security threat. Why do we spend so little on climate change initiatives compared to so much on other programs?
Blog - /blog/2014/09/17/state-smart-income-business-and-other-taxes-your-state/
Sept. 18, 2014 - ...federal tax contributions.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/16/notsofast-americamustknow-whenwillitend/
Sept. 16, 2014 - In the wake of President Obama’s speech to the nation last Wednesday, and with a bill in Congress today authorizing further military action against ISIS, we are left with several troubling quest...
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/state-smart-cost-military-contracts-your-state-and-election/
Sept. 10, 2014 - ...federal contract spending in the states, with a spotlight on the Department of Defense.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/09/spotlight-npps-military-and-war-spending-voter-guides/
Sept. 9, 2014 - With a war budget that has topped $1.5 trillion since 2001 and ongoing cuts to domestic programs, military spending raises serious questiosn for voters in the upcoming November 4 election.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/19/15-trillion-and-counting-what-new-involvement-iraq-means-federal-spending/
Aug. 19, 2014 - As President Obama allowed a trickle of troops back into Iraq, and air strikes are expected to continue for weeks or months, Americans are wary about our role in a conflict most of us t...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/14/pick-your-better-border-budget-battle-can-we-reach-deal-border-crisis/
Aug. 14, 2014 - Competing funding proposals to deal with the border crisis express vastly different priorities about border security, refugee assistance, and legal representation, echoing the deep divisions about imm...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/07/deja-vu-all-over-again-can-congress-pass-budget/
Aug. 7, 2014 - With elections looming in November, most observers don’t expect Congress to pass a budget before the October 1 deadline.
