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Obama Nears Decision on Troop Levels for Afghanistan

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/26/troop-levels-afghanistan/

May 26, 2014 - ...federal spending.

That's me with my head inside the Pentagon. Really.

Blog - /blog/2014/05/22/thats-me-my-head-inside-pentagon-really/

May 22, 2014 - On her last day as executive director of National Priorities Project, Jo Comerford tells a couple of her favorite NPP stories and celebrates NPP's next chapter.

Is the U.S. Welfare System Broken?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/17/is-welfare-broken/

May 17, 2014 - ...federal welfare programs totaled approximately $1.03 trillion, and the federal portion of that expenditure increased by 32 percent compared to federal spending on welfare in 2008. That’s more th...

The Big Money in Tax Breaks Continues

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/10/big-money-tax-breaks/

May 10, 2014 - ...federal tax code includes hundreds of tax breaks (called tax expenditures within the federal government) meant to encourage activities that lawmakers deem beneficial to society

Report: The Big Money in Tax Breaks Continues

Analysis - /analysis/2014/big-money-tax-breaks/exposing-big-money-tax-breaks/

April 18, 2014 - ...federal government, who benefits, and how you can influence the debate in Washington.

Millennial Perspective: Title X is Vital, Efficient, and Largely Unknown

Blog - /blog/2014/04/16/millennial-perspective-title-x-vital-efficient-and-largely-unknown/

April 16, 2014 - While many Americans probably haven’t heard of Title X, it plays an integral role in our public health system, particularly for low-income and uninsured patients.

Loopholes: The Avenue To Our Regressive Tax Code

Blog - /blog/2014/04/15/loopholes-why-our-tax-code-regressive/

April 15, 2014 - Seemingly, corporations and the most wealthy have found a way to pay taxes on a regressive scale (the more you earn, the smaller percentage paid) within a progressive structure. But how?

Comparing Competing Visions on the Federal Budget

Blog - /blog/2014/04/02/comparing-competing-visions-federal-budget/

April 2, 2014 - Yesterday NPP released its fourth annual, one-of-a-kind Competing Visions analysis, which compares the president’s budget proposal to two significantly different alternatives.

Federal Spending Matters in Your State

Blog - /blog/2014/03/27/federal-spending-matters-your-state/

March 27, 2014 - ...federal budget affect lunchtime for the kids in your neighborhood? You might be surprised at the answer.

Total Spending

Analysis - /analysis/2014/presidents-2015-budget-in-pictures/presidents-proposed-total-spending-fy2015/

March 19, 2014 - ...federal spending in fiscal year 2015. This includes every kind of federal spending, from funding for discretionary programs like job training and environmental protection to mandatory programs like So...

Notes & Sources

Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/notes-sources/

March 14, 2014 - ...federal funds from trust funds. Trust funds, generated from sources such as payroll taxes, can only be used for specific programs like Social Security and Medicare. All other funds are federal funds, ...

Taxes 101: The Seven Things You Must Know About Taxes

Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/taxes-101-seven-things-you-must-know-about-taxes/

March 14, 2014 - ...funds are used for health care, repairs to roads and bridges, and countless community initiatives across the state. 2. You pay the federal government’s bills Around 80 percent of all fede...

The Pentagon’s Phony Budget War, Or How the U.S. Military Avoided Budget Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Then Asked for Billions More

Blog - /blog/2014/03/06/pentagons-phony-budget-war/

March 6, 2014 - How the U.S. Military Avoided Budget Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Then Asked for Billions More 

The Pentagon's Phony Budget War

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/pentagon-phony-budget-war/

March 6, 2014 - ...funds from previous budgets -- known obscurely as “prior year unobligated balances” -- officials reallocated some of the cuts to those funds instead. In the end, the Pentagon shaved about...

Breaking Out of the Budget Straitjacket

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/breaking-budget-straitjacket/

March 6, 2014 - ...funds projected for domestic/international appropriations decline from $563 billion in FY 2015 to $458 billion in FY 2024 (see Table S-7 in Summary Tables). The President builds in some important inv...

How Would You Spend $3.9 Trillion?

Blog - /blog/2014/03/05/how-would-you-spend-trillion/

March 5, 2014 - Here are the five things you absolutely need to know about President Obama's proposal to spend $3.9 trillion in 2015

Top Five Things to Know About President Obama's 2015 Budget

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/05/Top-Five-Obama-Budget/

March 5, 2014 - ...federal agency. Budget Process

President Obama Proposes 2015 Budget

Analysis - /analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/

March 4, 2014 - New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.

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 - President Obama today released his $3.9 trillion fiscal 2015 budget proposal, a plan that includes new manufacturing institutes, job training, and the president’s signature initiative of univers...

Obama Budget Likely to be a Political Document

Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/03/obama-budget-political-document/

March 3, 2014 - ...federal government can afford to spend more on education, infrastructure, scientific and medical research, and manufacturing. In other areas, the administration will call for cuts. The proposal wil...