Blog - /blog/2015/07/21/federal-budget-players-spotlight-nancy-pelosi/
July 21, 2015 - NPP spotlights major players in the federal budget process. This week: Nancy Pelosi.
Blog - /blog/2015/07/15/federal-budget-players-spotlight-bernie-sanders/
July 15, 2015 - NPP spotlights major players in the federal budget process.
Blog - /blog/2015/07/07/federal-budget-players-spotlight-john-boehner/
July 7, 2015 - NPP spolights major players in the federal budget process.
Guide - /guides/federal-budget-tipsheet-social-insurance-and-earne/
June 11, 2015 - Social insurance is made up of programs that help workers and their families replace income lost due to unemployment, disability, retirement, or death, as well as ensure access to adequate health care...
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-education-spending/
June 11, 2015 - Education spending for elementary, secondary and higher education is projected to account for 6 percent of total federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2015, a figure that has held roughly cons...
Guide - /guides/debt-and-deficit-tipsheet/
June 11, 2015 - Budget deficits have declined sharply in recent years, down from about 10 percent of the U.S. economy in fiscal 2009, to a projected 3.2 percent in 2015. Over the past 50 years, the budget deficit ave...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/pentagon-budget-request-fy2016/
June 4, 2015 - On February 2, the Obama Administration released its fiscal year 2016 budget request reflecting input from the Department of Defense. Here's what they asked for.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/21/myth-vs-fact-pentagon-slush-fund/
May 21, 2015 - The OCO slush fund was originally designed to fund our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it is now being used to help the Pentagon break existing spending caps.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/15/with-billions-for-back-door-slush-fund/
May 15, 2015 - 'Will we see defense spending with no real limits in sight while we have limits on domestic spending for education and health care and infrastructure?'
Blog - /blog/2015/05/13/good-bad-ugly-top-3-amendments-2016-national-defense-authorization-act/
May 13, 2015 - This week the House of Representatives is considering the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and amendments. Here are three of the most notable amendments to the NDAA on offer.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/13/amtrack-crash-philadelphia-did-gop-funding-cuts/
May 13, 2015 - When it comes to supporting America’s railroads, Republicans have a dismal track record, one that appears unlikely to change even in light of a deadly Amtrak train crash in Philadelphia Tuesday ...
Blog - /blog/2015/05/07/congress-budget-resolution-sequestration-name-only/
May 7, 2015 - The Senate voted to approve a non-binding budget resolution that sets overall spending limits for the federal government’s discretionary spending in fiscal year 2016.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/30/house-dedicates-millions-unneeded-missile-system/
April 30, 2015 - In what some are calling a political power play, Congress moved Thursday to approve the national defense budget that includes millions of dollars for a missile-defense site that Pentagon officials hav...
Blog - /blog/2015/04/29/national-defense-authorization-act-five-things-you-should-know/
April 29, 2015 - Today – all day and quite possibly into the night -- the House Armed Services Committee is marking up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). But what is the NDAA, and why shoul...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/29/7-ways-the-government-is-spending-your-money/
April 29, 2015 - Federal government spending is closing in on $4 trillion a year, according to the National Priorities Project. A big chunk of that money comes directly from you, the taxpayer. The gover...
Blog - /blog/2015/04/20/house-lawmakers-repeal-estate-tax/
April 20, 2015 - Last week lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted 240-179 to repeal the federal estate tax despite President Obama’s threats to veto the bill.
Blog - /blog/2015/04/16/budget-2016-update-no-budget-resolution-yet/
April 16, 2015 - Yesterday's deadline for House and Senate budget resolution wasn't binding, and it came and went without much drama, and without a deal.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/14/marketwatch-heres-where-your-tax-dollars-go/
April 14, 2015 - The federal government spent your income-tax dollars in two big ways in 2014: on the military and on health care.
Blog - /blog/2015/04/13/pentagon-spending-fy-2016-great-debate/
April 13, 2015 - President Obama, the House and Senate have all lined up with a whopping request for Pentagon and related spending of $613 billion. What alternative do we have to this bloated Pentagon budget...
Guide - /guides/budget-process-tip-sheet/
April 3, 2015 - The federal budget process is meant to be a participatory process carried out by Congress that reflects the priorities of the American people. The vision of democracy is that the federal budget reflec...
