Blog - /blog/2011/01/05/pell-grants-not-out-woods-yet-Jan-2011/
Jan. 5, 2011 - By Samantha DanaIn the Continuing Resolution passed by Congress on December 21, 2010 one line specifies that the maximum Pell Grant award amount shall not exceed $4,860. These grants, which do not hav...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/05/gates-expected-to-slice-orders-for-f-35-as-part-of/
Jan. 5, 2011 - Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to cut orders for the F-35 joint strike fighter over the next three to five years as part of broader plan to reduce Pentagon spending by $100 billion, analysts say...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/21/forecast-mostly-cloudy-chance-shut-down/
Dec. 21, 2010 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } By Samantha DanaWith the clock ticking away on the last session of the 111th Congress, the Democratic leadership in the House and Senate have a few bills they st...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/14/not-block-free-and-reduced-school-meals/
Dec. 14, 2010 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } By Samantha Dana Yesterday, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 into law with his wife, a strong anti-childhood obesity advocate, by...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/12/afghan-war-versus-human-needs/
Dec. 12, 2010 - ...deficit due to the weak economy. This is despite the fact that in 2008 we LA County voters overwhelmingly chose to increase our taxes to fund a pretty progressive package of transportation investments...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/10/dc-speak-tax-cuts-everybody/
Dec. 10, 2010 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } By Samantha Dana This week there was a lot of media coverage of the tentative agreement reached between the Obama Administration and congressional Republicans to...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/10/budget-matters/
Dec. 10, 2010 - ...deficit. Ezra Klein of the Washington Post raises a good point in this recent article: what happened to all the deficit talk? Mere weeks ago, every commission, congressperson, and policy center was ra...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/03/moment-truth/
Dec. 3, 2010 - Earlier today, the 18 members of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform voted to approve the final version of the proposal issued by the Commission's Co-Chairs, Sen. A...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/02/budget-matters-the-moment-of-truth/
Dec. 2, 2010 - ...deficit reduction and controlling the national debt will not go away. In addition to the Simpson-Bowles proposal -- the final version of which is called "The Moment of Truth" -- seven other major def...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/23/new-npp-series-block/
Nov. 23, 2010 - By Samantha DanaLast week Congress returned to Washington, D.C. for it's “lame duck” session and began their final weeks of law making before the holiday season and the new Congress is inaugurated. Wi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/18/a-deficit-of-common-sense/
Nov. 18, 2010 - ...Deficit," featuring a murderers' row of budget experts across the ideological spectrum. All the activity underscores just how much concerns about the deficit have taken over the Washington conversatio...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/16/all-hands-debt-entering-critical-debate-over-federal-deficit-reduction/
Nov. 16, 2010 - ...deficit reduction proposal. The Simpson-Bowles plan seeks to reduce the deficit by $372 billion in Fiscal Year 2015, more ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/17/the-politics-of-entitlement-reform-and-the-budget-/
Nov. 17, 2010 - ...deficit.
Blog - /blog/2010/11/15/unraveling-dc-speak-abcs-terminology-high-stakes-world-federal-budgeting/
Nov. 15, 2010 - This week members of Congress return to Capitol Hill for their “lame duck” session. If you’re wondering about the phrase, “lame ducks” are those members who either lost their election (or did not seek...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/09/npp-launches-new-webinar-jobs-deficits-taxes/
Nov. 9, 2010 - ...Deficits & Taxes is a 30-minute presentation (with Q&A) that contextualizes the ongoing public discussions about these critical and timely budget issues."Jobs, Deficits & Taxes demystifies...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/04/jobs-deficits-taxes/
Nov. 4, 2010 - ...deficits and taxes.While they agree on the problem, they absolutely disagree on the solutions.And the big question is, what's going to happen in Congress?Join us as NPP demystifies three of the most p...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/03/remembering-recovery-november-3-federal-budget-its-ours-own-it/
Nov. 3, 2010 - NPP very recently updated all its Federal Priorities Database expenditures and indicators to the state level with the latest data available. We invite you to use the database – especially if you want ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/23/wars-what-wars/
Oct. 23, 2010 - ...deficit. Cut taxes. Increase transparency. Rein in the banks. Block socialism. Reject the failed policies that drove the country into the ditch. Candidates hustling for votes are sounding a multitude ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/22/congressional-candidates-face-off-in-barnstable/
Oct. 22, 2010 - As the four men and one woman running for US Representative of the 10th Congressional District took to the stage, the audience erupted in cheers and chants for their chosen candidate.
Blog - /blog/2010/10/18/worried-about-deficit-why-not-choose-sustainable-defense/
Oct. 18, 2010 - That’s the message Congressmen Barney Frank (D-MA) and Ron Paul (R-TX), along with 55 of their Capitol Hill colleagues are pushing.On October 13, 2010 they sent a letter to the President’s National Co...
