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...
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...
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
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/05/Top-Five-Obama-Budget/
March 5, 2014 - ...federal agency. Budget Process
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.
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...
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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/23/seven-things-you-should-know-about-NPP/
Feb. 23, 2014 - The National Priorities Project, a small Northampton nonprofit funded primarily through individual donations of $50 or less, was recently nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The group’s policy an...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/history-us-federal-budget-2011-2013/
Feb. 12, 2014 - Recently the nation has endured one Congress-made, budget-related crisis after another. National Priorities Project documents the twists and turns.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/04/debt-ceiling-deadline-2014/
Feb. 4, 2014 - A few glimmers of hope came from Washington in recent months. Lawmakers agreed on a bipartisan budget resolution.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/01/31/Could_people_write_the_budget/
Jan. 31, 2014 - ...federal budget if they had the facts? Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, thinks they should be given the chance. - See more at: http://arkansasnews.com/steve-brawner/...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/29/what-president-obama-said-about-your-priorities/
Jan. 29, 2014 - Yesterday we published your priorities for the State of the Union – what you told us, by social media and e-mail, that you wanted the president to tackle in his speech.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/2014-discretionary-spending-summary/
Jan. 28, 2014 - ...federal government for fiscal year 2014. Here's how the omnibus compares to 2013 spending levels.
Blog - /blog/2014/01/14/what-omnibus/
Jan. 14, 2014 - An omnibus in London/ Photo by Gene Hunt. A $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill was unveiled last night in Congress to fund the government for the rest of this fiscal year. The bill will be vote...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/07/war-poverty-50-years-later/
Jan. 8, 2014 - ...federal funding for programs to help struggling Americans. Here's a list of resources that illustrate how these federal programs are faring 50 years later.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/30/most-underreported-stories-2013/
Dec. 30, 2013 - What stories did not get the coverage they deserved in 2013? We asked editors, journalists and friends of BillMoyers.com to weigh in with their choices, including stories they reported on. Here’...
Blog - /blog/2013/12/23/vision-2014/
Dec. 23, 2013 - Congress managed to squeeze through a budget deal just before its Dec. 13 deadline, narrowly avoiding another crisis. Yet there is still a long way to go. January is sure to be action-packed.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/bipartisan-budget-act-2013/
Dec. 11, 2013 - ...federal budget. See exactly what the deal contains.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/11/Look_at_the_stats/
Dec. 11, 2013 - Last week, President Obama gave one of the most important speeches of his presidency when he spoke about the rapidly growing deficit of opportunity in this country. It was the president’s most f...
Blog - /blog/2013/12/08/7-reasons-sign-our-petition-right-now/
Dec. 10, 2013 - There's just four days left before Congress sails past their self-imposed budget deadline -- again. Here are our top seven reasons why you should take 5 minutes right now to stop them.
