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Military Spending in Fiscal 2013 and Beyond

Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/military/

March 29, 2012 - ...Defense. Adjusted for inflation, that’s 2.6 percent less than fiscal 2012 levels. That’s the first cut to the Pentagon’s base budget in over a decade. The American public is divided ...

Competing Visions

Analysis - /analysis/2012/competing-visions/

March 28, 2012 - ...us (CPC). The two budgets offer vastly different visions for the nation, and each uses the president’s budget as a baseline to compare their contrasting proposals. Rep. Ryan reduces tax rates a...

You Ask, We Answer: How Much Do We Spend On Intelligence?

Blog - /blog/2012/03/16/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-do-we-spend-intelligence/

March 19, 2012 - Nancy Albert, of San Juan, Puerto Rico asks how much do we spend on the CIA, and where in the budget would you find that money?The short answer is, we don't know. Now here's the longer answer, which i...

Analysis of Fiscal Year 2013 Pentagon Spending Request

Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/Fiscal-Year-2013-Pentagon-Spending-Request/

Feb. 23, 2012 - ...Defense (DoD) in Fiscal Year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012. Adjusted for inflation, this is 2.6 percent below FY2012 levels, the ...

Analysis of Fiscal Year 2013 Pentagon Spending Request

Analysis - /analysis/2012/analysis-fiscal-year-2013-pentagon-spending-request/

Feb. 16, 2012 - ...Defense, not including funding for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan or the nuclear weapons activities of the Department of Energy. The Pentagon is seeking ways to reduce spending by $487 bi...

Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget – Fiscal Year 2013 (And Beyond)

Analysis - /analysis/2012/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget/

Feb. 8, 2012 - ...used on the immediate and long-term impact of projected Pentagon spending.

The Pentagon Budget is Going Down. Sort of.

Blog - /blog/2012/02/03/Pentagon-Budget-Going-Down/

Feb. 3, 2012 - Last week Defense Secretary Leon Panetta offered up a preview of the Pentagon’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget request. The request for FY2013 is projected at $525 billion for the Pentagon’s annu...

An Economy That’s Built to Last: The 2012 State of the Union Address

Analysis - /analysis/2012/an-economy-thats-built-to-last-the-2012-state-of-the-union-address/

Jan. 26, 2012 - National Priorities Project takes apart President Obama’s last State of the Union Address in his first term as president.

The Pentagon’s New Blueprint

Blog - /blog/2012/01/13/Pentagons-New-Blueprint/

Jan. 13, 2012 - ...Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Martin E. Dempsey – joined by President Obama in a rare visit to the Pentagon – rolled out the milita...

Let's Make a Deal – Or Not

Blog - /blog/2011/11/17/Lets-Make-a-Deal/

Nov. 17, 2011 - ...use Speaker John Boehner tried negotiating ...

Budgeting by CR – Déjà Vu All Over Again

Blog - /blog/2011/11/14/Budgeting-by-CR/

Nov. 14, 2011 - ...ust like last year, the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2011 with no federal budget in place. And just like last year, the U.S. government is being funded through a Continuing Resolution (CR) &nda...

Data Story: Jobs and Department of Defense Procurement

Blog - /blog/2011/10/28/data-story-jobs-and-department-defense-procurement/

Oct. 28, 2011 - ...Defense procurement spending and unemployment rates.

Year End Wrap-Up

Analysis - /analysis/2011/year-end-wrap-up/

Sept. 28, 2011 - September 30th marks the end of the fiscal year for the U.S. Government, and if you've had trouble following events in Washington, you're in good company. NPP pulls together key events of 2011 and off...

A Decade After 9/11: The Dollars and Sense of War

Blog - /blog/2011/09/20/cost_of_war/

Sept. 20, 2011 - 10 numbers you need to know: $1.26 Trillion – Total amount appropriated by Congress for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through the end of Fiscal Year 2011 (September 30, 2011) – $797.3 billion for I...

Mapping Essential State and County Data About Federal Spending and Social Well-being

Blog - /blog/2011/09/14/mapping-essential-data/

Sept. 14, 2011 - ...spending and social indicators (e.g., poverty rates, renewable energy usage and enrollment in the State Children's Health ...

Debt-Ceiling Debacle Mach 2: The Super Committee

Blog - /blog/2011/09/12/debt-ceiling-mach2-the-super-committee/

Sept. 12, 2011 - ...spending cuts over the next 10 years. The rest of the proverbial ...

How Safe Are You? What Almost $8 Trillion in National Security Spending Bought You

Blog - /blog/2011/08/16/How-Safe-Are-You/

Aug. 16, 2011 - ...spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly minted Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta was already digging ...

Mainers Want Their Federal Income Taxes Spent on Education, Health Care

Blog - /blog/2011/08/10/mainers-vote-their-priorities/

Aug. 10, 2011 - In the midst of Congressional debates about debt, budget cuts, and tax increases, a “penny poll” was held in every Maine county asking participants, “How would you like your federal tax dollars spent?...

Congress to Pass Debt Deal: Why No One's Happy, Why It's Not Over & What My Neighbor Thinks

Blog - /blog/2011/08/01/congress-to-pass-debt-deal/

Aug. 1, 2011 - ...ust 1, just hours away from the deadline for raising the debt-ceiling and avoiding a disastrous U.S. credit default. As this story has unfolded, we've had some laughs, shared some disappointments and ...

The Precarious Position of Anti-poverty Programs

Blog - /blog/2011/07/28/precarious-position-anti-poverty-programs/

July 28, 2011 - ...ust 2nd date for default on our federal debt draws near. On one side, House Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling without a ...