Guide - /guides/tipsheet-health-care-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal spending, having risen from 7 percent of the federal budget in 1976 to more than a quarter in fiscal year 2015 as health care costs have risen in the industrialized world. Federal spending for...
Guide - /guides/tipsheet-education-spending/
June 11, 2015 - ...federal discretionary spending in fiscal year 2015, a figure that has held roughly constant for decades despite consistent polling that shows education is a top priority for most Americans.
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 - ...budget request reflecting input from the Department of Defense. Here's what they asked for.
Blog - /blog/2015/06/03/leaving-highway-trust-fund-high-and-dry/
June 3, 2015 - Since 2008 alone, Congress has enacted 33 temporary fixes for the highway fund.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/19/move-money-2015-shifting-spending-pentagon-local-priorities-new-hampshire/
May 19, 2015 - From May through July, National Priorities Project staff together with partners from the Peace Action Education Fund will visit four states as part of our Move the Money training series.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/move-money-2015/
May 14, 2015 - ...federal budget, while building the capacity of colleagues and allies to join you!
Blog - /blog/2015/05/07/congress-budget-resolution-sequestration-name-only/
May 7, 2015 - ...budget resolution that sets overall spending limits for the federal government’s discretionary spending in fiscal year 2016.
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-debt-and-deficit/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Debt and Deficit Did you know that the U.S. has run a budget deficit in 44 out of the last 50 years? And in recent years, budget deficits have actually been declining. Find out more a...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-education/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Education Less than three pennies of every dollar the U.S. spends goes towards federal education programs like Head Start, aid to public schools through the Title I program, and grants...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-health-care/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Health Care Health care is the fastest growing type of federal spending. Back in 1976, we spent just 7% of the federal budget on health care. In 2015, however, the U.S. is projected to...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-military/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Military In fiscal year 2015, the federal government will spend $545 billion on the military, and that doesn’t even include war funding. In fact, the U.S. spends more on our military t...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-social-insurance/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Social Insurance Every year, millions of Americans rely on social insurance. These programs touch nearly all Americans at some point in their lives, as most people draw Social Security...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-tax-revenue/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Tax Revenue Would it surprise you to learn that corporate taxes account for less than 11% of all federal tax revenue this year? How about the fact that income taxes paid by regular Ame...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-transparency/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Transparency By the time federal money finds its way to your city, it’s virtually impossible to know where exactly the funds came from – because the federal government doesn’t always r...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-budget-process/
May 4, 2015 - ...Federal Budget: Budget Process Did you know that the president is not the most powerful voice in deciding the budget? That’s because there are a number of steps to putting together the discretionary b...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/04/federal-budget-transparency-doug-hall/
May 4, 2015 - ...federal discretionary budget and how the National Priorities Project is making the federal budget more transparent to taxpayers.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/17/fox-more-spent-tax-breaks-than-discretionary/
April 17, 2015 - People often talk about controlling government spending, but they may not realize how the spending is classified and available for cuts as discretionary spending.
Blog - /blog/2015/04/16/budget-2016-update-no-budget-resolution-yet/
April 16, 2015 - ...budget resolution wasn't binding, and it came and went without much drama, and without a deal.
Blog - /blog/2015/04/13/where-your-tax-dollars-go-federal-funds-vs-trust-funds/
April 14, 2015 - ...federal funds" - largely from your income taxes - that pay for the military, certain health care programs, education and other things.
