Blog - /blog/2011/07/25/debt-ceiling-recap-july-24-30/
July 25, 2011 - We left off last week with a Boehner-Obama breakup that would've made the writers of Dawson's Creek green with envy. On Friday, it was rumored the two were close to striking a deal on the debt-ceiling...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/19/debt-ceiling-recap-july-17-23/
July 19, 2011 - ...use talks crumbling, the GOP rallying around the sure-to-fail Cut, Cap & Balance Act, and Sen. Mitch McConnell's “last ditch” plan gaining traction, at least in the Senate. Here's what's happening...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/07/everythings-amazing-and-nobodys-happy-where-we-are-right-now-debt-deal/
July 7, 2011 - ...usiness and labor groups, even 81% of everyday Americans (according to a poll by the Pew Research Center) — all would like to see the federal deficit reduced. The thing is, it's incredibly diffi...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/30/dead-budget-society-or-why-appropriations-process-doesnt-matter-right-now/
June 30, 2011 - Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; Our ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting! Well...not quite. Although...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/22/mr-gates-please-bring-your-checkbook/
June 22, 2011 - ...Defense Secretary Robert Gates got from President Hamid Karzai when he visited Afghanistan in December 2009. At that time, President Karzai told Sec. Gates that the Afghan government would not be able...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/31/us-security-spending-911/
May 31, 2011 - ...Spending Since 9/11," an analysis of total federal spending on defense and homeland security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The key findings of the report were:The United States ha...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/us-security-spending-since-911/
May 26, 2011 - The killing of Osama Bin Laden by U.S. special forces prompted a great many questions about the continued U.S. war in Afghanistan, and how much the United States has spent on “security” si...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/20/budget-group-identifies-least-1-trillion-common-ground-deficit-reduction-measures/
May 20, 2011 - A new analysis by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has identified between $1.1 trillion and $2.6 trillion in possible deficit reduction measures that are common to most or all of ...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/12/house-spending-levels-cut-everyoneexcept-defense/
May 12, 2011 - ...use Appropriations Committee released its 302(b) allocations for Fiscal Year 2012. These numbers reflect the amount of spending each appropriations subcommittee will have for the programs under their ...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-fy2012/defining-fy2012-budget-debate/
April 20, 2011 - ...use Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Path for Prosperity” and the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s (CPC) “People’s Budget” are more than competing bud...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2011-budget-agreement/
April 13, 2011 - Quite literally at the 11th hour on Friday, April 8, narrowly averting a government shutdown, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and President Obama reached agreement on a spending bill t...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/18/continuing-resolution-number-6-end2/
March 18, 2011 - ...use Appropriations Committee. As this ...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/08/what-heck-does-federal-budget-have-do-michigan/
March 8, 2011 - I had the real privilege of speaking at the Michigan Forum on Jobs and Human Needs on Saturday, March 6, 2001. Sponsored by a great mix of labor, faith, peace and student groups, the event was held in...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/04/quick-facts-the-worldwide-network-of-us-military-b/
March 4, 2011 - Once upon a time, you could trace the spread of imperialism by counting up colonies. America's version of the colony is the military base.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/02/scott-horton-interviews-chris-hellman/
March 2, 2011 - ...usses the $1.2 trillion national security budget; how government secrecy and over-classification of documents hides wasteful programs and prevents Congressional oversight; huge projected increases in ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/28/local-organization-decodes-federal-budget/
Feb. 28, 2011 - A Northampton-based organization is proving itself instrumental in decoding the federal budget. The National Priorities Project (NPP) "makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessib...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/27/war-by-the-numbers/
Feb. 27, 2011 - ...used so far on where and how much to cut spending. Republicans have targeted federal funding for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other political hot spots; Democrats want to go after oil a...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/25/presidents-budget-faqs/
Feb. 25, 2011 - ...use, releases the President's budget requests for the next fiscal year, which starts October 1. The House of Representatives and the Senate subcommittees ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/24/guest-viewpoint-federal-budget-cutting-ignores-fat/
Feb. 24, 2011 - How much belt-tightening can a body take? Even the skinniest fashion models cannot strut their stuff in outfits that endanger their vital organs.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/24/federal-budget-cutting-ignores-fattest-part-the-mi/
Feb. 24, 2011 - How much belt-tightening can a body take? Even the skinniest fashion models cannot strut their stuff in outfits that endanger their vital organs.
