Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/09/30/need-to-know-government-shutdown/
Sept. 30, 2013 - Political negotiations over the government’s budget in Washington, D.C., are at a standstill, with Republicans in Congress threatening to shut down the government unless President Barack Obama a...
Blog - /blog/2013/09/27/government-shutdown-failure-democracy/
Sept. 27, 2013 - The one-two punch of a looming government shutdown and the reliance on stop-gap spending measures to fund the government is a stark reminder of the rampant dysfunction in the halls of Congress.
Blog - /blog/2013/09/25/will-government-shut-down/
Sept. 25, 2013 - ...federal government’s new fiscal year and the deadline for Congress to pass some sort of a spending bill in order to avoid a government shutdown.
Blog - /blog/2013/09/12/washington-spend-trillions-2014-will-spend-trillions-14-who-knows-what/
Sept. 12, 2013 - Congress failed to make funding decisions for fiscal 2014 on its regular time-frame, and now the debate on Syria has jumped to the front of the line. That means Congress is going to make som...
Blog - /blog/2013/09/09/congress-returns-syria-potential-shutdowns-and-dysfunction/
Sept. 9, 2013 - ...Federal Budget U.S. fiscal year 2013 will end ...
Blog - /blog/2013/08/21/how-healthy-arizona/
Aug. 21, 2013 - This summer has been full of surprises.
Blog - /blog/2013/08/12/whats-happening-with-federal-budget-debt-ceiling/
Aug. 12, 2013 - You've heard whispers. Perhaps here and there in the news there's been mention, yet again, of the potential for a government shutdown. So here's the update you need – in handy cheat-sheet f...
Blog - /blog/2013/08/08/summer-intern-profile-nicholas-petsas/
Aug. 8, 2013 - My name is Nicholas William Petsas. I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and currently live in Tucson where I attend the University of Arizona Honors College.
Blog - /blog/2013/08/01/summer-intern-profile-jackie-stein/
Aug. 1, 2013 - ...Federal Budget project.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/military-spending-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - Key facts for understanding the current debate over military spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/health-care-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - ...federal health care spending in this country – including rising costs and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/federal-spending-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - ...federal spending and the off-the-rails budget process.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/education-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - ...federal funding for education and what's at stake right now for K-12 education as well as student loan interest rates.
Blog - /blog/2013/07/22/medicaid-crucial-father-two-disabled-daughters/
July 22, 2013 - Clay is a self-declared “evangelical Texan.”
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/
July 18, 2013 - ...federal funding for education, the military, health care, and Social Security, as well as tax reform and overall federal spending and the budget process.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/24/hot-summer-budget-battle-2-2014-budget/
June 24, 2013 - They don't agree on much, but in at least one way the House and Senate are on the same page: They both want to increase military funding next year.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/19/faces-budget-student-aid-and-student-debt/
June 19, 2013 - When Richard, a retired Air Force officer, went to college in 1960, student debt was not something people worried about. Fifty years later, everything has changed.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/14/recent-impacts-grant-funding-state-level-programs/
June 14, 2013 - ...federal programs, but also meant reductions for federal spending at the state and local level.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/12/social-security-and-medicare-ties-bind/
June 12, 2013 - Nearly every American is intimately connected with the earned benefits Social Security and Medicare – first as a contributor then as a recipient. Nearly 90% of us indicated that we’re in f...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/06/coming-together-challenge/
June 6, 2013 - NPP successfully met our May Gift Challenge, thanks to the generosity of our online community!
