Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/annual-budget-deficit-or-surplus-1930-2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...federal budget deficit (or surplus) as a share of the overall U.S. economy (measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) dating back to 1930. In President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget, the def...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/individual-and-corporate-income-taxes-percent-total-federal-revenue-2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...federal revenue will come primarily from payroll taxes from Social Security and Medicare, as well as other sources such as customs and excise taxes.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/federal-spending-and-revenue-share-us-economy-1930-2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - Federal spending and tax revenue as a share of the overall U.S. economy (measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) dating back to 1930. In fiscal year 2016, the president’s budget proposes fed...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/projected-mandatory-and-discretionary-spending-and-interest-federal-debt-fy2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...budget. Under the president’s proposal, $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending would make up less than a third of all federal spending while 65 percent of spending, or $2.56 trillion, would be...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/presidents-proposed-mandatory-spending-fy2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...budget. Lawmakers do not choose the exact amount of money spent on these programs, because they are dependent on the number of people who qualify for benefits, but rule changes can indirectly affect h...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/presidents-proposed-discretionary-spending-fy2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...federal budget that Congress determines annually in the appropriations process and accounts for 28 percent of all spending in the president’s proposed 2016 budget. It does not include earned ben...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/presidents-proposed-total-spending-fy2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...federal spending in fiscal year 2016, an increase of more than 5 percent over the total 2015 spending level. This includes every type of federal spending, from funding for discretionary programs like ...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...budget proposal. And budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What are we going to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we want to spend? These pictures tell the story of the pr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/05/hte-news-for-kids-obamas-budget/
Feb. 5, 2015 - ...budget -- how much money you have versus how much you spend, and on what.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/president-obamas-2016-budget/
Feb. 4, 2015 - ...budget proposal includes spending above sequestration caps for defense and non-defense, and many initiatives that would be widely popular with Americans.
Blog - /blog/2015/02/04/top-four-things-you-need-know-about-obamas-fy2016-budget-proposal/
Feb. 4, 2015 - ...budget and how they match up to Americans' priorities.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2016-budget/
Feb. 2, 2015 - ...budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. The $4 trillion spending and tax proposal includes funding that would provide two years of tuition-free community college for students, investments in job tr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/02/money-chase-2016-us-budget-out-today-be-ready/
Feb. 2, 2015 - ...budget out today, be ready with this 6-chart primer on science spending David Malakoff The annual U.S. federal budget cycle is set to kick off today at 11:30 am in Washington, D.C., when the White Ho...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/01/obamas-buget-5-things-to-watch/
Feb. 1, 2015 - ...budget studies at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, said Obama’s budgets have gradually gone down, but not this time. “The FY 2016 budget request diverges a little&mdash...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/27/what-you-need-know-about-presidents-tax-plan/
Jan. 27, 2015 - About a week and a half ago, the White House released a plan to “simplify our complex tax code” and “make it fairer by eliminating some of the biggest loopholes.”&nbs...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/22/npp-staff-joins-partners-annual-national-security-strategy-retreat/
Jan. 22, 2015 - Last week, three of NPP’s own joined dozens of partners from around the country at an annual National Security Strategy Retreat held in Bethesda, MD, just outside of Washington, DC.
Blog - /blog/2015/01/21/state-union-2015/
Jan. 21, 2015 - President Obama’s State of the Union address last night was as notable for what it included as for what it didn’t include. We give you the lowdown on gridlock, climate chan...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/20/your-top-policy-priorities-obamas-state-union-speech/
Jan. 20, 2015 - We asked you what issues you want to hear President Obama discuss during his State of the Union speech tonight. Here's what you said.
Blog - /blog/2015/01/15/obama-proposes-free-community-college/
Jan. 15, 2015 - The White House has announced that President Obama will reveal a proposal to allow students to attend community college free for up to two years.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/01/12/federal-grant-programs-states-chopping-block/
Jan. 12, 2015 - ...budgets of state and local governments. If it comes, the attack will be directed at budgets starting in federal fiscal year 2016, which begins next Oct. 1. Most of the budget for fiscal 2015 was sett...
