Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/05/10/big-money-tax-breaks/
May 10, 2014 - The federal tax code includes hundreds of tax breaks (called tax expenditures within the federal government) meant to encourage activities that lawmakers deem beneficial to society
Blog - /blog/2014/04/30/government-spending-data-act-and-end-yada-yada/
May 2, 2014 - Congress authorizes spending and yada yada yada, Treasury cuts checks. The DATA Act says we can do better when it comes to tracking government spending.
Blog - /blog/2014/04/23/abandonment-american-student/
April 23, 2014 - Spending cuts to public universities shifts the burden of providing higher education to family bank accounts, despite documented stagnation in median family income.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/big-money-tax-breaks/exposing-big-money-tax-breaks/
April 18, 2014 - Everything you need to know about tax breaks including how much they cost the federal government, who benefits, and how you can influence the debate in Washington.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/04/15/where-your-taxes-really-go/
April 15, 2014 - It’s April 15, which means that you’ve paid your tax bill– or you will very soon– and you might be wondering about what exactly the government is going to do with your hard-ear...
Blog - /blog/2014/04/09/72000-unemployed-workers-lose-benefits-every-week-congress-does-not-act/
April 9, 2014 - Last week marked three full months that Congress has let long-term unemployment benefits lapse, leaving 2.3 million unemployed workers – who have been unemployed for 6 months or more and have ex...
Blog - /blog/2014/04/07/tax-day-pictures/
April 8, 2014 - The average American taxpayer paid $11,715 in income taxes in 2013. Here's 13 surprising charts that show how the federal government spent those tax dollars.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/fiscal-year-2015-pentagon-budget-analysis/
April 7, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines the new budget proposal for the Department of Defense.
Blog - /blog/2014/04/02/comparing-competing-visions-federal-budget/
April 2, 2014 - Yesterday NPP released its fourth annual, one-of-a-kind Competing Visions analysis, which compares the president’s budget proposal to two significantly different alternatives.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/budget-proposals-2015/
April 1, 2014 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Blog - /blog/2014/03/31/contract-broken/
March 31, 2014 - About 1.3 million people lost extended unemployment benefits at the end of 2013. Since then 72,000 have had their compensation expire every week, totaling about 2 million jobless Americans without nee...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/17/whats-president-obamas-2015-budget-and-why-should-we-care/
March 17, 2014 - After getting through Congress, the final version of the budget will likely look very different from this initial blueprint; but the changes legislators make should reflect your priorities, not their ...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/notes-sources/
March 14, 2014 - ...Housing & Community Housing assistance and credit, community development, disaster relief, and services supporting social needs. Subfunctions: 371, 451, 452, 453, 506, 604, 925 Example programs...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-day-2014/taxes-101-seven-things-you-must-know-about-taxes/
March 14, 2014 - Taxes 101: The Seven Things You Must Know About Taxes mattea 1. You are an investor in our nation and your tax dollars come back to your community Your taxes fund health care programs, clean drinking...
Blog - /blog/2014/03/06/pentagons-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - How the U.S. Military Avoided Budget Cuts, Lied About Doing So, Then Asked for Billions More
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/pentagon-phony-budget-war/
March 6, 2014 - The Pentagon's Phony Budget War Mattea Kramer Washington is pushing the panic button, claiming austerity is hollowing out our armed forces and our national security is at risk. That was the message Se...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/06/breaking-budget-straitjacket/
March 6, 2014 - ...Housing Trust Fund at $1 billion over 10 years. He continues to reverse the loss of 70,000 rental housing vouchers. (Many low-income tenants also saw their rents rise last year; it is not clear if the...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/president-obamas-fiscal-year-2015-budget/
March 4, 2014 - New budget includes $56 billion in additional spending, relieving sequestration for fiscal 2015.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/sequestration-impact-on-military-spending-2013-2014/
March 4, 2014 - Across-the-board budget cuts have had a much smaller impact on military spending than news reports suggest.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/03/03/obama-budget-political-document/
March 3, 2014 - Obama Budget Likely to be a Political Document Ben Wolfgang and Stephen Dinan The budget President Obama will release Tuesday bows more to political realities than it does to the government’s fi...
