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...
Blog - /blog/2014/02/24/presidents-2015-budget-preview/
Feb. 25, 2014 - Next week on March 4, President Obama’s fiscal year 2015 budget will be released. Here’s what will -- and what won’t -- be in his budget request.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/18/researchers-keep-eyes-on-prize/
Feb. 18, 2014 - National Priorities Project nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/history-us-federal-budget-2011-2013/
Feb. 12, 2014 - Recently the nation has endured one Congress-made, budget-related crisis after another. National Priorities Project documents the twists and turns.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/11/three-dangerous-myths-about-debt-ceiling-again/
Feb. 11, 2014 - Will lawmakers act in time to avoid the dangerous debt ceiling limit?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/05/Nobel-Peace-Prize-Nomination-MA-Group/
Feb. 5, 2014 - ...housing and community, food and agriculture, transportation, and veterans benefits combined, which amounts to just over $687bn. Military spending is only surpassed by spending on Social Security, une...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/29/what-president-obama-said-about-your-priorities/
Jan. 29, 2014 - Yesterday we published your priorities for the State of the Union – what you told us, by social media and e-mail, that you wanted the president to tackle in his speech.
Blog - /blog/2014/01/28/what-you-want-president-obamas-state-union/
Jan. 28, 2014 - By e-mail and social media, we asked you to weigh in about what you think the president should cover during his speech – about what actions he should take in the coming year. Here's what you sai...
