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Policy Priorities: Where Is the American Dream?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/11/policy-priorities-where-is-american-dream/

March 11, 2013 - Once upon a time, the "American Dream" was thought to be life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, as defined by an adequate-paying job, a house, and equal opportunity for a higher standard of life...

Too Much Money Spent in Iraq for Too Few Results

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/03/06/too-much-money-too-few-results/

March 6, 2013 - ...funds later, Iraq is still so unstable and broken that even its leaders question whether U.S. efforts to rebuild the war-torn nation were worth the cost.

House Bill Funds Government for Remainder of the Year

Blog - /blog/2013/03/04/house-bill-funds-government-remainder-year/

March 5, 2013 - The legislation introduced yesterday would extend the current spending bill through the end of the fiscal year – in other words, Congress is proposing to go through this entire fiscal year witho...

Homeland Security: The Second Defense Department

Analysis - /analysis/2013/homeland-security-second-defense-department/

Feb. 28, 2013 - ...federal funding for homeland security.

Homeland Security Spending Since 9/11

Analysis - /analysis/2013/homeland-security-spending-since-911/

Feb. 28, 2013 - ...federal government has spent on homeland security since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Is Obama Inflating Sequester Impacts To Scare Public, GOP Toward Tax Hike?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/02/26/is-obama-inflating-sequester-impacts/

Feb. 26, 2013 - ...federal spending cuts, known as a sequester, threaten to take effect Friday. President Barack Obama, who has learned a lesson about one-on-one negotiation with congressional Republicans, has taken to ...

Sequestration's Havoc

Blog - /blog/2013/02/24/sequestrations-havoc/

Feb. 25, 2013 - ...federal investment in the midst of continued economic crisis – especially when sequestration takes meaningful tax reform off the table. Now, just days away, sequestration is on course to fail us...

Sequestration, the Pentagon, and the States

Analysis - /analysis/2013/sequestration-pentagon-and-states/

Feb. 21, 2013 - ...federal spending cuts known as sequestration and historically high levels of Pentagon spending.

How Will the Sequester Affect You?

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/02/20/how-will-sequester-affect-you/

Feb. 20, 2013 - Another manufactured budget crisis is facing Washington, but this time around it looks as if there will be no last-minute showdown.

The SOTU Demands a Better Budget

Blog - /blog/2013/02/13/sotu-demands-better-budget/

Feb. 13, 2013 - Our nation is operating on a temporary budget and a temporary debt-ceiling suspension with indiscriminate budget cuts threatening critical investments ranging from education to food safety. The State ...

Fiscal Cliff II: It’s Baaaaaaack

Blog - /blog/2013/02/11/fiscal-cliff-ii-its-baaaaaaack/

Feb. 11, 2013 - Actually, the fiscal cliff never left. If you thought we solved the fiscal cliff with the deal back in January (or even the more recent debt ceiling deal), you’re mistaken.

The State of the Union is Government by Crisis

Blog - /blog/2013/02/04/state-union-government-crisis/

Feb. 4, 2013 - The State of the Union is usually a speech about a vision – not only for the twelve months ahead, but for years to come. This year is different.

DATA Act: Open Government Meets Federal Spending

Blog - /blog/2013/01/28/data-act-open-government-meets-federal-spending/

Jan. 30, 2013 - Despite the multitude of current debates about how the U.S. spends money, it’s actually very hard to track how much money the U.S. is spending. The DATA Act would help fix that, which is why it ...

Avoiding the Next Fiscal Cliff: The Debt Ceiling

Blog - /blog/2013/01/23/avoiding-next-fiscal-cliff-debt-ceiling/

Jan. 23, 2013 - Good news came at the end of last week, and it's something that will affect you and your neighborhood. Speaker of the House John Boehner said the House would vote on a three-month increase to the debt...

The "No Budget, No Pay" Debt Ceiling Deal

Blog - /blog/2013/01/21/no-budget-no-pay-debt-ceiling-deal/

Jan. 21, 2013 - ...federal debt reaches the debt ceiling, the government is unable to borrow additional funds to support continued operations, triggering a government shutdown and default on ...

You Ask, We Answer: Why Are Payroll Taxes Going Up?

Blog - /blog/2013/01/07/you-ask-we-answer-why-are-payroll-taxes-going/

Jan. 7, 2013 - A number of our Facebook fans expressed concern last week when they discovered that payroll taxes would be increasing in the wake of fiscal cliff negotiations. One person wrote in disma...

Top Five Things You Need to Know About the Fiscal Cliff Deal

Blog - /blog/2013/01/04/top-five-things-you-need-know-about-fiscal-cliff-deal/

Jan. 4, 2013 - Here are the top 5 things you need to know  about the fiscal cliff deal enacted by Congress this week: 1)  Extends the Bush-Era Tax Cuts: The Bush-era tax cuts were scheduled to expire on De...

The Fiscal Cliff Deal

Analysis - /analysis/2013/fiscal-cliff-deal/

Jan. 2, 2013 - At the eleventh hour, Congress and President Obama reached a deal to address the fiscal cliff. The deal focused on tax revenue and included a number of changes to the tax code, including a permanent e...

Recommended Reading: Fiscal Cliff Deal

Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/01/02/recommended-reading-fiscal-cliff-deal/

Jan. 2, 2013 - ...federal government in the current fiscal year. Read more »

Why the Republican Party's Narrative on Income and Voting Failed

Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/12/10/why-the-republican-party-s-narrative-on-income/

Dec. 10, 2012 -