Blog - /blog/2013/04/08/presidents-budget-why-it-still-matters/
April 8, 2013 - Back in January, however, the White House's Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced it would delay the scheduled Feb. 4 release of the president’s fiscal year 2014 budget request until e...
Blog - /blog/2013/04/03/federal-income-taxes-they-dont-take-them-be-mean/
April 3, 2013 - ...federal programs – and what else that money could buy. And, if you’ve spoken with your paycheck, take a few minutes to view our animated video If Paychecks Could Talk.
Blog - /blog/2013/03/25/march-madness-tale-two-budgets/
March 25, 2013 - ...federal budget, Congress is now wrapping up work on two – the budget for fiscal year 2013, which began back on Oct. 1, 2012, and the first steps in a budget for fiscal 2014, which will begin on ...
Blog - /blog/2013/03/20/there-federal-budget-2013-detailed-updates/
March 20, 2013 - Last week I explained that the federal government is operating on a temporary spending bill called a continuing resolution instead of a real budget for fiscal 2013. That continuing...
Blog - /blog/2013/03/11/there-federal-budget-its-even-worse-you-thought/
March 11, 2013 - ...federal budget is almost impossible to follow, so here’s some straight talk about whether or not there’s a federal budget for 2013 and why things are even worse than they seem.
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...
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.
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...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/homeland-security-second-defense-department/
Feb. 28, 2013 - ...federal funding for homeland security.
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.
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 ...
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...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/sequestration-pentagon-and-states/
Feb. 21, 2013 - ...federal spending cuts known as sequestration and historically high levels of Pentagon spending.
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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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...
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 ...
