Blog - /blog/2014/01/09/will-unemployment-be-extended-2014/
Jan. 9, 2014 - Emergency unemployment benefits expired at the end of December and cut off jobless aid to 1.3 million out-of-work Americans. Whether benefits will be extended is now the top debate in Washin...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/07/war-poverty-50-years-later/
Jan. 8, 2014 - Today marks the 50th anniversary of the War on Poverty, which renewed a commitment to federal funding for programs to help struggling Americans. Here's a list of resources that illustrate how these fe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/30/most-underreported-stories-2013/
Dec. 30, 2013 - What stories did not get the coverage they deserved in 2013? We asked editors, journalists and friends of BillMoyers.com to weigh in with their choices, including stories they reported on. Here’...
Blog - /blog/2013/12/19/senate-passes-budget-deal-moves-presidents-desk/
Dec. 19, 2013 - Yesterday evening in a vote of 64 to 36, the Senate passed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/18/food-stamps-were-her-lifeline/
Dec. 18, 2013 - In 2011, Emily was 20 years old and living in a homeless shelter.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/16/budget-deal-and-what-it-left-behind/
Dec. 16, 2013 - Congress leaves some unfinished budget business as it heads out for the holidays.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/11/budget-deal-do-we-have-budget-yet-and-then-what/
Dec. 11, 2013 - The deal's been done, but the U.S. is still a few steps away from having a budget. What's next?
Analysis - /analysis/2013/bipartisan-budget-act-2013/
Dec. 11, 2013 - Senate Budget Committee Chair Patty Murray and her House counterpart Rep. Paul Ryan came to a deal on the federal budget. See exactly what the deal contains.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/11/who-won-and-lost-todays-budget-deal/
Dec. 11, 2013 - Senate Budget Chair Patty Murray, and her House counterpart Rep. Paul Ryan, yesterday reached a deal determining federal spending for the next two years. But who won and who lost?
Blog - /blog/2013/12/08/7-reasons-sign-our-petition-right-now/
Dec. 10, 2013 - There's just four days left before Congress sails past their self-imposed budget deadline -- again. Here are our top seven reasons why you should take 5 minutes right now to stop them.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/will-national-action-plan-reverse-decline-spending-transparency/
Dec. 9, 2013 - Version 2.0 of the White House's Open Government National Action Plan commits to shining more sunlight on how the federal government spends our money. We applaud this focus, but a good deal of work re...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/12/06/Federal_Budget_Talks_Seen_As_Moving_Forward/
Dec. 6, 2013 - The December 13th deadline for a bipartisan federal budget deal to avoid another partial government shutdown in January is a week away. Negotiators, headed by House Budget Committee Chairman Pau...
Blog - /blog/2013/12/04/budget-deadline-nears-how-will-lawmakers-tackle-sequestration-and-2014-budget/
Dec. 4, 2013 - Remember the outrageous 16-day government shutdown? Congress ended it by establishing deadlines for passing a budget, and the first of those deadlines is fast approaching.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/11/27/budget-to-be-thankful-for/
Nov. 27, 2013 - This Thanksgiving, Congress should set aside dysfunction and the austerity mindset and give the American people a reason to be thankful: a federal spending and revenue plan that takes our best interes...
Blog - /blog/2013/11/25/thanksgiving-stories-cutting-food-stamps/
Nov. 25, 2013 - At the beginning of November, more than 47 million low-income Americans saw their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits reduced.
Blog - /blog/2013/11/21/your-stories-about-home-mortgage-interest-deduction/
Nov. 21, 2013 - After we published a blog piece on the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction (HMID) this summer, several people wrote in to tell us how this tax break affected their lives.
Blog - /blog/2013/11/14/budget-committee-stuck-give-them-push/
Nov. 14, 2013 - News reports this morning indicate that the congressional budget conference committee is making little progress in negotiations toward a compromise spending plan for 2014. Let's give them a nudge in t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/11/06/what-washington-gets-wrong-about-the-deficit/
Nov. 6, 2013 - Politicians talk about the deficit a lot, but experts on the federal budget say they often miss the point.
Blog - /blog/2013/10/31/budget-conference-committee-faces-wide-gap-priorities-dec-15-deadline/
Oct. 31, 2013 - With a task of paramount importance ahead of them, the Budget Conference Committee has limited time to reach agreement on a budget and avoid another shutdown.
Blog - /blog/2013/10/28/nerd-nite-what-is-happening-in-dc/
Oct. 28, 2013 - Nerd Nite, what the heck is going on in Washington, DC (hint: we're on step two of a five-step budget process), and why we should all be paying attention.
