Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/09/14/biggest-beneficiary-federal-tax-breaks/
Sept. 14, 2013 - WASHINGTON — So-called "tax expenditures" — those deductions, credits, exclusions, loopholes and other goodies that clutter up the tax code — now amount to nearly $1.2 trillion a yea...
Blog - /blog/2013/09/12/washington-spend-trillions-2014-will-spend-trillions-14-who-knows-what/
Sept. 12, 2013 - Congress failed to make funding decisions for fiscal 2014 on its regular time-frame, and now the debate on Syria has jumped to the front of the line. That means Congress is going to make som...
Blog - /blog/2013/08/12/whats-happening-with-federal-budget-debt-ceiling/
Aug. 12, 2013 - You've heard whispers. Perhaps here and there in the news there's been mention, yet again, of the potential for a government shutdown. So here's the update you need – in handy cheat-sheet f...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/taxes-and-tax-reform-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - This fact sheet has all the must-know information as lawmakers consider overhauling the tax code.
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/military-spending-fact-sheet/
Aug. 1, 2013 - Key facts for understanding the current debate over military spending.
Blog - /blog/2013/07/30/help-congress-act-tax-reform/
July 30, 2013 - NPP's Taxes and Tax Reform one-page fact sheet gives you the info you need to weigh in on changes to the tax code.
Video - /videos/2013/7/25/the-farm-bill-and-the-battle-over-food-stamps/
July 25, 2013 - The Farm Bill and the Battle Over Food Stamps National Priorities Project's Executive Director Jo Comerford explains the move by the House of Representatives to strip food stamp funding out of the far...
Blog - /blog/2013/07/18/food-stamp-cuts-would-pull-benefits-5000-military-families/
July 18, 2013 - When lawmakers in the House passed an agriculture bill last week that effectively eliminated funding for the food stamp program, they were pulling nutrition assistance from millions of at-risk familie...
Blog - /blog/2013/07/08/home-mortgage-interest-deduction-who-benefits/
July 8, 2013 - When Chris and his wife decided to buy a house, the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction allowed them to buy their dream home.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/26/hot-summer-budget-battle-3-tax-breaks/
June 26, 2013 - It’s sexier than you think. Tax breaks might not be your first thought for hot summer beach reading, but what we’re really talking about are big piles of cash.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/24/hot-summer-budget-battle-2-2014-budget/
June 24, 2013 - They don't agree on much, but in at least one way the House and Senate are on the same page: They both want to increase military funding next year.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/19/faces-budget-student-aid-and-student-debt/
June 19, 2013 - When Richard, a retired Air Force officer, went to college in 1960, student debt was not something people worried about. Fifty years later, everything has changed.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/17/hot-summer-budget-battle-1-sequestration/
June 17, 2013 - The 2011 Budget Control Act set the stage for the harsh automatic budget cuts known as sequestration to take place on January 1, 2013. These cuts will go on for a decade unless Congress agrees to stop...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/12/social-security-and-medicare-ties-bind/
June 12, 2013 - Nearly every American is intimately connected with the earned benefits Social Security and Medicare – first as a contributor then as a recipient. Nearly 90% of us indicated that we’re in f...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/10/data-act-gets-another-shot-new-congress/
June 10, 2013 - Kaitlin Devine from the Sunlight Foundations guest posts with an update on the 2013 version of the DATA Act, intended to improve federal spending transparency.
Blog - /blog/2013/05/30/hack-western-mass-local-needs-government-data/
May 30, 2013 - This weekend is Hack for Western Mass, one of over 90 events taking place across the country for the National Day of Civic Hacking. What are local orgs doing with government data? You'd be surprised!
Blog - /blog/2013/05/22/millennial-middle-america/
May 22, 2013 - Millennial America – the generation born between 1981 and 2000 – is bigger than the boomers and values innovation, government stewardship and community investment. That means the time is r...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/05/21/how-america-became-a-third-world-country/
May 21, 2013 - It’s 2023 -- and this is America 10 years after the first across-the-board federal budget cuts known as sequestration went into effect. They went on for a decade, making no excep...
Blog - /blog/2013/05/15/extra-cash-pushes-debt-ceiling-deadline-september/
May 15, 2013 - A better-than-expected cash flow at the U.S. Treasury has turned May 18 into just any old day.
Blog - /blog/2013/05/09/where-are-we-now-its-appropriations-season/
May 13, 2013 - May 15 marks the unofficial start of the annual appropriations process on Capitol Hill, where members of the House and Senate funding committees can begin putting together the 12 annual ...
