Blog - /blog/2012/07/09/you-ask-we-answer-how-will-supreme-court-decision-change-medicaid/
July 9, 2012 - Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – there have been lots of questions about Medicaid: How it's funded, what the Supreme Court decision mean...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/02/you-ask-we-answer-whats-block-grant-and-why-nuns-care/
July 2, 2012 - Karen from Colorado asks us, “What’s a block grant?” She said she’s been hearing that phrase a lot without knowing what it means – or if it’s important. It’s ...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/28/supreme-court-upholds-much-affordable-care-act/
June 28, 2012 - Today the Supreme Court upheld nearly all provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform legislation also referred to as Obamacare. The most controversial part of the law — the in...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/27/where-are-we-now-budget-prospects-look-dim/
June 27, 2012 - With the end of the current fiscal year rapidly approaching, what many Washington watchers have long predicted appears to be true – Congress will not act on next year’s budget by the Octob...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/18/you-ask-we-answer-sequestration-and-pentagon/
June 18, 2012 - C. Chandler of Newcastle, WA, asks, “I keep hearing how bad these automatic spending cuts will be for the Pentagon. Will any other programs get cut?”We get a LOT of questions about the aut...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/08/future-federal-spending-transparency-part-one-recoverygov/
June 14, 2012 - ...federal stimulus law, which required 28 federal agencies to spend hundreds of billions of ...
Video - /videos/2012/6/8/national-priorities-project-backyard-budget-mobile/
June 8, 2012 - ...federal-budget. We're seeking funding for the mobile piece of NPP's Backyard Budget project, a new suite of online tools that make understanding the U.S. federal budget easier than ever. Our entry wil...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/08/introducing-backyard-budget/
June 8, 2012 - The Challenge NPP is participating in the Knight News Challenge, seeking funding for the mobile piece of our new Backyard Budget project. Please help us strengthen our proposal by reading it and telli...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/on-the-war-path-the-nearly-1-trillion-national-sec/
May 22, 2012 - Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/just-how-much-does-washington-spend-on-national-se/
May 22, 2012 - The Pentagon base budget of $530 billion is only
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/22/one-trillion-for-defense/
May 22, 2012 - Recent months have seen a flurry of headlines about cuts (often called “threats”) to the U.S. defense budget. Last week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives even passed a bill that was meant to ...
Blog - /blog/2012/05/21/you-ask-we-answer-funding-veterans-plus-military/
May 21, 2012 - ...federal budget numbers don't combine funding for veterans with military spending, since they're both part of a larger national security category.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/10/money-spent-on-war-in-iraq/
May 10, 2012 - CostOfWar.com is a project maintained by the National Priorities Project. It analyses federal data on spending in the war in Iraq, and produces a running counter of . Over the past five years, US tax...
Blog - /blog/2012/05/08/you-ask-we-dont-answer-how-much-money-does-federal-government-spend/
May 9, 2012 - ...federal spending is tricky, but it's critical to having an informed discussion about the budget. Because "federal spending" can mean different things and involves multiple sources of data, we often do...
Blog - /blog/2012/05/03/pie-week-continues-tax-revenues/
May 3, 2012 - ...federal spending, mandatory spending, and discretionary spending. Today's flavor of pie? Where the money comes from to fund the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2012/04/30/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-federal-budget-funds-military/
April 30, 2012 - In some charts, you see that military is more than half the budget. But in others, you see that it's much less than that. Let's settle this once and for all.
Blog - /blog/2012/04/26/data-story-top-5-states-renewable-energy-rd-awards/
April 26, 2012 - ...federal money to fund research on alternative fuels?
Blog - /blog/2012/04/19/gridlock-budget-process/
April 19, 2012 - President Obama released a budget in February, the House passed a very different budget in March, and the Senate has declined to do a budget. The seeds are planted for stalemate this election year. Wh...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/18/can-women-change-the-story-of-the-niger-delta/
April 18, 2012 - “The whole fight for resource control has led to the eruption and escalation of all manner of conflict and violence in the Niger Delta. It’s all about power and control in light of the oil revenue.”
Blog - /blog/2012/04/16/you-ask-we-answer-why-are-there-different-versions-budget/
April 16, 2012 - ...federal government? It’s a good question. You might have read in the news recently about the House budget introduced by Rep. Paul Ryan. And back in ...
