Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/
Feb. 29, 2012 - On Feb. 13, the president released his budget proposal for FY 2013. National Priorities Project looks at the numbers, the history behind them, and why the president's budget matters.
Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/Fiscal-Year-2013-Pentagon-Spending-Request/
Feb. 23, 2012 - ...federal government. The request includes $525.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DoD) in Fiscal Year 2013, which begins on October 1, 2012. Adjusted for inflation, this is 2.6 percent below FY20...
Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/data-story-programs-highlighted-budget-request/
Feb. 22, 2012 - ...federal spending patterns for several grant programs featured in President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2013.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/analysis-fiscal-year-2013-pentagon-spending-request/
Feb. 16, 2012 - On February 14, 2012 the Obama Administration released the government's Fiscal Year 2013 budget request. The budget proposal includes $525 billion for the Department of Defense, not including funding ...
Blog - /blog/2012/02/10/tracking_cost_of_war/
Feb. 10, 2012 - Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, National Priorities Project has tracked the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Recent events including the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq and the windin...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget/
Feb. 8, 2012 - An FAQ focused on the immediate and long-term impact of projected Pentagon spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/an-economy-thats-built-to-last-the-2012-state-of-the-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2012 - National Priorities Project takes apart President Obama’s last State of the Union Address in his first term as president.
Blog - /blog/2011/12/23/did-you-miss-the-bus/
Dec. 23, 2011 - Congress has passed a budget for Fiscal Year 2012. Did you miss it?If you did, that’s understandable, given all the noise coming out of Washington in recent weeks about extending the Social Secu...
Blog - /blog/2011/12/20/end-year-cleanup/
Dec. 20, 2011 - ...Federal Priorities Database.
Blog - /blog/2011/12/08/the-shakedown-on-the-payroll-tax-cut-extension/
Dec. 9, 2011 - In Monday’s budget brief, NPP’s senior research analyst Chris Hellman explained the payroll tax cut and President Obama's proposal to extend it. But the proposal is controversial—it'...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/23/data-story-federal-work-study-and-sequestration/
Nov. 23, 2011 - ...federal work-study program.
Blog - /blog/2011/11/21/announcing-capita-spending-data/
Nov. 21, 2011 - ...federal food stamp spending in FY 2010. ...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/18/data-story-liheap-and-sequestration/
Nov. 18, 2011 - Our latest data story focuses on LIHEAP, one of many programs that would see reduced funding if sequestration goes into effect.
Blog - /blog/2011/11/14/Budgeting-by-CR/
Nov. 14, 2011 - Just like last year, the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2011 with no federal budget in place. And just like last year, the U.S. government is being funded through a Continuing Resolution (CR) &nd...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/07/data-story-childrens-health-insurance-program-chip/
Nov. 7, 2011 - This data story compares the health insurance coverage rate of children under 18 and adults in the 18 to 64-year-old category.
Blog - /blog/2011/10/04/Build_Better_Budget/
Oct. 4, 2011 - ...federal budget on the backs of the most marginalized Americans. This crusade to drag government into the bathroom and drown it will, over time, result in the erosion or near eradication of programs th...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/28/updated-data-38-expenditures/
Sept. 28, 2011 - ...Federal Funds Report, which tracks federal government expenditures or obligations.
Analysis - /analysis/2011/year-end-wrap-up/
Sept. 28, 2011 - September 30th marks the end of the fiscal year for the U.S. Government, and if you've had trouble following events in Washington, you're in good company. NPP pulls together key events of 2011 and off...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/28/two-big-federal-priorities-database-updates/
Sept. 28, 2011 - ...Federal Priorities Database: poverty numbers are now pulled from the American Community Survey and include last week's release, and all 38 expenditure datasets are now current through FY 2010. Click t...
Blog - /blog/2011/09/23/We_hear_you_Grover_Norquist/
Sept. 23, 2011 - ...federal budget process in time for the October 1 turn of the fiscal year. Last year, we were dragged through eight painful continuing resolutions lasting until mid-April – leading ultimately to decrea...
