Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/education/
March 29, 2012 - ...federal budget—the strongest support for any type of spending. However, even with the $1.5 billion increase in fiscal 2013, education still will only comprise around 2 percent of total federal s...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/clearing-tax-day-confusion/
March 27, 2012 - ...federal income tax dollar. There are two main sources of confusion: First, many people have written to ask why Tax Day ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/22/where-your-taxes-went/
March 22, 2012 - ...federal government spent each one of your federal income tax dollars in 2011: Once we pay our income taxes, they're designated by the U.S. Treasury as "federal funds," which means Congress and the pre...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/21/budget-process-update-where-are-we-now/
March 21, 2012 - The president submitted his fiscal year 2013 budget request to Congress on Feb. 13. Earlier this week, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled his draft budget r...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/taxday-2012/
March 21, 2012 - ...federal income tax return is due to the IRS. Where did the federal government spend your income taxes during fiscal year 2011?
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/federal-spending-your-state/
March 19, 2012 - ...federal spending on state budgets as well as on state residents, who receive assistance from the programs funded by federal grants. You’ll see that some programs, like Head Start and Temporary ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/12/you-ask-we-answer-how-much-aid-do-we-give-to-foreign-countries/
March 12, 2012 - ...federal budget, or $56 billion in President Obama’s 2013 budget request. That money goes toward global poverty alleviation, including a contribution ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/07/cut_spending/
March 8, 2012 - In a recent blog my colleague Mattea noted that a February poll by the Hill of likely voters found that the top priority for 45 percent of respondents was "job creation." In close second, with 40 perc...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/06/data-wednesda-per-capita/
March 7, 2012 - The latest Data Wednesday explains what per capita data is, how it's calculated, and why you'd want to use it. Using food stamp spending as an example, we see how per capita spending figures are usefu...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/05/answering-your-questions-is-social-security-part-of-the-federal-budget/
March 5, 2012 - ...federal spending. If Social Security is funded by a dedicated source—your payroll taxes, also called FICA—then shouldn’t Social Security be shown separately from other kinds of feder...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/01/job-creation-in-the-budget/
March 1, 2012 - Likely voters said their top priority for President Obama’s 2013 budget was job creation, according to a poll conducted last month by The Hill. The president released his fiscal 2013 budget on F...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/revenues/
Feb. 29, 2012 - ...federal tax revenue have shifted over time. Corporate income taxes are projected to make up only 12 percent of tax revenues in 2013. But in past years, corporate taxes comprised a much larger share of...
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...
