Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-health-care/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Health care accounts for 24 percent of the federal budget. This one-pager covers the facts on growth in health spending and proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-military-spending/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Is the military budget getting bigger or getting cut? This one-pager covers the hotly-debated status of military spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/voter-guide-2012-obama-and-romney-issues/
Sept. 7, 2012 - National Priorities Project compares the candidates on 12 key issues.
Blog - /blog/2012/09/06/voter-guide-republicans-federal-budget/
Sept. 6, 2012 - As both political parties do as part of their party's national convention, last week the GOP adopted their "platform" – which is, in effect, a statement of principles and goals. It begins by sta...
Blog - /blog/2012/09/05/president-obama-and-romneyryan-deficits/
Sept. 5, 2012 - A few weeks ago, with the announcement of Rep. Paul Ryan as Gov. Romney’s running mate, we wrote about how the two presidential candidates represent starkly different visions for this country in...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/28/report-road-columbia-md/
Aug. 29, 2012 - If you remember, last weekend I was in Columbus, OH as part of the series of “Move the Money” training sessions sponsored by NPP and Peace Action. This weekend took us to Columbia, MD.And ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/08/29/the-paul-ryan-budget-five-go-to-sources/
Aug. 29, 2012 - The National Priorities Project (NPP) provides a side-by-side comparison of Ryan's and President Obama’s plans, as well as an alternative budget by the Congressiona...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/27/no-government-shutdown-low-bar/
Aug. 27, 2012 - The House, the Senate, and President Obama agreed on something. Surprised? Well, technically they agreed to agree on something in the future. Several weeks ago, leaders of the House and Senate announc...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/08/27/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-budget/
Aug. 27, 2012 - Are you secretly confused by all this talk about the Ryan budget? If the conflicting rhetoric, incalculable numbers and incessant punditry leave your head spinning — don’t worry, you&rsquo...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/13/ryan-pick-solidifies-competing-visions-federal-budget-debate/
Aug. 13, 2012 - If there was ever any doubt that the U.S. federal budget would claim center-stage in the 2012 presidential race, it vanished with Mitt Romney's selection of House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the ...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/08/check-out-our-review-goodreads/
Aug. 8, 2012 - We just discovered that the book-sharing site GoodReads has some great discussion about A People's Guide to the Federal Budget. Wrote a young person by the name of Chris Byron: This is the type of boo...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/01/where-are-we-now-congress-white-house-reach-agreement-temporary-spending-bill/
Aug. 2, 2012 - On July 31 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that they had reached an agreement on a temporary spending bill – known as a “continuing...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/01/money-dont-talk/
Aug. 1, 2012 - Bob Dylan once said, "Money don't talk, it swears!" While it's easy to curse the budgetary decisions made by lawmakers, we often don’t realize how incredibly complicated the process is. I've bee...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/20/where-are-we-now-pentagon-spending-and-sequestration/
July 23, 2012 - The week of July 16 was a big one in Washington for Pentagon watchers. The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve the fiscal year 2013 Defense Appropriations bill, while the House Ar...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/untold-story-deficits-washington/
July 19, 2012 - In 2000, the federal government had a balanced budget and projected surpluses for years to come. Fast forward a decade, and Washington runs steep budget deficits while news media report that federal s...
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/2012/07/05/across-the-great-state-of-maine/
July 5, 2012 - As I travel with candidates to meet voters across the state of Maine, I see people who disconnect from politics because they are overwhelmed and confused by the political landscape. Because of that co...
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/2012/06/27/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...
