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...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/15/future-federal-spending-transparency-part-two-data-act/
June 15, 2012 - This is a guest post from Hudson Hollister, Executive Director of the Data Transparency Coalition and former Counsel for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. President Oba...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/08/future-federal-spending-transparency-part-one-recoverygov/
June 14, 2012 - This is a guest post from Hudson Hollister, Executive Director of the Data Transparency Coalition and former Counsel for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Three and a half years ...
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/2012/06/06/how-to-close-the-budget-deficit-without-raising/
June 6, 2012 - Every lawmaker in Washington knows how to close budget deficits, though many people outside Washington may not have heard about this possible solution. While federal spending and budget deficits are ...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/01/peoples-guide-to-the-debt-ceiling/
June 1, 2012 - Recently the notion of the "debt ceiling" has been appearing in the news. It's making a comeback after spending months in the spotlight last summer, when the federal government nearly shut down as fed...
Blog - /blog/2012/05/31/updated-data-housing-occupancy/
May 31, 2012 - Housing occupancy data (vacant vs occupied and owners vs renters) are now current through 2010.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/29/two-choices-before-us/
May 29, 2012 - CROSSVILLE — This week started off with two historic commemorations—a religious event that turned political, and a political event that turned religious.
