Blog - /blog/2011/08/16/How-Safe-Are-You/
Aug. 16, 2011 - NOTE: This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com.The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild ...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/01/congress-to-pass-debt-deal/
Aug. 1, 2011 - Well, people, it's August 1, just hours away from the deadline for raising the debt-ceiling and avoiding a disastrous U.S. credit default. As this story has unfolded, we've had some laughs, shared som...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/28/precarious-position-anti-poverty-programs/
July 28, 2011 - ...federal debt draws near. On one side, House Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling without a ...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/07/everythings-amazing-and-nobodys-happy-where-we-are-right-now-debt-deal/
July 7, 2011 - ...federal deficit reduced. The thing is, it's incredibly difficult to get all ...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/30/dead-budget-society-or-why-appropriations-process-doesnt-matter-right-now/
June 30, 2011 - Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; Our ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting! Well...not quite. Although...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/28/consumer-protection-who-needs-its-house-appropriations-committee/
June 28, 2011 - If you're like most humans, when you see “Appropriations Committee Releases Fiscal Year 2012 Financial Services Appropriations Bill” your eyes probably wander to see if there's any grass growing or pa...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/24/field-notes-creating-change-washington/
June 24, 2011 - Earlier this week I went to Washington, D.C. for the international conference of RESULTS, a nonpartisan organization working to end hunger and poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their perso...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/10/congress-taking-food-poor-women-and-children-save-few-bucks/
June 10, 2011 - ...Federal BudgetWell...maybe. The actual answer is complicated. Although that might be an a reasonable conclusion to draw if you recently read that Congress was planning to slash more than $832 million ...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/31/us-security-spending-911/
May 31, 2011 - ...federal spending on defense and homeland security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The key findings of the report were:The United States has spent more than $7.6 trillion on defense ...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/us-security-spending-since-911/
May 26, 2011 - The killing of Osama Bin Laden by U.S. special forces prompted a great many questions about the continued U.S. war in Afghanistan, and how much the United States has spent on “security” si...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/12/house-spending-levels-cut-everyoneexcept-defense/
May 12, 2011 - Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee released its 302(b) allocations for Fiscal Year 2012. These numbers reflect the amount of spending each appropriations subcommittee will have for the progr...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/09/biden-group-senate-get-serious-about-budget/
May 9, 2011 - ...federal budget, while Vice President Joseph Biden holds a second high-level meeting with leading congressional figures on the budget.Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) is likely to re...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/04/out-latest-webinar-hitting-debt-ceiling/
May 4, 2011 - Our latest webinar Hitting the Debt Ceiling is a 45-minute presentation (with Q&A) that will introduce people to the current debate in Washington related to raising the legal limit on the U.S. nat...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-fy2012/defining-fy2012-budget-debate/
April 20, 2011 - House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Path for Prosperity” and the Congressional Progressive Caucus’s (CPC) “People’s Budget” are more than competing b...
Blog - /blog/2011/04/14/continuing-resolutions-7-and-8-finale/
April 14, 2011 - td p { margin-bottom: 0in; }p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } Friday, April 8, the House of Representatives and the Senate worked until almost midnight to draft and pass legislation to keep the g...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/analysis-fiscal-year-2011-budget-agreement/
April 13, 2011 - ...federal government for the last six months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, which ends on September 30, 2011. The agreement is actually two bills – a seven day Continuing Resolution to allow time for t...
Blog - /blog/2011/04/11/congress-president-agree-fy2011-spending-plan/
April 11, 2011 - Late Friday night, Democratic and Republican congressional leaders and President Obama reached agreement on a spending bill that will fund the last six months of Fiscal Year 2011, which ends on Septem...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-chairmans-plan/
April 6, 2011 - ...federal programs like Social Security and Medicare.
Analysis - /analysis/2011/taxday-2011/revenues-and-borrowing-faq/
March 22, 2011 - ...Federal Funds, Trust Funds, debt, deficits and more.
Analysis - /analysis/2011/taxday-2011/revenues/
March 22, 2011 - ...federal revenue with a comparison of individual and corporate income taxes.
