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.
Blog - /blog/2011/03/18/continuing-resolution-number-6-end2/
March 18, 2011 - The Senate passed a sixth Continuing Resolution on March 17, 2011, which cuts an additional $6 billion from the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. The FY 2011 year ends September 30, 2011 and Republican leaders...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/11/states-continue-feel-recessions-impact/
March 11, 2011 - A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has updated data about the impact of the continued struggling economy on state budgets. According to CBPP's latest analysis, 44 stat...
Blog - /blog/2011/03/08/what-heck-does-federal-budget-have-do-michigan/
March 8, 2011 - I had the real privilege of speaking at the Michigan Forum on Jobs and Human Needs on Saturday, March 6, 2001. Sponsored by a great mix of labor, faith, peace and student groups, the event was held in...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/06/forum-held-on-war-spending/
March 6, 2011 - A local push for a change in federal tax spending. A local forum addressed concerns about the way your tax dollars are being spent on the national level. The gathering was at Lansing's Central United ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/05/leaders-discuss-how-federal-budget-cuts-affect-mic/
March 5, 2011 - ...federal budgetand how it's affecting people in Michigan.
Blog - /blog/2011/03/03/block-higher-education/
March 3, 2011 - Congress is currently struggling to pass a budget for FY 2011 (which began six months ago). The debate has been overtaken by overwhelming concern about both the annual deficit and the national debt wh...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/03/03/stop-the-wars-fund-the-train/
March 3, 2011 - Re: Nugent's opposition to $2.4 billion train funding is same amount the 5th District has spent on war. "Locals react to rail plan rejection" by Michael D. Bates, Hernando Today , Feb. 19.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/28/local-organization-decodes-federal-budget/
Feb. 28, 2011 - ...federal budget. The National Priorities Project (NPP) "makes complex federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent," acco...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/27/high-speed-rail-opposition-demonstrates-weak-leade/
Feb. 27, 2011 - ...federal funding of a speed train for Florida was discouraging news, but not surprising.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/27/war-by-the-numbers/
Feb. 27, 2011 - ...federal funding for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting and other political hot spots; Democrats want to go after oil and farm subsidies and tax breaks for corporations. A potential budget shutdow...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/25/presidents-budget-faqs/
Feb. 25, 2011 - Budgeting Process How does the budget go from an idea to a law? Each February, the Office of Management and Budget, which is part of the White House, releases the President's budget requests for the n...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/24/guest-viewpoint-federal-budget-cutting-ignores-fat/
Feb. 24, 2011 - How much belt-tightening can a body take? Even the skinniest fashion models cannot strut their stuff in outfits that endanger their vital organs.
