Blog - /blog/2020/02/11/trumps-2021-budget-cuts-all-federal-agencies-except-militarized-ones/
- ...spending increases, just about every non-militarized department is on the chopping block.
Blog - /blog/2019/07/18/ten-good-things-about-houses-too-big-military-budget/
- ...use of Representatives voted 220-197 to approve a military budget of $733 billion through the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
Blog - /blog/2019/06/28/what-still-wasnt-said-democratic-debate-night-2/
- Another ten candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination answered questions last night in the second of back-to-back debates. The contenders and moderators said a bit more about ou...
Blog - /blog/2019/06/25/pentagons-climate-impact-threat-our-planet/
- ...US military itself is a force driving climate chaos.
Blog - /blog/2019/06/17/poor-peoples-moral-budget-everybody-has-right-live/
- For the 140 million people who are poor, or one emergency away from being poor, we know it's necessary to present a comprehensive response to the systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation,...
Blog - /blog/2018/12/17/government-shutdown-looms-over-trumps-border-wall-funding/
- Congress gave themselves a deadline of Friday, December 21 to pass legislation funding roughly one quarter of the federal government for the rest of the 2019 fiscal year.
Blog - /blog/2018/12/07/nine-things-buy-5-billion-instead-border-wall/
- President Trump has said that he will veto any bill that doesn’t give him the $5 billion he has demanded for his border wall.
Blog - /blog/2018/11/28/commission-wants-pentagon-budget-increase-nearly-1-trillion-2024/
- ...Defense budget—that could result in military spending of $972 trillion in 2024. But the Pentagon just failed its first-ever audit. If you don’t know where $700 billion is going, why would ...
Blog - /blog/2018/06/21/house-gop-budget-calls-drastic-cuts-domestic-programs/
- ...use majority released their budget blueprint for fiscal year 2019, which begins October 1.
Blog - /blog/2018/01/31/cut-pentagon-funds-and-stop-march-war/
- ...ustification for the military spending Trump wants.
Blog - /blog/2017/11/17/death-and-taxes-trumps-tax-bill-and-national-defense-authorization-act/
- ...spending in FY 2018, and a $1.5 trillion tax plan that bestows untold wealth upon the already jaw-droppingly wealthy.
Blog - /blog/2016/11/16/trump-budget-military-contractors-rejoice/
- ...spending has been pretty clear: it’s headed higher.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/25/secretary-hagels-cuts-dont-translate-less-spending/
- Yesterday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a major speech at the Pentagon, and a bold headline ran in The New York Times announcing that the Pentagon would shrink the Army to pre-W...
Blog - /blog/2025/05/13/trillion-dollar-trade-what-if-presidents-budget-prioritized-communities-instead-war-profiteers/
May 13, 2025 - ...defense” budget for FY 2026 while gutting federal agencies and social services that actually keep the country safe – things like clean air and water protection, Medicaid, child nutrition, ...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/tax-day-2025-notes-and-sources/
April 9, 2025 - ...ustification. Public Housing: Includes outlays under Housing & Community subfunctions for the Accounts, "Public Housing Fund" and Public Housing Capital Fund." International Affairs Climat...
Analysis - /analysis/2024/tax-day-2024/tax-day-2024-notes-and-sources/
March 26, 2024 - National Priorities Project's Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck.
Analysis - /analysis/2023/national-priorities-project-among-27-organizations-urging-emissions-transparency/
Aug. 14, 2023 - The National Priorities Project joins other organizations in a letter addressed to Congress leaders demanding the removal of anti-climate provisions in the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2024.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/08/01/Culture-Wars-Hijacking-Debate-on-Military-Budget/
Aug. 1, 2023 - ...defense bill with bans on abortion, trans health care, and racial diversity initiatives in the military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/07/12/dwight-was-right-say-no-to-military-contractors/
July 12, 2023 - ...ustry and fight for social investments instead.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/06/06/surprise-congress-hide-defense-spending-ukraine/
June 6, 2023 - Lawmakers are planning to dodge caps on the Pentagon budget by adding billions for the military in ‘emergency’ legislation.
