Blog - /blog/2014/05/12/federal-budget-process-taxes-spending-debt-and-deficit/
May 13, 2014 - Federal Budget 101, one of NPP's most popular resources, gets an update. Find out what's new.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/big-money-tax-breaks/tax-breaks-notes-and-sources/
April 18, 2014 - ...gories The high-level tax expenditure categories have changed over the years. Where possible, we standardized these names to their most current designation. OMB category names in this file generally...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/big-money-tax-breaks/exposing-big-money-tax-breaks/
April 18, 2014 - ...they cost the federal government, who benefits, and how you can influence the debate in Washington.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/04/15/the-truth-behind-tax-day/
April 15, 2014 - ...their federal income tax returns on April 15 each year with no idea what the government actually does with all that money.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/02/18/researchers-keep-eyes-on-prize/
Feb. 18, 2014 - National Priorities Project nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.
Blog - /blog/2013/11/06/big-day-data-act/
Nov. 6, 2013 - ...where our tax dollars are going or who gets them. The DATA Act is part of the fix to this problem.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/05/civic-hackers-conclude-federal-spending-transparency-nonexistent/
June 5, 2013 - ...the Hack for Western Mass project to reconcile federal spending data in USASpending.gov with numbers reported in the federal budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2013/04/26/the-great-surveillance-boom/
April 26, 2013 - FORTUNE -- Video surveillance is big business. Expect it to get bigger. After law enforcement used closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to help identify last week's Boston bombing suspects, lawmak...
Blog - /blog/2013/04/15/today-tax-day-where-do-my-taxes-go/
April 15, 2013 - ...good-as-mine interpretation of opaque rules and guidelines, millions of Americans will file their taxes by today, April 15. But where does all that money actually go?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/08/29/the-paul-ryan-budget-five-go-to-sources/
Aug. 29, 2012 - ...the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), which was introduced in the House of Representatives at the same time as the Ryan plan.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/05/24/us-defense-cuts-hit-home-at-ohio-tank-plant/
May 24, 2012 - Jeff Bingman
Blog - /blog/2011/08/16/How-Safe-Are-You/
Aug. 16, 2011 - ...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 as those projected cuts might have been, last week newly m...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/03/the-new-debt-deal/
Aug. 3, 2011 - ...their best efforts Congress and the President did finally pass a deal to raise the debt-ceiling. It's call the Budget Control Act of 2011. Happy days, right? Not so fast, Fonzarelli. Nearly every lawm...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/25/debt-ceiling-recap-july-24-30/
July 25, 2011 - ...the writers of Dawson's Creek green with envy. On Friday, it was rumored the two were close to striking a deal on the debt-ceiling, but then Boehner started acting all weird and not returning Barry's ...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/18/debt-ceiling-recap-week-july-10/
July 18, 2011 - ...going on with the debt-ceiling. And rightly so, there's a flood of information out there. But here's the important stuff:On Thursday, July 7, President Obama met with Congressional leaders at the Whit...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/30/dead-budget-society-or-why-appropriations-process-doesnt-matter-right-now/
June 30, 2011 - ...ther'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 I'm sure our elected officials across the political spectrum woul...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/19/warring-for-peace/
Jan. 19, 2011 - ...the National Priorities Project, a 501(c) think tank based in Massachusetts, the United States (at this exact moment) spent exactly $370,332,000,000 dollars in the Afghanistan War. In less than one mi...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/15/unraveling-dc-speak-abcs-terminology-high-stakes-world-federal-budgeting/
Nov. 15, 2010 - ...their “lame duck” session. If you’re wondering about the phrase, “lame ducks” are those members who either lost their election (or did not seek another term), but are still in office because their ter...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/14/tomgram-engelhart-war-to-horizon/
Nov. 14, 2010 - ...the show. Nonetheless, they and the U.S. military in the region remain remarkably devoted to the control of the Greater Middle East. Even without a vision, there is still the war momentum and the mo...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/01/framingham-ma-schools-parents-struggle-tough-budget-choices/
Nov. 1, 2010 - ...the “Save Our Schools” campaign in Framingham, MA, as an expert on the federal budget process and the impact of the recession on communities. Like most cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the...
