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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/24/federal-budget-cutting-ignores-fattest-part-the-mi/
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.
Blog - /blog/2011/02/22/slow-road-september-congress-continuing-resolutions-and-fy-2011-budget/
Feb. 22, 2011 - ...federal government through the end of September. 162 amendments were offered during consideration of the bill and ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/21/obama-accelerates-the-great-american-war-machine/
Feb. 21, 2011 - Under President Barack Obama's new budget for fiscal year 2012, the Great American War Machine just rolls on and on. "As it is, we're pumping...money into sustaining a fighting force that's orders of ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/21/protest-links-afghan-war-city-budget-cuts/
Feb. 21, 2011 - Four men stood in front of City Hall with signs calling for redirecting military spending to meet human needs at home. Why weren't more people joining them?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/20/wisconsin-vs-the-great-conservative-swindle/
Feb. 20, 2011 - Is Wisconsin broke or are we being swindled?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/20/signature-ad-for-bring-your-war-home-campaign-to-r/
Feb. 20, 2011 - Dear Maine Friends:
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/19/wisconsin-and-afghanistan-if-only-wed-connect-the-/
Feb. 19, 2011 - There is something stirring in Wisconsin and some folks have tried to connect it to what's happened in Egypt. Unionized workers and their many supporters are in danger of losing their right to bargain...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/19/national-values-by-the-numbers/
Feb. 19, 2011 - ...federal spending on the states and a detailed FY2012 budget overview with a selection of actual and projected revenue and spending charts.
