Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/13/fifth-grader-says-im-mad-at-the-government/
April 13, 2012 - "If we had a trillion dollars," dream the youth of Bresee Community Center in Los Angeles, "we would buy materials to build homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, skate parks and soccer fields."
Blog - /blog/2012/04/09/you-ask-we-answer-why-this-tax-receipt-different-white-houses/
April 9, 2012 - Tax day is a week away, and this year National Priorities Project writes you a receipt for how much you paid in federal income taxes-- so you can see exactly how much of your own 2011 income taxes wen...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/chairman-ryans-budget-more-less/
March 29, 2012 - This week the House of Representatives will likely consider the fiscal year 2013 budget resolution, introduced by Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee. Similar to last ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/competing-visions/
March 28, 2012 - This week the House of Representatives will consider two significantly different alternatives to the president’s fiscal 2013 budget request— the Republican draft budget resolution, introdu...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/26/you-ask-we-answer-money-gone-missing/
March 26, 2012 - Ronda of Kennewick, Washington, wrote in to ask about tax revenues. In particular, she wanted to know if federal revenue has gone down over the past several decades with the enactment of lower tax rat...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/21/budget-process-update-where-are-we-now/
March 21, 2012 - The president submitted his fiscal year 2013 budget request to Congress on Feb. 13. Earlier this week, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled his draft budget r...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/federal-spending-your-state/
March 19, 2012 - ...Housing Choice Vouchers, are slated for funding increases. Use these tables to see changes in federal grants to your own state for fiscal year 2013. And if you don’t see a program you’re ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/07/cut_spending/
March 8, 2012 - In a recent blog my colleague Mattea noted that a February poll by the Hill of likely voters found that the top priority for 45 percent of respondents was "job creation." In close second, with 40 perc...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/deficit/
Feb. 29, 2012 - Deficits mattea If the president is correct about projected spending and revenues in fiscal 2013, the U.S. Treasury will collect $2.9 trillion in taxes and the federal government will run a de...
Blog - /blog/2012/02/22/data-story-programs-highlighted-budget-request/
Feb. 22, 2012 - Our latest data story highlights some of the historical federal spending patterns for several grant programs featured in President Obama's budget proposal for fiscal year 2013.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/analysis-fiscal-year-2013-pentagon-spending-request/
Feb. 16, 2012 - On February 14, 2012 the Obama Administration released the government's Fiscal Year 2013 budget request. The budget proposal includes $525 billion for the Department of Defense, not including funding ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/talking-about-military-spending-and-the-pentagon-budget/
Feb. 8, 2012 - An FAQ focused on the immediate and long-term impact of projected Pentagon spending.
Blog - /blog/2012/01/27/hoping-to-build-a-country-thats-built-to-last/
Jan. 27, 2012 - Jackie Bray is a single mother who lost her job as a mechanic but has a new one working at a wind turbine factory in Charlotte, North Carolina. In his State of the Union Address on Tuesday night, Pres...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/an-economy-thats-built-to-last-the-2012-state-of-the-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2012 - National Priorities Project takes apart President Obama’s last State of the Union Address in his first term as president.
Blog - /blog/2011/12/20/end-year-cleanup/
Dec. 20, 2011 - We're getting ready for 2012 by doing a little cleanup in the Federal Priorities Database.
Blog - /blog/2011/12/15/Millions-of-Workers-Facing-Loss-of-Unemployment-Benefits/
Dec. 15, 2011 - This week’s headlines from Washington have focused on an end of year budget deal that would avoid a federal government shutdown and the expiration of a temporary reduction in workers’ Soci...
Blog - /blog/2011/12/08/the-shakedown-on-the-payroll-tax-cut-extension/
Dec. 9, 2011 - In Monday’s budget brief, NPP’s senior research analyst Chris Hellman explained the payroll tax cut and President Obama's proposal to extend it. But the proposal is controversial—it'...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/17/Lets-Make-a-Deal/
Nov. 17, 2011 - With its Nov. 23 deadline looming, members of the congressional “Super Committee” have a range of options as they try to find at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over the next deca...
Blog - /blog/2011/11/14/Budgeting-by-CR/
Nov. 14, 2011 - Just like last year, the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2011 with no federal budget in place. And just like last year, the U.S. government is being funded through a Continuing Resolution (CR) &nd...
Blog - /blog/2011/10/25/money-out-and-money-in/
Oct. 25, 2011 - There’s so much talk these days about federal deficits and cutting spending. So we at NPP thought it would be good to talk about tax revenues—the other half of the budget picture—and...
