Blog - /blog/2013/07/29/august-recess-time-home-district-meetings-lawmakers/
July 29, 2013 - What's happening in Congress right now could alter this nation for years to come. NPP's new, easy-to-use fact sheets will help you understand contentious issues like taxes and Obamacare so you can dec...
Analysis - /analysis/2013/august-recess-legislator-meeting-fact-sheets/
July 18, 2013 - ...budget priorities known. To assist you, this is a series of fact sheets covering federal funding for education, the military, health care, and Social Security, as well as tax reform and overall federa...
Blog - /blog/2013/07/11/summer-intern-molly-grover/
July 11, 2013 - ...Federal Budget project.
Blog - /blog/2013/07/08/home-mortgage-interest-deduction-who-benefits/
July 8, 2013 - When Chris and his wife decided to buy a house, the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction allowed them to buy their dream home.
Blog - /blog/2013/07/02/happy-fourth-july/
July 2, 2013 - ...federal budget by and for the people.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/27/summer-interns-tackle-big-budget-issues/
June 27, 2013 - Over the coming weeks, we'll be highlighting NPP's amazing summer interns. The stellar efforts of talented student interns throughout the year allows NPP to expand and deepen what we do across all asp...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/26/hot-summer-budget-battle-3-tax-breaks/
June 26, 2013 - It’s sexier than you think. Tax breaks might not be your first thought for hot summer beach reading, but what we’re really talking about are big piles of cash.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/24/hot-summer-budget-battle-2-2014-budget/
June 24, 2013 - They don't agree on much, but in at least one way the House and Senate are on the same page: They both want to increase military funding next year.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/20/immigration-reform-would-save-uncle-sam-197-billion-over-next-10-years/
June 20, 2013 - ...Budget Office, the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the next decade.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/19/faces-budget-student-aid-and-student-debt/
June 19, 2013 - When Richard, a retired Air Force officer, went to college in 1960, student debt was not something people worried about. Fifty years later, everything has changed.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/17/hot-summer-budget-battle-1-sequestration/
June 17, 2013 - ...Budget Control Act set the stage for the harsh automatic budget cuts known as sequestration to take place on January 1, 2013. These cuts will go on for a decade unless Congress agrees to stop them. So...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/14/recent-impacts-grant-funding-state-level-programs/
June 14, 2013 - ...federal programs, but also meant reductions for federal spending at the state and local level.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/12/social-security-and-medicare-ties-bind/
June 12, 2013 - Nearly every American is intimately connected with the earned benefits Social Security and Medicare – first as a contributor then as a recipient. Nearly 90% of us indicated that we’re in f...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/10/data-act-gets-another-shot-new-congress/
June 10, 2013 - ...federal spending transparency.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/06/coming-together-challenge/
June 6, 2013 - NPP successfully met our May Gift Challenge, thanks to the generosity of our online community!
Blog - /blog/2013/06/05/civic-hackers-conclude-federal-spending-transparency-nonexistent/
June 5, 2013 - ...federal spending data in USASpending.gov with numbers reported in the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2013/06/04/civic-hacking-with-hack-for-western-mass/
June 4, 2013 - This past weekend ~100 hackers from all over Massachussetts generously donated their time and expertise for the National Day of Civic Hacking event for Western Mass. This inspiring even...
Blog - /blog/2013/06/03/national-day-civic-hacking-western-mass/
June 3, 2013 - ...federal budget projects). We were joined by the Sunlight Foundation, the Census Bureau, and a team of small hackers in training.
Blog - /blog/2013/05/29/introducing-tax-expenditures/
May 29, 2013 - The special tax break for investment income – also known as capital gains and dividends – will let taxpayers off the hook for more than $61 billion in taxes this year. Most of th...
Blog - /blog/2013/05/28/cost-war-will-tackle-new-terrain/
May 28, 2013 - ...federal spending on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. But now the Cost of War site is going to tackle new terrain.
