Blog - /blog/2010/12/03/moment-truth/
Dec. 3, 2010 - Earlier today, the 18 members of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform voted to approve the final version of the proposal issued by the Commission's Co-Chairs, Sen. A...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/23/new-npp-series-block/
Nov. 23, 2010 - By Samantha DanaLast week Congress returned to Washington, D.C. for it's “lame duck” session and began their final weeks of law making before the holiday season and the new Congress is inaugurated. Wi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/20/the-grinch-who-stole-xmas-as-holidays-approach-rep/
Nov. 20, 2010 - (NATIONAL) -- It may not be a great holiday season for some 5 million out of work Americans - and their spouses and children - who's unemployment benefits are about to run out.
Blog - /blog/2010/11/16/all-hands-debt-entering-critical-debate-over-federal-deficit-reduction/
Nov. 16, 2010 - Last week the Co-Chairmen of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform -- former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson and former White House Chief-of-Staff Erskine Bowles -- rele...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/15/unraveling-dc-speak-abcs-terminology-high-stakes-world-federal-budgeting/
Nov. 15, 2010 - This week members of Congress return to Capitol Hill for 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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/14/tomgram-engelhart-war-to-horizon/
Nov. 14, 2010 - ...federal government allotted for the State Energy Program in FY2011. It's nearly five times the total amount allocated for the National Endowment for the Arts (threatened to be completely eliminated by...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/09/work-lame-duck/
Nov. 9, 2010 - Congress is scheduled to return on November 15 for what is known as a lame duck session – a post-election period when members who have been voted out of office return to Washington to continue work pr...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/11/09/npp-launches-new-webinar-jobs-deficits-taxes/
Nov. 9, 2010 - ...federal budget process or know how the federal government spends their tax dollars. Out of Balance provides a critical look at the link between federal funds and state and local budgets, as well as of...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/03/remembering-recovery-november-3-federal-budget-its-ours-own-it/
Nov. 3, 2010 - ...Federal Priorities Database expenditures and indicators to the state level with the latest data available. We invite you to use the database – especially if you want a post-election memory of the impa...
Blog - /blog/2010/11/01/framingham-ma-schools-parents-struggle-tough-budget-choices/
Nov. 1, 2010 - ...federal budget process and the impact of the recession on communities. Like most cities and towns in Massachusetts and across the country, Framingham has been experiencing ...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/27/after-mid-terms-budget/
Oct. 27, 2010 - With Election Day just around the corner, the question on the minds of many people is “what’s going to happen in Washington?” Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s elections, members of Congress will...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/22/congressional-candidates-face-off-in-barnstable/
Oct. 22, 2010 - As the four men and one woman running for US Representative of the 10th Congressional District took to the stage, the audience erupted in cheers and chants for their chosen candidate.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/16/changing-the-nations-spending-priorities-from-war-/
Oct. 16, 2010 - ...federal grants to New Jersey for a total of $2.5 billion. New Jersey cut programs in Medicaid, child health, K-12 and early education, the elderly/disabled, funds for policing and hospice care and the...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/14/northampton-passes-resolution-to-bring-the-war-dol/
Oct. 14, 2010 - ...federal funding for the over 2 million new Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, particularly the thousands who have become disabled or otherwise physically or mentally wounded, to ensure that they recei...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/14/wars-take-huge-toll-on-9th-district/
Oct. 14, 2010 - Free tuition at Virginia Tech? Free health care for low-income families? Drastically reduced taxes for all? Safer vacations abroad? These are but a few ways in which citizens of the 9th District could...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/13/ts-all-numbers-whats-impact-increased-funding-education-newark-new-jersey/
Oct. 13, 2010 - I was recently a guest lecturer at William Paterson University (WPU) in Wayne, New Jersey. Part of the New Jersey state system, WPU is home to a very diverse and dedicated student body – many of them ...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/05/obion-tennessee-story-gene-cranick-and-un-paid-fire-fighting-fee/
Oct. 5, 2010 - On the afternoon of September 30, a fire destroyed Gene Cranick's home in Obion County, Tennessee. The fire department was on-hand before the fire became un-controllable, but didn't move to extinguish...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/05/impact-of-federal-funding-on-new-jersey-economy-is/
Oct. 5, 2010 - ...Federal Spending in an Economic Crisis," will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in University Commons Ballroom C. The public is invited to attend. Admission is free.
Blog - /blog/2010/10/01/deficit-whats-deficit/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...federal budget “deficit,” it’s specifically about the amount of money in the U.S. Treasury.Each year, money comes into the Treasury as revenues from such things as individual and corporate income taxe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/framingham-workshop-to-tackle-war-and-schools/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...federal spending's effect on Framingham school funding. Presenters include Herb Chasan of Framingham's Save Our Schools, Chris Hellman of the National Priorities Project and Mike Prokosch of Fund Our ...
