Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/15/senator-d-ny-charles-e-schumer-on-the-afghanistan-/
April 15, 2010 - Like a lot of constituents, I wrote my Senator about the war in Afghanistan. Unlike some Senators, Chuck Schumer actually wrote me back a reasonably detailed response (see below). Unfortunately, his v...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/13/price-of-war-too-high/
April 13, 2010 - As America inches closer to a decade of war, the cost increasingly is being questioned. People who years ago might have feared being called unpatriotic are lambasting the trillion dollars spent since ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/small-city-mayor-takes-on-the-pentagon/
April 12, 2010 - ...funds lost in the market during the collapse of 2008-09, and a $500,000 drop in the return on the city's investment portfolio.??With worse times ahead, thanks in part to the projected end of federal s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/12/afghan-war-forum-packs-falmouth-hall/
April 12, 2010 - ...federal spending and how tax dollars are spent; and David Swanson, author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union."Swanson argued that the war is killing innocen...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/11/war-taxing-america/
April 11, 2010 - Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is sick and tired of watching people in local communities "squabble over crumbs," as he puts it, while so much local money pours into the Pentagon's coffe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/04/01/where-did-your-2009-federal-income-tax-dollars-go/
April 1, 2010 - ...federal government spent each of their 2009 federal income tax dollars. In its annual release, Where did your tax dollars go?, NPP offers a breakout of federal income tax dollar allocation while also ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/17/dutchess-taxpayers-have-spent-17-billion-since-200/
March 17, 2010 - Hi all...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/10/national-priorities-project-releases-fy2011-budget/
March 10, 2010 - President Obama issued his Fiscal Year 2011 budget on February 1, 2010 – a 2,585-page proposed blueprint for addressing the social agonies caused by record-high job loss, a continued sluggish economy ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/03/09/hellman-describes-process-priorities-of-national-b/
March 9, 2010 - ...federal funds, particularly to the military, which traditionally has a very high budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/21/national-priorities-project-helps-consumers-grasp-/
Feb. 21, 2010 - ...federal programs and is emphasizing education, energy and health care this year, Hellman said. "We try and explain in meaningful ways how what the federal government is doing impacts them in their day...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/the-presidents-budget-fy2011/
Feb. 8, 2010 - This publication reviews Presidential budget requests spanning fiscal years 2008 to 2012 which include requested spending authorities from the final Bush budget to the Obama administration's projected...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/01/pentagon-budget-reflects-reform-goals/
Feb. 1, 2010 - ...federal agencies will be getting in this budget, we're doing well," he said.Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, which analyzes budget choices criticized the administra...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/data-for-democracy-2010-webinar-series-launches-wi/
Jan. 22, 2010 - National Priorities Project is proud to announce the launch of the 2010 Data for Democracy webinar series with Out of Balance. The goal of the webinar series is to help our constituents – electe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/01/15/jared-loughner-and-the-paranoid-style/
Jan. 15, 2010 - aul Street is an independent policy researcher, journalist, historian, and speaker. He is the author of several books, including 'Empire and Inequality: America and the World Since 9/11' and most rece...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/10/20/three-cheers-for-the-war-dividend/
Oct. 20, 2009 - ...federal pie. Between 2001 and 2008, federal grant funding for state and local governments lagged behind the 28% growth of the federal budget by 14%, while military spending outpaced federal budget gro...
Analysis - /analysis/2009/health-care-information-npps-database-is-a-one-sto/
Aug. 26, 2009 - ...federal spending and human needs over the last 25 years.
Analysis - /analysis/2009/the-presidents-budget-fy2010/
May 18, 2009 - ...federal budgets spanning 2008 to 2010, including the Obama administration's first budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/05/15/96-billion-more-for-war/
May 15, 2009 - ...federal spending decisions.
Analysis - /analysis/2009/national-energy-priorities-the-obama-administratio/
May 8, 2009 - ...federal budget has been called a moral document by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Its spending priorities reflect these morals. The release of President Obama's full fiscal year 2010 budget begins to s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/04/07/your-2008-tax-dollar-37-cents-to-military-28-cents/
April 7, 2009 - NORTHHAMPTION, Mass. - April 7 - As taxes come due on April 15, taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent each 2008 income tax dollar: 37.3 cents went towards military-related spend...
