Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/15/with-billions-for-back-door-slush-fund/
May 15, 2015 - 'Will we see defense spending with no real limits in sight while we have limits on domestic spending for education and health care and infrastructure?'
Analysis - /analysis/2015/move-money-2015/
May 14, 2015 - National Priorities Project, Peace Action, along with a terrific group of colleagues, have assembled all the materials you need to enter the current national debate about Pentagon spending within...
Blog - /blog/2015/05/13/good-bad-ugly-top-3-amendments-2016-national-defense-authorization-act/
May 13, 2015 - This week the House of Representatives is considering the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and amendments. Here are three of the most notable amendments to the NDAA on offer.
Blog - /blog/2015/05/07/congress-budget-resolution-sequestration-name-only/
May 7, 2015 - The Senate voted to approve a non-binding budget resolution that sets overall spending limits for the federal government’s discretionary spending in fiscal year 2016.
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-military/
May 4, 2015 - ...Military In fiscal year 2015, the federal government will spend $545 billion on the military, and that doesn’t even include war funding. In fact, the U.S. spends more on our military than the next 9 c...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/05/04/federal-budget-transparency-doug-hall/
May 4, 2015 - It’s Doug Hall’s mission to educate the taxpayer on where their taxes are really being spent. He talks to the Creating Wealth podcast about the federal discretionary budget and how the Nat...
Blog - /blog/2015/04/29/national-defense-authorization-act-five-things-you-should-know/
April 29, 2015 - Today – all day and quite possibly into the night -- the House Armed Services Committee is marking up the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). But what is the NDAA, and why shoul...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/29/7-ways-the-government-is-spending-your-money/
April 29, 2015 - Federal government spending is closing in on $4 trillion a year, according to the National Priorities Project. A big chunk of that money comes directly from you, the taxpayer. The gover...
Blog - /blog/2015/04/22/would-cutting-military-spending-hurt-virginias-economy/
April 22, 2015 - ...military spending, would thousands of Virginians suddenly be out of work?
Blog - /blog/2015/04/13/where-your-tax-dollars-go-federal-funds-vs-trust-funds/
April 14, 2015 - ...military, certain health care programs, education and other things.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/04/14/marketwatch-heres-where-your-tax-dollars-go/
April 14, 2015 - ...military and on health care.
Blog - /blog/2015/04/13/pentagon-spending-fy-2016-great-debate/
April 13, 2015 - President Obama, the House and Senate have all lined up with a whopping request for Pentagon and related spending of $613 billion. What alternative do we have to this bloated Pentagon budget...
Blog - /blog/2015/03/31/senate-approves-budget-whats-next/
March 31, 2015 - In the wee hours of Friday morning, the U.S. Senate voted 52-46 to approve a budget, setting off a months long process. Now Congress is in recess for two weeks.
Blog - /blog/2015/03/26/house-votes-republican-and-congressional-progressive-caucus-budgets/
March 26, 2015 - Yesterday, the House of Representatives voted down the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget and passed the budget proposal from the House Budget Committee, with some tweaks.
Blog - /blog/2015/03/20/competing-visions-what-budget-proposal-best-matches-americans-priorities/
March 20, 2015 - Check out our new Competing Visions analysis that examines how the major budget proposals stack up against Americans' priorities on 15 major issues including job creation, education, wa...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/competing-visions-2015/
March 19, 2015 - National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/tax-day-2015/tax-day-2015-notes-and-sources/
March 16, 2015 - ...Military Military Personnel Includes outlays under Military subfunctions for the Bureau, “Military Personnel.” Nuclear Weapons Includes outlays for subfunction 053, “Atomic Energ...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/tax-day-2015/
March 16, 2015 - Tax Day is coming up on April 15. Wondering where your 2014 income taxes went?
Blog - /blog/2015/03/05/president-obama-asked-53-billion-fight-isis-will-it-work/
March 5, 2015 - ...military involvement with ISIS: what it will look like, what it may cost, and how far Americans are willing to go.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/23/we-must-not-fear-old-white-men/
Feb. 23, 2015 - Avoiding another disastrous Middle East war requires voicing our convictions bravely -- then trusting in democracy
