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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/02/26/where-the-money-goes/
Feb. 26, 2009 - ...federal tax dollars go to military spending. The outlays buy a mighty war machine while depleting our own communities. In San Francisco, taxpayers have already sent the U.S. government $2.2 billion fo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/08/16/got-money/
Aug. 16, 2008 - ...federal matching funds for Medicaid, food stamp benefits and low income energy assistance as well as extending unemployment benefits and approving grants for selected infrastructure projects. ??Jo Com...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/05/07/are-iraq-war-costs-spinning-out-of-control/
May 7, 2007 - ...federal government agencies. These, for instance, involve the loss of productive capacity of American soldiers and contractors killed or seriously wounded in Iraq – an amount put at $16.9 billion. Eco...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/13/how-uncle-sam-spends-your-tax-money/
April 13, 2007 - ...federal budget: federal funds and federal trust funds. Federal funds are considered "discretionary" dollars—meaning Congress and the President have a say in how they're spent. Federal trust funds are ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/12/war-and-taxes-with-40-of-irs-revenue-going-to-mili/
April 12, 2007 - ...federal taxes will be pay for current military spending including the war in Iraq. An additional nine percent will help pay off debt from past wars and military expenses. And another three percent cov...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/bush-congress-tackle-shifts-in-spending/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...funds would be shifted from one domestic program to another. Increased education spending for schools in low-income areas would be offset by eliminating more than three dozen other education programs....
Article - /pressroom/articles/2006/12/07/report-tough-time-far-from-over-for-states/
Dec. 7, 2006 - ...federal aid, including stimulus funds, borrowing, selling assets, raiding special funds and cuts in such services as day care subsidies and police. But opportunities to repeat those strategies are get...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2006/12/06/obama-cuts-domestic-spending-and-increases-militar/
Dec. 6, 2006 - ...federal spending, they will sustain all of the proposed cuts. Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, states, "[Obama's] proposal caps non-security spending at $447 billio...
