Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-federal-spending/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...budget deficits and what should be done?
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-health-care/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...federal budget. This one-pager covers the facts on growth in health spending and proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-social-security/
Sept. 7, 2012 - Is Social Security in crisis or not? This one-pager covers the must-know facts and proposals from both presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-education/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...federal spending? This one-pager explains the federal role in education and includes quotes on the issue from the presidential candidates.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/fact-sheet-military-spending/
Sept. 7, 2012 - ...budget getting bigger or getting cut? This one-pager covers the hotly-debated status of military spending.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/election-2012-voter-guide/voter-guide-2012-obama-and-romney-issues/
Sept. 7, 2012 - National Priorities Project compares the candidates on 12 key issues.
Blog - /blog/2012/09/06/voter-guide-republicans-federal-budget/
Sept. 6, 2012 - As both political parties do as part of their party's national convention, last week the GOP adopted their "platform" – which is, in effect, a statement of principles and goals. It begins by sta...
Blog - /blog/2012/09/05/president-obama-and-romneyryan-deficits/
Sept. 5, 2012 - ...budget deficits.
Blog - /blog/2012/08/28/report-road-columbia-md/
Aug. 29, 2012 - If you remember, last weekend I was in Columbus, OH as part of the series of “Move the Money” training sessions sponsored by NPP and Peace Action. This weekend took us to Columbia, MD.And ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/08/29/the-paul-ryan-budget-five-go-to-sources/
Aug. 29, 2012 - ...budget by the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), which was introduced in the House of Representatives at the same time as the Ryan plan.
Blog - /blog/2012/08/27/no-government-shutdown-low-bar/
Aug. 27, 2012 - ...federal government past Sept. 30, which is the last day of fiscal year 2012. If lawmakers don’t pass any spending legislation by that date, the government will shut down on Oct. 1 when fiscal 20...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/08/27/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-budget/
Aug. 27, 2012 - ...Federal Budget and senior research analyst for the National Priorities Project, which aims to make our complex federal budget “transparent and accessible so people can exercise their right and r...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/22/report-road-columbus-oh/
Aug. 23, 2012 - ...federal budget into the work ...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/22/heading-west-colorado/
Aug. 22, 2012 - ...Federal Budget and how our elected officials are faced with decisions that will shape this country for years to come.
Blog - /blog/2012/08/17/you-ask-we-answer-are-tax-breaks-government-spending/
Aug. 20, 2012 - Federal income tax credits, deductions, and exclusions are a form of government spending that cost more per year than the amount of the U.S. budget deficit.
Blog - /blog/2012/08/15/data-story-funding-school-districts/
Aug. 15, 2012 - ...budget year, since budget cuts at all levels of government threaten funding for public schools.
Video - /videos/2012/8/14/book-brief-discretionary-budget/
Aug. 14, 2012 - ...Budget The federal budget is split up into discretionary and mandatory spending. Do you know the difference? Budget Process, Education, Health Care, Military & Security, Social Insurance, Earned B...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/13/ryan-pick-solidifies-competing-visions-federal-budget-debate/
Aug. 13, 2012 - ...federal budget would claim center-stage in the 2012 presidential race, it vanished with Mitt Romney's selection of House Budget Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the GOP Vice Presidential nominee. Although Mi...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/08/check-out-our-review-goodreads/
Aug. 8, 2012 - ...Federal Budget. Wrote a young person by the name of Chris Byron: This is the type of book that puts college text books to shame. Studying the federal budget, the tax system, tax rates, could take thre...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/06/world-according-us-students/
Aug. 6, 2012 - ...federal budget. It was a 90 degree afternoon and these young people had been up until 4 o'clock in the morning in a legislative session, but that didn't stop them from pulling out their notebooks and ...