Blog - /blog/2012/08/01/where-are-we-now-congress-white-house-reach-agreement-temporary-spending-bill/
Aug. 2, 2012 - On July 31 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) announced that they had reached an agreement on a temporary spending bill – known as a “continuing...
Blog - /blog/2012/08/01/money-dont-talk/
Aug. 1, 2012 - ...budgetary decisions made by lawmakers, we often don’t realize how incredibly complicated the process is. I've been reading A People's Guide to the Federal Budget...
Video - /videos/2012/7/30/book-brief-the-budget-process/
July 30, 2012 - ...Budget Process Do you know how the federal budget gets put together? You can find out! Learn more here: http://bit.ly/PeoplesGuide Budget Process, Taxes & Revenue
Blog - /blog/2012/07/25/you-ask-we-answer-do-some-people-pay-no-taxes-all/
July 30, 2012 - ...federal revenues – the “budwonk” word for “taxes” – especially this one: “Is it true that half of all Americans pay no federal taxes?”Here’s the d...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/25/review-peoples-guide-federal-budget/
July 25, 2012 - ...federal budget? Do you feel that the frequent debates in Washington about deficit and spending are complex, and you wish you understood them? Then A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget is the b...
Video - /videos/2012/7/23/the-federal-budget-affects-you/
July 23, 2012 - ...Federal Budget Affects YOU Mattea Kramer introduces the new book A People's Guide to the Federal Budget and explains how the federal budget affects you-- and how to make your voice heard in Washington...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/20/where-are-we-now-pentagon-spending-and-sequestration/
July 23, 2012 - ...budget.The FY2013 ...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/untold-story-deficits-washington/
July 19, 2012 - ...federal government had a balanced budget and projected surpluses for years to come. Fast forward a decade, and Washington runs steep budget deficits while news media report that federal spending is ou...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/18/new-way-cast-your-vote/
July 18, 2012 - If we want to have a say in how our tax dollars are spent, we need to have a say in who represents us. Fortunately, we do have a say in who represents us – in theory, at least. In practice, a ma...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/07/18/four-spending-myths-keeping-us-from-recovery/
July 18, 2012 - We’re at the edge of the cliff of deficit disaster! National security spending is being, or will soon be, slashed to the bone! Obamacare will sink the ship of state. Each of these cl...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/07/17/what-do-we-need-to-know-about-federal-budget/
July 17, 2012 - ...Federal Budget.
Blog - /blog/2012/07/16/you-ask-we-answer-who-benefits-bush-tax-cuts/
July 16, 2012 - Last week President Obama affirmed his support for letting the Bush-era tax cuts expire for American families making over $250,000. There was a flurry of activity on our Facebook page as folks debated...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/09/you-ask-we-answer-how-will-supreme-court-decision-change-medicaid/
July 9, 2012 - Since the Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act – also known as Obamacare – there have been lots of questions about Medicaid: How it's funded, what the Supreme Court decision mean...
Blog - /blog/2012/07/05/across-the-great-state-of-maine/
July 5, 2012 - ...budget priorities – on the state and federal levels – and pass up opportunities to advocate for themselves and their families.
Blog - /blog/2012/07/02/you-ask-we-answer-whats-block-grant-and-why-nuns-care/
July 2, 2012 - Karen from Colorado asks us, “What’s a block grant?” She said she’s been hearing that phrase a lot without knowing what it means – or if it’s important. It’s ...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/28/supreme-court-upholds-much-affordable-care-act/
June 28, 2012 - Today the Supreme Court upheld nearly all provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform legislation also referred to as Obamacare. The most controversial part of the law — the in...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/27/where-are-we-now-budget-prospects-look-dim/
June 27, 2012 - ...budget by the October 1 deadline.“But wait,” you’re saying, “October is a long way from now. How can you be sure?”
Video - /videos/2012/6/25/budget-brief-time-for-a-new-budget/
June 25, 2012 - Budget Brief - Time For a New Budget? NPP's senior research analyst Mattea Kramer takes a look at where we are in the federal budget process. Budget Process, Military & Security, Taxes & Reven...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/25/you-ask-we-answer-private-sector-fine/
June 25, 2012 - William from Denver, Colorado, asks: “Is there a way to show whether or not the private sector is actually ‘doing fine?’ In TV commercials I see that Mitt Romney is criticizing Presi...
Blog - /blog/2012/06/20/any-day-now-supreme-court-decision-health-care/
June 20, 2012 - The Supreme Court is expected to announce any day now its ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 health care reform legislation. The central question of the case is wheth...
