Blog - /blog/2015/10/16/six-things-you-should-know-about-debt-ceiling/
Oct. 16, 2015 - The U.S. is expected to reach the debt ceiling in just 18 days, on November 3.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/social-security-medicare-trustees-reports/
July 23, 2015 - National Priorities Project breaks down what you need to know on the status of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds.
Guide - /guides/debt-and-deficit-tipsheet/
June 11, 2015 - ...deficits have declined sharply in recent years, down from about 10 percent of the U.S. economy in fiscal 2009, to a projected 3.2 percent in 2015. Over the past 50 years, the budget deficit averaged 2...
Video - /videos/2015/5/4/2015-us-federal-budget-debt-and-deficit/
May 4, 2015 - ...Deficit Did you know that the U.S. has run a budget deficit in 44 out of the last 50 years? And in recent years, budget deficits have actually been declining. Find out more at: http://nationalpriorit...
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...
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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/03/22/balance-budget-but-not-on-backs-of-poor/
March 22, 2015 - Although there is some question about the truth of the balanced budget, I remember the day that the White House Press Corps was called into the East Room for a ceremony marking “a balanced budge...
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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/20/budget-five-small-steps-forward-one-big-step-back/
Feb. 20, 2015 - On February 2, President Obama released a budget outline for fiscal year 2016 with many proposals that reflect Americans' most cherished values and priorities, according to opinion polls. The $4 trill...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/02/12/pentagon-sequestrations-doubly-bad-policy/
Feb. 12, 2015 - One of the biggest battles facing Congress this year is whether to keep the budget caps and cuts known as sequestration in place, and one of the most curious features of the sequester is the insistenc...
Blog - /blog/2015/02/09/presidents-2016-budget-pictures/
Feb. 9, 2015 - Today we released The President's 2016 Budget in Pictures, a series of colorful charts telling the story of the priorities in the president's budget.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/annual-budget-deficit-or-surplus-1930-2016/
Feb. 9, 2015 - ...deficit (or surplus) as a share of the overall U.S. economy (measured by Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) dating back to 1930. In President Obama’s fiscal year 2016 budget, the deficit amounts to...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/presidents-2016-budget-in-pictures/
Feb. 9, 2015 - President Obama recently released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. And budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What are we going to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we...
Analysis - /analysis/2015/president-obamas-2016-budget/
Feb. 4, 2015 - President Obama's budget proposal includes spending above sequestration caps for defense and non-defense, and many initiatives that would be widely popular with Americans.
Blog - /blog/2015/02/04/top-four-things-you-need-know-about-obamas-fy2016-budget-proposal/
Feb. 4, 2015 - We've analyzed the key funding initiatives in President Obama's FY2016 budget and how they match up to Americans' priorities.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2016-budget/
Feb. 2, 2015 - President Obama today released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. The $4 trillion spending and tax proposal includes funding that would provide two years of tuition-free community college ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/01/12/federal-grant-programs-states-chopping-block/
Jan. 12, 2015 - ...deficits, most likely focusing on domestic discretionary programs that prop up the budgets of state and local governments. If it comes, the attack will be directed at budgets starting in federal fisc...
Blog - /blog/2015/01/06/budget-battle-deadlines-2015-immigration-debt-ceiling-and-2016-federal-budget/
Jan. 6, 2015 - We've talked about three New Years’ resolutions for Congress. Now that the new year has started, here are some deadlines for lawmakers to keep in mind if they want to keep those resolutions...
Blog - /blog/2014/12/22/millennial-perspective-our-failing-infrastructure-and-highway-trust-fund/
Dec. 22, 2014 - Many of our roads and bridges are close to fifty years old and desperately in need of investments for upgrades. In a 2013 report America’s Infrastructure, The American Society of Civil Engi...
