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 - ...Education subfunctions for the Account, “Student Financial Assistance.” Special Education Includes outlays under Education subfunctions for the Account, “Special Education.” ...
Blog - /blog/2015/02/18/webinar-get-facts-about-how-president-wants-spend-taxpayer-dollars-2016/
Feb. 18, 2015 - Register for our free webinar on 2/26 to get answers to your questions about President Obama's 2016 budget plan.
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/
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.
Analysis - /analysis/2015/national-priorities-project-reacts-presidents-fiscal-year-2016-budget/
Feb. 2, 2015 - ...education, as well as substantial increases in military spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2015/01/10/gop-agenda-2015-can-republicans-govern/
Jan. 10, 2015 - ...debt ceiling, as suggested by the Hill and the National Priorities Project, in that order. Then there are other items on the wish list that could give Republicans a chance to say they’ve enacted...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/whats-cromnibus-extended-analysis/
Dec. 15, 2014 - On Saturday, the Senate passed a U.S. budget that avoided a government shutdown, set the stage for a February showdown over immigration, relaxed financial investment rules implemented under the Dodd-F...
Blog - /blog/2014/11/03/will-you-vote-tuesday-november-4/
Nov. 3, 2014 - Will You Vote On Tuesday, November 4?
Analysis - /analysis/2014/competing-visions-election/
Oct. 29, 2014 - NPP revisits its Competing Visions analysis that shows how lawmakers would break down the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/10/15/spotlight-npps-debt-and-deficit-voters-guide/
Oct. 15, 2014 - In fiscal year 2014, our nation spent $3.7 trillion on all federal programs and ran a budget deficit. The good news is that budget deficits are no cause for great alarm; they are pretty...
Blog - /blog/2014/10/08/spotlight-education-and-student-loans-voters-guide/
Oct. 8, 2014 - ...education-themed voter’s guides with facts about Education, Student Loans and Student Debt.
Blog - /blog/2014/09/04/election-2014-voters-guide-federal-budget/
Sept. 4, 2014 - It’s election season, when the political ads and campaign claims will fly. National Priorities Project’s 2014 Voter’s Guides will help you pierce through campaign rhetoric and g...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/voters-guides-2014/
Sept. 4, 2014 - ...education, health care, and the military, as well as how we can pay for it all through taxes and the role of deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/25/localizable-federal-budget-data-what-does-your-community-spend-education-iraq-war-foreign-aid-and-debt/
June 26, 2014 - What’s the cost of the Iraq war to taxpayers in your town? If you could reallocate those tax dollars, what would you buy instead? NPP's easy-to-use, localizable federal budget data can answer th...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/06/20/six-numbers-Iraq/
June 20, 2014 - ...debt, and so forth, the actual cost is closer to $1.7 trillion. Throw in future veterans care and disability costs and you get to $2.2 trillion — even if you use discounting and don't include fu...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/factsheets-npps-eight-issue-areas/
June 17, 2014 - The National Priorities Project takes on analysis of eight key issue areas as they relate to the federal budget - from spending on health care and social insurance programs to the military budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/06/17/npps-work-spotlight-military-spending/
June 17, 2014 - We recently re-launched a major portion of our website, organizing our federal budget research content into eight issue areas. This week, we bring you key highlights on military and sec...
Blog - /blog/2014/06/12/hidden-story-behind-student-loan-debt/
June 12, 2014 - ...education without burgeoning student loan debt.