Blog - /blog/2011/09/12/debt-ceiling-mach2-the-super-committee/
Sept. 12, 2011 - Do you remember (as unpleasant as it may be) the debt-ceiling fiasco that happened a little more than a month ago? Well in case you need a refresher, the end result called for an immediate $917 ...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/end-year-military-spending-wrap-up/
Aug. 26, 2011 - ...budgetary decisions that await the Committee.
Blog - /blog/2011/08/25/lessons-from-london/
Aug. 25, 2011 - England certainly seems like a long ways away my friends, both in terms of miles (or kilometers) and humor. And perhaps that’s a good thing considering the onerous prison sentences doled out as a resu...
Video - /videos/2011/8/24/you-and-the-federal-budget/
Aug. 24, 2011 - ...Federal Budget What does the federal budget have to do with you? Take a few minutes to better understand the local impact of federal spending. image sources: http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/UFWS...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/24/white-house-schedules-budget-call/
Aug. 24, 2011 - The White House Office of Public Engagement has scheduled a series of ten state calls (see list and specific invitation below). Note there are two calls today (Wednesday) for folks in California and C...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/16/How-Safe-Are-You/
Aug. 16, 2011 - NOTE: This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com.The killing of Osama Bin Laden did not put cuts in national security spending on the table, but the debt-ceiling debate finally did. And mild ...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/10/mainers-vote-their-priorities/
Aug. 10, 2011 - ...budget cuts, and tax increases, a “penny poll” was held in every Maine county asking participants, “How would you like your federal tax dollars spent?” Mainers Larry Dansinger and Lisa Savage were amo...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/03/the-new-debt-deal/
Aug. 3, 2011 - ...Budget Control Act of 2011. Happy days, right? Not so fast, Fonzarelli. Nearly every lawmaker who voted for the bill has described it as ...
Blog - /blog/2011/08/01/congress-to-pass-debt-deal/
Aug. 1, 2011 - Well, people, it's August 1, just hours away from the deadline for raising the debt-ceiling and avoiding a disastrous U.S. credit default. As this story has unfolded, we've had some laughs, shared som...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/28/precarious-position-anti-poverty-programs/
July 28, 2011 - ...budget proposals and compromises that Congress is trying to quickly wade through as the August 2nd date for default on our federal debt draws near. On one side, House Republicans refuse to raise the d...
Blog - /blog/2011/07/07/everythings-amazing-and-nobodys-happy-where-we-are-right-now-debt-deal/
July 7, 2011 - ...federal deficit reduced. The thing is, it's incredibly difficult to get all ...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/30/dead-budget-society-or-why-appropriations-process-doesnt-matter-right-now/
June 30, 2011 - Oh Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done; Our ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting! Well...not quite. Although...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/24/field-notes-creating-change-washington/
June 24, 2011 - Earlier this week I went to Washington, D.C. for the international conference of RESULTS, a nonpartisan organization working to end hunger and poverty by empowering individuals to exercise their perso...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/15/dr-strangebiden-or-how-i-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-debt-ceiling/
June 15, 2011 - Several folks wrote to me this past week with questions about all the debt ceiling talk going on in Washington right now. But first, let me ask all of you something: Can you feel it? That electric tin...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/10/congress-taking-food-poor-women-and-children-save-few-bucks/
June 10, 2011 - ...Federal BudgetWell...maybe. The actual answer is complicated. Although that might be an a reasonable conclusion to draw if you recently read that Congress was planning to slash more than $832 million ...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/07/talk-balanced-budget-raises-eyebrows/
June 7, 2011 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } On June 6th, 103 Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives lead by Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sent a letter to Speaker of the House John B...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/06/bush-tax-cuts-10-years-later-still-expensive-and-ineffective/
June 6, 2011 - That's the conclusion of a new analysis by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), in a report released last week: "Tenth Anniversary of the Bush-Era Tax Cuts: A decade later, the Bush tax cuts remain ex...
Blog - /blog/2011/06/02/npp-launches-ask-kyle-your-personal-guide-federal-budget/
June 2, 2011 - ...federal budgetary process. If last year's budget process is any indicator, then the course ahead will surely be ...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/31/us-security-spending-911/
May 31, 2011 - ...federal spending on defense and homeland security since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The key findings of the report were:The United States has spent more than $7.6 trillion on defense ...
Blog - /blog/2011/05/26/senate-action-road-2012-federal-budget/
May 26, 2011 - ...budget resolution with the consideration of four separate budget proposals. These proposals represent the broad range of options available as Congress moves forward with its efforts to ...
