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...
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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/12/12/the-ominous-cromnibus/
Dec. 12, 2014 - With all of the justifiable anger directed at what’s in the 2015 spending bill – the omnibus continuing resolution or “cromnibus” – that the House struggled to ...
Analysis - /analysis/2014/state-smart-federal-funds-50-states/
Nov. 20, 2014 - NPP's State Smart offers an easy-to-use look at dozens of ways that federal dollars flow between states and the U.S. Treasury. This report examines the influence of the Great Recession on these dynami...
Blog - /blog/2014/11/19/executive-action-immigration-win-federal-budget-and-economy/
Nov. 19, 2014 - Immigration reform is a positive for the United States in many ways, and not least is the positive impact such reform would have on the federal budget.
Blog - /blog/2014/11/19/whats-so-important-about-tax-extenders/
Nov. 19, 2014 - “Tax extenders” can be a tough topic to figure out, which is why we just published “Tax Extenders, Explained.” This blog explains why tax extenders are so important.
Analysis - /analysis/2014/tax-extenders-faq/
Nov. 19, 2014 - National Priorities Project answers important questions related to the temporary tax breaks known as the “tax extenders.”
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.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/10/26/defense-hopes-sequester-relief/
Oct. 26, 2014 - ...deficit and the emerging twin threats of Ebola and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. [MORE] Budget Process, Military & Security
Blog - /blog/2014/10/15/spotlight-npps-debt-and-deficit-voters-guide/
Oct. 15, 2014 - ...deficit. The good news is that budget deficits are no cause for great alarm; they are pretty common. In fact, over the past half century, the U.S. has run a deficit in 45 out of 50 year...
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 - ...deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2014/08/27/government-giving-too-much-money/
Aug. 27, 2014 - ...deficit. Repeat deficits turn into debt, and while there is such a thing as prudent use of credit, Americans generally seem unable to come to terms with this rule. At nearly every level, from househol...
Blog - /blog/2014/08/12/penny-dollar-us-foreign-aid-about-one-percent-spending/
Aug. 12, 2014 - One of the most enduring myths about the federal budget is that a significant portion of it goes overseas in the form of foreign aid. In fact, foreign aid is about one percent of the federal bud...
Blog - /blog/2014/07/29/highlights-years-social-security-and-medicare-trustees-reports/
July 29, 2014 - Yesterday the trustees of two key social insurance programs - Social Security and Medicare - released their annual reports projecting the future of the programs’ finances.
