Blog - /blog/2014/01/14/who-won-and-lost-2014-budget/
- ...federal government's fiscal year 2014.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/10-terrible-ways-gop-budget-causes-harm/
July 8, 2025 - The new law slashes vital services to pay for tax cuts for the rich and massive hikes in military and deportation funding.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/
May 22, 2025 - ...federal budget, they’re cutting the heart out of communities to further enrich billionaires and war profiteers. This report provides the number of people who could receive Medicaid, SNAP, and t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/05/18/1-trillion-pentagon-budget-social-needs/
May 18, 2025 - Poll after poll show Americans would rather have their tax dollars spent on public services than on Pentagon contractors, and would prefer policymakers prioritize spending on healthcar...
Blog - /blog/2025/05/13/trillion-dollar-trade-what-if-presidents-budget-prioritized-communities-instead-war-profiteers/
May 13, 2025 - ...federal agencies and social services that actually keep the country safe – things like clean air and water protection, Medicaid, child nutrition, the Department of Education, green energy, and s...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/tax-day-2025-notes-and-sources/
April 9, 2025 - ...federal revenues come from, visit Where the Money Comes From. What’s Included In order to do this analysis, we separate federal funds from trust funds. Federal funds includ...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/
April 9, 2025 - In February 2025, the average price for a dozen eggs was $5.90. Below, find out how much you might have paid for weapons and war, mass deportations, and programs that are on the Trump-Musk choppi...
Blog - /blog/2025/03/17/congress-boosts-war-machine-and-executive-power-while-cutting-services-working-people/
March 18, 2025 - While the continuing resolution is a step in the wrong direction, we must stay focused on an even bigger fight ahead: budget reconciliation.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/03/12/pentagon-contractors-dont-save-lives-or-money-medi/
March 12, 2025 - Cutting life-saving services to further enrich billionaires and Pentagon contractors is the worst possible option.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/trump-gop-stack-deck-against-struggling-americans-build-war-and-mass-deportation/
March 4, 2025 - The GOP’s extreme increases in militarized spending - at the expense of working people and the planet - will make us all less secure.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/senate-republicans-reach-historic-levels-militarized-spending-expense-human-need/
Feb. 12, 2025 - ...federal spending on social services while increasing the budget by at least $346 billion over the next four years ($86.5 billion annually) to fund the Pentagon and a disastrous and cruel mass deportat...
Analysis - /analysis/2024/weapons-warming-world-us-contributions-green-climate-fund-vs-foreign-military-fi/
Nov. 22, 2024 - To avoid the most destabilizing effects of a warming planet at home and abroad, the U.S. must rebalance foreign aid priorities and commit to providing a fair share of global climate adaptati...
Analysis - /analysis/2024/tax-day-2024/
April 3, 2024 - It’s spring, and that means Americans are filing their tax returns. Most will know whether they get a refund, but how many know where their tax dollars really go?
Analysis - /analysis/2024/tax-day-2024/tax-day-2024-notes-and-sources/
March 26, 2024 - National Priorities Project's Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/11/29/Pentagon-Just-Cant-Pass-an-Audit/
Nov. 29, 2023 - Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion — not the programs Americans rely on.
Analysis - /analysis/2023/fact-sheet-invest-communities-not-violence/
Nov. 9, 2023 - ...funds instead benefited people and communities.
Analysis - /analysis/2023/npp-ips-joins-calls-ceasefire-israel-and-occupied-palestine/
Oct. 19, 2023 - “A ceasefire is the only way to stop innocent suffering,” said Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Analysis - /analysis/2023/national-priorities-project-among-27-organizations-urging-emissions-transparency/
Aug. 14, 2023 - The National Priorities Project joins other organizations in a letter addressed to Congress leaders demanding the removal of anti-climate provisions in the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2024.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/06/13/debt-ceiling-reinforced-double-standard-military/
June 13, 2023 - There’s no price too high for the Pentagon, even while Washington claims the wealthiest country in the world apparently can’t afford to make sure all of its people have basic access to foo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2023/06/06/surprise-congress-hide-defense-spending-ukraine/
June 6, 2023 - Lawmakers are planning to dodge caps on the Pentagon budget by adding billions for the military in ‘emergency’ legislation.
