Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-wants-163-times-to-military-than-pandemic/
March 29, 2022 - "Failing to fund the global fight against Covid-19 is a choice to extend the pandemic," said one public health expert.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/29/biden-requests-record-defense-budget/
March 29, 2022 - ...use unveiled a budget request for Fiscal Year 2023 that continues the trend of sharply rising defense spending by proposing a record $813.3 billion in military spending—an increase of $31 billio...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/28/biden-using-ukraine-dangerous-nuclear-weapons/
March 28, 2022 - ...spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/dem-leadership-pulls-covid-relief-spending-bill/
March 10, 2022 - "Yet somehow, we can afford to throw $782 BILLION to the Pentagon," says Public Citizen. "It doesn't have to be this way."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/03/10/yanking-covid-relief-house-782-billion-military/
March 10, 2022 - "This is the definition of prioritizing the Pentagon (militarism and war) over the people," said one advocacy group.
Analysis - /analysis/2022/budget-deal-prioritizes-war-and-militarization-over-critical-needs-again/
March 9, 2022 - ...using, public health, scientific and medical research, early childhood education and care, and homelessness combined.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/23/risk-of-war-financial-burden-americans/
Feb. 23, 2022 - ...defense equipment and services to Ukraine this past year alone amid escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/10/army-draws-praise-criticism-with-net-zero-plan/
Feb. 10, 2022 - ...us plan.”
Article - /pressroom/articles/2022/02/07/america-competes-act-feeds-china-tensions/
Feb. 7, 2022 - "Prioritizing any version of the bill over all the ongoing crises that people are dealing with today in the U.S. shows that getting an edge over China is apparently our government's most urgent priori...
Analysis - /analysis/2021/moral-budget-vs-war-budget/
Dec. 20, 2021 - These two bills represent diametrically opposed views of how to address the challenges of our time: a moral budget vs a war budget. Congress: Which side are you on?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/15/endlessly-increasing-pentagon-budget/
Dec. 15, 2021 - ...uses Passes Defense Bill in Rare Display of Unity to Salvage Shared Priority” (news article, Dec. 8) didn’t do justice to the sheer size of the Pentagon budget. After months of intense deb...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/15/senate-bloated-ndaa-delaying-build-back-better/
Dec. 15, 2021 - ...spending bill.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/12/13/whats-in-768-billion-defense-bill/
Dec. 13, 2021 - ...defense bill passed the House last week. Where is all this money going? And how could shifting national security concerns impact the future of military spending?
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/11/19/progressive-slam-shameful-25-billion-pentagon/
Nov. 19, 2021 - ...ust resist the demands of the military-industrial complex, and instead heed calls to invest taxpayer dollars into true human needs."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/19/senate-panel-approves-extra-29-billion-pentagon/
Oct. 19, 2021 - The Senate committee vote included $10 billion more than requested. "That's $100 billion over 10 years—or half the cost of universal pre-K, which we're told we can't afford," said one critic.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/15/pentagon-bloated-budget-undermines-democracy/
Oct. 15, 2021 - ...used elsewhere. But it’s also an outrage to democracy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/12/cbo-details-pentagon-save-1-trillion/
Oct. 12, 2021 - ...spending by tweaking its national defense strategy.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/07/cbo-shows-how-cut-1-trillion-pentagon/
Oct. 7, 2021 - ...ustice is no small matter."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/10/03/climate-crisis-vs-military-spending/
Oct. 3, 2021 - The Climate Crisis is the most-certain and the most-immediate of any of the threats the U.S. faces, including the military.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2021/09/30/21-trillion-20-years-war-no-human-infrastructure/
Sept. 30, 2021 - ...use, they say, the nation can’t afford it.
