Blog - /blog/2011/01/14/dc-speak-biggest-credit-card-bill-ever/
Jan. 14, 2011 - ...federal government to provide a variety of services across the country, including healthcare for veterans, special education programs, and energy grants for those with lower incomes. When tax ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/14/whats-at-stake-state-briefs-on-impact-of-war-spend/
Jan. 14, 2011 - As part of the re-launch of our website, CostofWar.com (http://costofwar.com/en/), we are issuing What's at Stake?, 50 state-level briefs focused on the impact of war spending (http://costofwar.com/en...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/13/whats-at-stake-national-priorities-projects-50-sta/
Jan. 13, 2011 - As part of the re-launch of our website, CostofWar.com, we are issuing What's at Stake?, 50 state-level briefs focused on the impact of war spending.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/13/report-end-war-close-deficit/
Jan. 13, 2011 - ...budget deficit would almost completely disappear if the federal government gave the state money that's currently being spent on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new report released to ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/12/cost-of-war-breaking-it-down-112/
Jan. 12, 2011 - Monday (January 17) is the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address, in which he warned of the rise of a "military-industrial complex."
Blog - /blog/2011/01/07/what-would-you-do-1-trillion-dollars-ask-young-filmmaker/
Jan. 7, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee and National Priorities Project are preparing to announce the six lucky winners of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest which asks young ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/06/what-would-you-do-with-a-trillion-dollars/
Jan. 6, 2011 - The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) and National Priorities Project (NPP) are preparing to announce the six lucky winners of If I Had a Trillion Dollars (IHTD), a national video contest whic...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/05/pell-grants-not-out-woods-yet-Jan-2011/
Jan. 5, 2011 - By Samantha DanaIn the Continuing Resolution passed by Congress on December 21, 2010 one line specifies that the maximum Pell Grant award amount shall not exceed $4,860. These grants, which do not hav...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/05/obama-cuts-domestic-spending-increases-military-co/
Jan. 5, 2011 - ...budget. At the same time, spending on "non-security" domestic programs—such as education, nutrition, energy and transportation—will be frozen, resulting in inflationary cuts to essential services for ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/30/100-year-war-the-growing-expense-of-americas-battl/
Dec. 30, 2010 - Gilbert Gooch is lost in the Philippines. The heat, the humidity, the enormous insects — nearly 70 years have passed since he returned from World War II, but it's all right there.
Blog - /blog/2010/12/28/lame-duck-had-wings/
Dec. 28, 2010 - ...budget. And while they failed to complete work on the budget – the government is currently running on a “continuing resolution” that ...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/21/forecast-mostly-cloudy-chance-shut-down/
Dec. 21, 2010 - ...budget for the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/17/the-presidents-budget-bush-to-obama/
Dec. 17, 2010 - ...federal budget tool which spans fiscal years 2008 to 2010, offering a comparison of the Bush and Obama budgets, while highlighting economic stimulus spending in 2009. This tool offers both national an...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/17/the-obama-administrations-first-budget-shows-progr/
Dec. 17, 2010 - ...federal spending priorities and their impact on state-level programs. Examining the Connection Between Energy and Military Spending The federal budget has been called a moral document by Congresswoman...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/14/not-block-free-and-reduced-school-meals/
Dec. 14, 2010 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } By Samantha Dana Yesterday, President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 into law with his wife, a strong anti-childhood obesity advocate, by...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/10/dc-speak-tax-cuts-everybody/
Dec. 10, 2010 - p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }a:link { } By Samantha Dana This week there was a lot of media coverage of the tentative agreement reached between the Obama Administration and congressional Republicans to...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/10/budget-matters/
Dec. 10, 2010 - ...budget and the country. We're here to walk you through some of the issues and the jargon. Let's start with marginal tax rates, which are at the heart of the tax cut issue. Marginal tax rates are the t...
Blog - /blog/2010/12/08/ill-see-your-cr-and-raise-you-one-omnibus/
Dec. 8, 2010 - ...budget.The government is currently being funded by a “continuing resolution.” The current fiscal year – FY 2011 – actually began on October 1, 2010, right ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/12/06/should-the-disadvantaged-be-spared-from-the-budget/
Dec. 6, 2010 - Event Summary
Blog - /blog/2010/12/03/moment-truth/
Dec. 3, 2010 - Earlier today, the 18 members of the President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform voted to approve the final version of the proposal issued by the Commission's Co-Chairs, Sen. A...
