Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/09/cut-federal-budget-by-ending-the-wars/
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Blog - /blog/2010/10/08/depression-any-other-name/
Oct. 8, 2010 - President Harry Truman once said, “It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.” And while economic experts may tell us that the current recession ended in...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/05/obion-tennessee-story-gene-cranick-and-un-paid-fire-fighting-fee/
Oct. 5, 2010 - On the afternoon of September 30, a fire destroyed Gene Cranick's home in Obion County, Tennessee. The fire department was on-hand before the fire became un-controllable, but didn't move to extinguish...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/05/impact-of-federal-funding-on-new-jersey-economy-is/
Oct. 5, 2010 - ...Federal Spending in an Economic Crisis," will be held from 12:30 to 2 p.m. in University Commons Ballroom C. The public is invited to attend. Admission is free.
Blog - /blog/2010/10/01/deficit-whats-deficit/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...federal budget “deficit,” it’s specifically about the amount of money in the U.S. Treasury.Each year, money comes into the Treasury as revenues from such things as individual and corporate income taxe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/framingham-workshop-to-tackle-war-and-schools/
Oct. 1, 2010 - FRAMINGHAM — A panel discussion and workshop Saturday will weigh the cost of our national military budget and local education."Saving Our Schools: Balancing Books and Bombs'' will be held from 2 to 4 ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/01/federal-money-everyones-morals/
Oct. 1, 2010 - ...Budgets are moral documents," states Congresswoman Barbara Lee, but "they don't lend themselves to a moral reading." She adds that increases in military spending are made at the expense of federal inv...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/29/serving-discretionary-budget-pizza-first-slice-ban/
Sept. 29, 2010 - ...federal tax dollars are spent. As a result, they feel disengaged from both the personal and societal impacts of federal spending and believe they ...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/23/fall-spotlight-healthcare/
Sept. 23, 2010 - On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC). In tandem with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, ratified a week later to amen...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/21/fall-spotlight-energy/
Sept. 21, 2010 - Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000167 EndHTML:0000012525 StartFragment:0000000604 EndFragment:0000012509 On June 26, 2009 the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Clean Energy and Security Act...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/18/tell-politicians-how-to-spend-money-win-500/
Sept. 18, 2010 - ...Federal budget. The groups are looking for one to three minute videos like the one above that explain how you'd spend a trillion dollars and why. You have to be 13 to 23 years old to enter. Contesta...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/11/peace-group-gathering-to-end-americas-longest-war/
Sept. 11, 2010 - On the ninth anniversary of 9-11, I recall the disbelief, shock, anger, fear and sadness I felt when I heard of the 3,000 people killed as terrorists used airplanes as weapons to attack the World Trad...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/10/green-party-candidate-sc-needs-to-be-more-fiscally/
Sept. 10, 2010 - Green Party U.S. Senate candidate Tom Clements says he would like to see money that comes into South Carolina applied more responsibly to address South Carolina's high jobless rate.
Blog - /blog/2010/09/07/fall-spotlight-education/
Sept. 7, 2010 - ...budget be allocated towards programs ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/09/03/whats-going-on-in-the-labs/
Sept. 3, 2010 - This is the first in a monthly series of updates letting you know what we're working on here in the Sunlight Labs offices.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/26/in-search-of-real-security-part-one-a-closer-look-/
Aug. 26, 2010 - ...federal government formed the Transportation Security Administration and, one year later, the Department of Homeland Security. In the decade that has followed we have been pounded with talk of securit...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - ...budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal spending programs. The tool estimates...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/24/national-priorities-projects-trade-offs-tool-shows/
Aug. 24, 2010 - ...budget, National Priorities Project (NPP) has overhauled its Trade Offs Tool designed to clarify the magnitude and localized impact of federal spending programs. The tool estimates FY2011 spending for...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/23/how-much-is-enough-americas-runaway-military-spend/
Aug. 23, 2010 - ...budget, which is slated for expansion. And, second, as a Washington Post article reported, "defense officials characterized them as a political preemptive strike to fend off growing sentiment elsewher...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/16/how-stuff-works-federal-budget-edition/
Aug. 16, 2010 - ...federal budget process? Look no further than the National Priorities Project's Federal Budget 101 webinar. The webinar begins tomorrow at 11:00 AM and is free. You'll need to register here.