Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/17/the-federal-budget-dymystified/
Feb. 17, 2010 - Federal budgets aren't known for being brief. And the Obama Administration's recently released fiscal 2011 budget is 2,300 pages long. The National Priorities Project, based in Northampton Massachuset...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/the-presidents-budget-fy2011/
Feb. 8, 2010 - ...budget requests spanning fiscal years 2008 to 2012 which include requested spending authorities from the final Bush budget to the Obama administration's projected 2012 budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/02/01/pentagon-budget-reflects-reform-goals/
Feb. 1, 2010 - ...federal agencies will be getting in this budget, we're doing well," he said.Jo Comerford, executive director of the National Priorities Project, which analyzes budget choices criticized the administra...
Analysis - /analysis/2010/data-for-democracy-2010-webinar-series-launches-wi/
Jan. 22, 2010 - National Priorities Project is proud to announce the launch of the 2010 Data for Democracy webinar series with Out of Balance. The goal of the webinar series is to help our constituents – electe...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/11/18/in-our-opinion-rethinking-priorities/
Nov. 18, 2009 - ...budget issues. The group formed back in the 1980s out of concern that federal budget cuts during Ronald Reagan's presidency were hurting local social programs. Armed with data, members confronted the ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/10/20/three-cheers-for-the-war-dividend/
Oct. 20, 2009 - ...federal pie. Between 2001 and 2008, federal grant funding for state and local governments lagged behind the 28% growth of the federal budget by 14%, while military spending outpaced federal budget gro...
Analysis - /analysis/2009/the-presidents-budget-fy2010/
May 18, 2009 - ...federal budgets spanning 2008 to 2010, including the Obama administration's first budget.
Analysis - /analysis/2009/national-energy-priorities-the-obama-administratio/
May 8, 2009 - ...federal budget has been called a moral document by Congresswoman Barbara Lee. Its spending priorities reflect these morals. The release of President Obama's full fiscal year 2010 budget begins to s...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/04/07/your-2008-tax-dollar-37-cents-to-military-28-cents/
April 7, 2009 - ...budget spending as a whole during the Bush presidency, while President Obama's February overview of his first budget indicates these priorities are likely to change." Comerford continues, "Secretary G...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/03/09/fashioning-resistance-to-militarism/
March 9, 2009 - ...Budget Christine Ahn designed a two-piece called the "Militarized National Budget." The chic camouflage jacket represents the half of the discretionary federal budget devoted to war, and the skirt sho...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/02/26/where-the-money-goes/
Feb. 26, 2009 - ...federal tax dollars go to military spending. The outlays buy a mighty war machine while depleting our own communities. In San Francisco, taxpayers have already sent the U.S. government $2.2 billion fo...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2009/02/08/spending-1-trillion-hard-to-fathom-for-some-lawmak/
Feb. 8, 2009 - ...Budget Office in January projected that this year's budget deficit would be a record $1.2 trillion – about twice the amount of the year before. The national debt, meanwhile, hovers at more than $10.6 ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/10/16/taxpayers-and-the-true-price-of-oil/
Oct. 16, 2008 - ...budget annually.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/08/16/got-money/
Aug. 16, 2008 - ...Budget and Policy Priorities said at least 29 states and the District of Columbia face a total budget gap of at least $48 billion in their fiscal year 2009 budgets, and many are passing those shortfal...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2008/03/18/five-years-of-war-billions-squandered-opportunitie/
March 18, 2008 - ...budgets. The proposed regular Pentagon budget (including nuclear weapons spending in the Department of Energy budget) amounts to $541 billion this year, about 4 times what the war costs. The U.S.'s bu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/08/09/military-widens-door-for-dropouts/
Aug. 9, 2007 - ...federal data. The military's goal is 90% high school graduates — a benchmark last met in 2004. The military hopes to manage attrition by screening out dropouts with qualities that suggest they may not...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/05/07/are-iraq-war-costs-spinning-out-of-control/
May 7, 2007 - ...budgetary costs, Bilmes and Stiglitz (a top economic adviser to President Clinton) add costs borne by individuals and families, or by nonfederal government agencies. These, for instance, involve the l...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/04/13/how-uncle-sam-spends-your-tax-money/
April 13, 2007 - ...budget just keeps increasing. That means bigger interest payments on our debt." THE BREAKDOWN There are two main categories in the federal budget: federal funds and federal trust funds. Federal funds ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/bush-congress-tackle-shifts-in-spending/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...budget proposal. And while no one expects the spending plan to make it through the process intact, the Bush budget has staked out the battles that will have a big impact on American's own household bu...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2007/02/07/iraq-war-spending-request-brings-total-to-456-bill/
Feb. 7, 2007 - ...federal policies. NPP offers an analysis of the President's budget and war spending requests that includes state-level breakdowns. NPP's analysis includes how the President's budget request for fiscal...
