Blog - /blog/2016/04/07/corporate-tax-dodgers-defeated-pfizer-cancels-merger-after-administration-acts/
- The Pfizer merger with Allergan would have been the biggest corporate inversion ever.
Blog - /blog/2016/03/24/balanced-budget-amendment-three-reasons-its-colossally-bad-idea/
- A balanced budget amendment was, is, and will remain a really, really bad idea.
Blog - /blog/2015/06/15/how-data-act-implementation-opening-federal-spending/
- In May 2014, President Obama signed the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) into law. Once implemented, the DATA Act will make it easier to understand how the federal government spe...
Blog - /blog/2015/03/25/webinar-2016-budget-proposals-vs-americans-priorities/
- Sign up for a free webinar to look at how recent budget proposals stack up against Americans' priorities.
Blog - /blog/2015/03/03/how-will-congress-avoid-homeland-security-shutdown-part-2/
- A Homeland Security shutdown was averted this past Friday, but only temporarily, when lawmakers gave Homeland Security one more week of funding.
Blog - /blog/2015/01/08/congress-takes-keystone-xl-pipeline-obamacare-tax-reform/
- Congress tackles the Keystone XL Pipeline, Obamacare, and makes a move toward tax reform in its first week back, with a side of business as usual.
Blog - /blog/2014/12/19/12-days-budget-policy-riders-what-congress-gave-away-cromnibus/
- Twelve of the more bizarre or outrageous early Christmas gifts to special groups that lawmakers delivered through policy riders in the 2015 federal budget bill known as the Cromnibus.
Blog - /blog/2014/02/25/secretary-hagels-cuts-dont-translate-less-spending/
- Yesterday Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a major speech at the Pentagon, and a bold headline ran in The New York Times announcing that the Pentagon would shrink the Army to pre-W...
Blog - /blog/2014/02/13/congress-passes-clean-debt-ceiling-bill/
- The battle to pass a debt ceiling suspension bill is finally over. Earlier this week, lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed a suspension of the debt ceiling until March 15, 2015. ...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/31/farm-bill-passes-house-makes-cuts-food-stamps/
- House lawmakers passed a five-year farm bill this week that would cut Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits by $800 million per year, which amounts to a 1 percent cut to ...
Blog - /blog/2014/01/14/who-won-and-lost-2014-budget/
- Lawmakers have introduced a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will finally complete the budgeting process for the federal government's fiscal year 2014.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/06/national-action-plan-spending-transparency-gaps/
- The Open Government National Action Plan 2.0 is a good starting point for addressing the gaps in federal spending transparency, but much work remains.
Blog - /blog/2025/05/13/trillion-dollar-trade-what-if-presidents-budget-prioritized-communities-instead-war-profiteers/
May 13, 2025 - President Trump is requesting a record-high $1.01 trillion “defense” budget for FY 2026 while gutting federal agencies and social services that actually keep the country safe – thing...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/tax-day-2025-notes-and-sources/
April 9, 2025 - ...Housing & Community Department of Housing and Urban Development: Includes outlays under Housing & Community subfunctions for the Agency “Department of Housing and Urban Development...
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.
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 - Senate Republicans are aiming to cut 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...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/senate-republicans-would-increase-spending-pentagon-and-deportations-expense-sol/
Feb. 11, 2025 - We have the means to solve homelessness, poverty, substance use, and more – but it will require spending priorities that line up with those needs instead of giving more to weapons contractors an...
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?
