Blog - /blog/2014/12/18/cromnibus-winners-and-losers-renewable-vs-fossil-and-nuclear-energy/
- ...federal budget are renewable energy and the environment, while fossil and nuclear energy were winners.
Blog - /blog/2014/08/05/billions-missing-from-gov-spending-website/
- ...federal grants and loans was improperly reported in 2012.
Blog - /blog/2014/07/03/planning-fourth-july-road-trip-not-so-fast-our-highway-trust-fund-going-broke/
- ...federal fund that’s used to repair our highways and bridges – is about to run out of money by the end of the summer.
Blog - /blog/2014/04/16/farewell-mattea/
- NPP says goodbye to Research Director Mattea Kramer.
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/
- ...budgeting process for the federal government's fiscal year 2014.
Blog - /blog/2013/12/06/national-action-plan-spending-transparency-gaps/
- ...federal spending transparency, but much work remains.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/10-terrible-ways-gop-budget-causes-harm/
July 8, 2025 - The new law slashes vital services to pay for tax cuts for the rich and massive hikes in military and deportation funding.
Analysis - /analysis/2025/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/trading-life-death-what-reconciliation-bill-puts-stake-your-state/
May 22, 2025 - ...federal budget, they’re cutting the heart out of communities to further enrich billionaires and war profiteers. This report provides the number of people who could receive Medicaid, SNAP, and t...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/05/18/1-trillion-pentagon-budget-social-needs/
May 18, 2025 - Poll after poll show Americans would rather have their tax dollars spent on public services than on Pentagon contractors, and would prefer policymakers prioritize spending on healthcar...
Blog - /blog/2025/05/13/trillion-dollar-trade-what-if-presidents-budget-prioritized-communities-instead-war-profiteers/
May 13, 2025 - ...budget for FY 2026 while gutting federal agencies and social services that actually keep the country safe – things like clean air and water protection, Medicaid, child nutrition, the Department ...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/tax-day-2025-notes-and-sources/
April 9, 2025 - ...federal revenues come from, visit Where the Money Comes From. What’s Included In order to do this analysis, we separate federal funds from trust funds. Federal funds includ...
Analysis - /analysis/2025/tax-day-2025-your-tax-receipt/
April 9, 2025 - In February 2025, the average price for a dozen eggs was $5.90. Below, find out how much you might have paid for weapons and war, mass deportations, and programs that are on the Trump-Musk choppi...
Blog - /blog/2025/03/17/congress-boosts-war-machine-and-executive-power-while-cutting-services-working-people/
March 18, 2025 - ...budget reconciliation.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2025/03/12/pentagon-contractors-dont-save-lives-or-money-medi/
March 12, 2025 - Cutting life-saving services to further enrich billionaires and Pentagon contractors is the worst possible option.
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 - ...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 a disastrous and cruel mass deportat...
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?
Analysis - /analysis/2024/tax-day-2024/tax-day-2024-notes-and-sources/
March 26, 2024 - National Priorities Project's Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck.
