Analysis - /analysis/2011/presidents-budget-fy2012/expenditures/
Feb. 18, 2011 - What’s inside? Bar Chart – breaks out FY2000 to FY2012 federal revenue and borrowing Pie Chart – details projected FY2012 revenues by source
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/16/president-obamas-fy-2012-budget-request-summary/
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Blog - /blog/2011/02/14/Presidents-FY2012-Budget/
Feb. 14, 2011 - NPP Provides State-Level Analysis of the President'sFiscal Year 2012 Budget RequestToday the White House released the Obama Administration's budget request for Fiscal Year 2012, which begins on Octobe...
Blog - /blog/2011/02/14/fy2012-budget-message-president/
Feb. 14, 2011 - To the Congress of the United States:America is emerging from the worst recession in generations. In 2010, an economy that had beenshrinking began to grow again. After nearly 2 years of job losses, Am...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/02/14/northampton-city-democratic-committee-votes-to-bri/
Feb. 14, 2011 - NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--On Saturday, February 12, the forty-some members present at the Northampton City Democratic Committee Meeting voted nearly unanimously to adopt the Resolution to Bring the Troops a...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/26/president-speaks/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Tuesday night, the President delivered his annual State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress. Article II, Section 3 of the US Constitution requires the President to “from time to ti...
Analysis - /analysis/2011/numbers-behind-president-obamas-state-union-address/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution requires the President to “from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Consideration such ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/26/national-priorities-project-looks-at-the-numbers-b/
Jan. 26, 2011 - Northampton, MA - As the nation reflects on last night's State of the Union address by President Obama, National Priorities Project offers a look at the numbers behind many of the major topics covered...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/24/rep-dennis-kucinich-says-defense-spending-consumes/
Jan. 24, 2011 - President Obama submitted his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Valentine's Day, but the debate on efforts to cut spending started weeks earlier. Rep. Dennis Kucinich opened it with a call to questi...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/18/politics-health-care-policy/
Jan. 18, 2011 - The Politics of Health Care PolicyEven before the November 2, 2010 elections catapulted them back into power in the U.S. House of Representatives, members of the Republican leadership were already ann...
Blog - /blog/2011/01/14/dc-speak-biggest-credit-card-bill-ever/
Jan. 14, 2011 - ...education programs, and energy grants for those with lower incomes. When tax ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2011/01/06/realtime-usa-news-us-british-wind-energy-database/
Jan. 6, 2011 - Wind Dwelled Database
Blog - /blog/2010/12/28/lame-duck-had-wings/
Dec. 28, 2010 - After the November elections, members of Congress returned to Capitol Hill for their “lame duck” session with one huge piece of unfinished business – the Fiscal Year 2011 budget. And while they failed...
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...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/17/taxpayer-invoice-might-change-the-debate-in-dc/
Oct. 17, 2010 - ...debt cost that taxpayer $287.03.The state of California Franchise Tax Board provides an Internet tool for Golden State taxpayers to find out where their money goes (http://tinyurl.com/33m6ck7).For som...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/10/16/changing-the-nations-spending-priorities-from-war-/
Oct. 16, 2010 - ...debt 615Military interest on debt 405 Income security and labor 735Housing and community development 637Veterans benefits 540 Food 277Government 262Education 187 Environment, energy and science 150Int...
Blog - /blog/2010/10/01/deficit-whats-deficit/
Oct. 1, 2010 - The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines “deficit” to mean “a deficiency in amount or quality.” When it comes to the federal budget “deficit,” it’s specifically about the amount of money in the U.S. Tre...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/29/serving-discretionary-budget-pizza-first-slice-ban/
Sept. 29, 2010 - In the last couple of years it's become strikingly clear that the majority of people in the United States do not know where or how their federal tax dollars are spent. As a result, they feel disengage...
Blog - /blog/2010/09/23/fall-spotlight-healthcare/
Sept. 23, 2010 - ...Education Reconciliation Act, ratified a week later to amend portions of the PPAC, these two pieces of legislation represent the passage ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2010/08/27/cleburne-taxpayers-will-spend-big-on-afghan-war/
Aug. 27, 2010 - ...debt, 5.4 to military interest on the national debt, 9.8 on operation of the government, 8.5 to income security and labor, 7.2 to housing and community, 3.7 to food, 3.5 to veterans benefits, 2.5 to t...
