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Why the Senate Won’t Pass a Budget
This week the U.S. Senate will consider a series of amendments to the budget resolution. A budget resolution sets out spending and revenue guidelines for Congress’s annual appropriations process.Except that the Senate won’t pass a budget resolution this year. To Hill watchers, this isn’t too surprising – the media is ...
General Budget
Knowledge Is Power (And You Don’t Have to Take My Word for It)
This week we announced the release of our new book A People’s Guide to the Federal Budget, and in yesterday’s blog post we admitted to being idealists: A book can change the world, we said. But it’s not just because we’re idealists that we think so. Consider the evidence.
What's Coming Up?
Federal Budget 101 Webinars
Date: May 22, 2012
Time: 11 a.m.
Federal Budget 101 is a 40-minute presentation that will introduce the audience to the federal budgeting process. It is intended to strengthen understanding of the community-level impact of the federal budget, and how regular people can have a voice in ...
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Making "Cents" Of Your Federal Income Taxes
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Fifth Grader Says: "I'M Kind Of Mad At The Government"
Huffington Post | April 13, 2012
What's New
Our new book! A People's Guide to the Federal Budget
We're thrilled to announce the release of our new book A People's Guide to the Federal Budget. It's a guide for the 2012 elections. It's a book to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in our democracy. It's the ...
Federal Budget 101
We all have a stake in the national debate about how this money will be raised and spent. Federal Budget 101 is a no-nonsense, accessible guide to the federal budget - process and impact.
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