National Priorities Project: Democratizing the Federal Budget

Analysis

Move The Money

May 17, 2013

Together National Priorities Project Peace Action and a terrific group of colleagues, have assembled all the materials you need to enter the current national debate about Pentagon spending, while building the capacity of colleagues and allies to join in as well. ... More


Federal Spending in Your State, 2012-2014

April 29, 2013

Funding by state for select federal programs including Head Start, Special Education, and Medicaid, for fiscal years 2012 through projected 2014. ... More


President Obama Proposes 2014 Budget

April 10, 2013

Overview and details of President Obama's 2014 budget proposal, including proposed reductions in Social Security benefits. ... More


Fiscal Year 2014 Pentagon Budget Analysis

April 10, 2013

Overview, highlights, and details of the Pentagon's 2014 budget request. ... More


Tax Day 2013

March 25, 2013

Find out where your 2012 income taxes went. ... More


Competing Visions: President Obama, Rep. Paul Ryan, Sen. Patty Murray, and House Progressives Release Budget Proposals for 2014

March 14, 2013

National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want. ... More


Homeland Security: The Second Defense Department

Feb. 28, 2013

In an opinion piece for TomDispatch, Mattea Kramer and Chris Hellman describe their findings after exploring federal funding for homeland security. ... More


Homeland Security Spending Since 9/11

Feb. 28, 2013

NPP calculates how much the federal government has spent on homeland security since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. ... More


Sequestration, the Pentagon, and the States

Feb. 21, 2013

Sequestration, the Pentagon, and the States offers selected state-level briefs focused on the local impact of looming automatic across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration and historically high levels of Pentagon spending. ... More


Federal Budget Timeline: Beyond the Fiscal Cliff in 2013

Jan. 9, 2013

The federal budget process is always complicated. This is truer today than perhaps ever before. Over the coming weeks and months Congress will take on issues that will shape our government for years to come. ... More