Federal Budget Analysis: Budget Process
President Obama Proposes 2017 Budget
Feb. 11, 2016
New proposal calls for investment in domestic priorities but also prioritizes Pentagon spending and military force.
What Congressional Budget Cuts Would Mean for Your State
Aug. 11, 2015
Domestic discretionary programs that Congress funds annually have already been subjected to years of freezes and cuts. The budget passed by Congress would cut them by $500 billion more over the next decade.
Competing Visions: President Obama, House Budget Committee, Senate Budget Committee, and Congressional Progressive Caucus Release Budget Proposals for 2016
March 19, 2015
National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
President’s 2016 Budget in Pictures
Feb. 9, 2015
President Obama recently released his fiscal year 2016 budget proposal. And budgets are about our nation’s priorities: What are we going to spend money on? How are we going to raise the money we want to spend? These pictures tell the story of the priorities found in the president’s budget.
Also Includes:
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Annual Budget Deficit or Surplus as Share of the Economy (GDP)
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Total Tax Revenue
- President's Proposed '16 Budget: Individual/Corporate Income Taxes as % of Total Federal Revenue
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Federal Spending and Revenue as Share of U.S. Economy (GDP)
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Military and Non-Military Discretionary Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Mandatory and Discretionary Spending and Interest on Debt
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Mandatory Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Discretionary Spending
- President's Proposed 2016 Budget: Total Spending
President Obama Proposes 2016 Budget
Feb. 4, 2015
President Obama's budget proposal includes spending above sequestration caps for defense and non-defense, and many initiatives that would be widely popular with Americans.
National Priorities Project Reacts to President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget
Feb. 2, 2015
President Obama today released his budget proposal for fiscal year 2016. The $4 trillion spending and tax proposal includes funding that would provide two years of tuition-free community college for students, investments in job training and early education, as well as substantial increases in military spending.
What's in a Cromnibus: Extended Analysis
Dec. 15, 2014
On Saturday, the Senate passed a U.S. budget that avoided a government shutdown, set the stage for a February showdown over immigration, relaxed financial investment rules implemented under the Dodd-Frank Act, raised limits on campaign contributions, and made policy changes in virtually every public policy arena you care about.
Competing Visions: Election Edition
Oct. 29, 2014
NPP revisits its Competing Visions analysis that shows how lawmakers would break down the federal budget.
Voter’s Guides 2014
Sept. 4, 2014
Our Voter’s Guides give you the low-down on our federal government’s role in vital systems we all care about, including education, health care, and the military, as well as how we can pay for it all through taxes and the role of deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
Move The Money 2014
May 20, 2014
National Priorities Project, Peace Action, along with a terrific group of colleagues, have assembled all the materials you need to enter the current national debate about Pentagon spending within the federal budget, while building the capacity of colleagues and allies to join you!