By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Education,
Health Care,
Military & Security,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net,
Taxes & Revenue,
Transparency & Data
It’s election season, when the political ads and campaign claims will fly. National Priorities Project’s 2014 Voter’s Guides will help you pierce through campaign rhetoric and get to the bottom of how candidates approach critical federal budget issues.
By
Robin Claremont
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Budget Process,
Military & Security,
Taxes & Revenue
August recess is the best opportunity to tell Congress your thoughts on Iraq, immigration, corporate taxes, unemployment benefits, and more.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Military & Security
Competing funding proposals to deal with the border crisis express vastly different priorities about border security, refugee assistance, and legal representation, echoing the deep divisions about immigration reform overall.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Transparency & Data
With elections looming in November, most observers don’t expect Congress to pass a budget before the October 1 deadline.
By
Becky Sweger
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Budget Process,
Transparency & Data
The Government Accountability Office recently found that $619 billion in federal grants and loans was improperly reported in 2012.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process
This Congress is on track to be one of the least productive ever, with a full slate of immediate problems still unaddressed.
By
Doug Hall
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Budget Process,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Doug Hall explains the budgetary implications of the controversial Hobby Lobby and Harris v Quinn Supreme Court rulings.
By
NPP Intern
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Budget Process
Throughout our history we’ve found confidence in the belief that the people’s voices, united, are stronger than any sum of wealth. Sadly, it appears that this is no longer the case.
By
Lindsay Koshgarian
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Budget Process,
Debt & Deficit,
Taxes & Revenue
As the flags wave, the fireworks fly, and AAA forecasts that 41 million Americans will travel more than 50 miles from home this Independence Day weekend, a transportation crisis is in the works. The Highway Trust Fund – the federal fund that’s used to repair our highways and bridges – is about to run out of money by the end of the summer.
By
Doug Hall
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Budget Process
A note from NPP's new executive director Doug Hall.