Features related to federal budget

Unemployed man hiding in an overhead bin on an airplane - a scene from animated cartoon entitled 'Sequesterless Airlines'
May 2, 2013 | Cartoons

In a new animated cartoon, Mark Fiore proposes a way for other groups of Americans affected by the sequester to get Congress’ attention. Continue reading

Patrick Will of Eaton, N.Y., holds an American flag during a tax day tea party rally in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
April 13, 2013 | Perspectives

According to recent polls, a strong majority of Americans have a coherent to-do list for Washington. The surprise is it’s actually a smart set of solutions. Continue reading

Jamie Dimon, Lloyd Blankfein
January 9, 2013 | News & Notes

Why haven’t low-income Americans been given an opportunity to meet with the president to tell their own stories? Continue reading

The lights of the U.S. Capitol remain lit into the night as the House continues to work on the "fiscal cliff" legislation proposed by the Senate, in Washington, on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
January 2, 2013 | BillBoard
Want to know more about the 11th hour deal Congress and the White House reached? Here's a collection of articles explaining what's in the deal and differing viewpoints on the consequences.
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December 2, 2012 | News & Notes

The Nation‘s Greg Kaufmann reports that, as the weather grows colder and the fiscal cliff approaches, Americans living in affordable housing are worried about how the budget negotiations in Congress will affect them. Continue reading

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November 16, 2012 | Group Think
Kramer, a senior research analyst at the National Priorities Project, hopes that politicians take use the financial cliff as an imperative to do some long-term budgetary planning.
Scott Bittle
November 16, 2012 | Group Think
Bittle says budgets are about choices and deciding what should be done and what we're willing to pay to do it
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August 24, 2012 | Q&A

Mattea Kramer, author of A People’s Guide to The Federal Budget, analyzes recent budget proposals and the federal budget process itself. Continue reading