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Budgets
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) 
 This nonpartisan organization watches state and federal governments and "conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people." Analyses and policy recommendations are available at this site. http://www.cbpp.org/ Topics: Education, Federal (U.S.) Government, Poverty Last updated Jul 7, 2002 FinancialStability.gov
This website contains documents related to "a comprehensive plan [announced in February 2009 by the Obama administration] to restore stability to [the U.S.] financial system." Find material on Making Home Affordable, Consumer and Business Lending Initiative, Capital Assistance Program, and other programs that are part of the initiative. Documents and press releases will be added to this website as they become available. From the U.S. Department of the Treasury. http://www.financialstability.gov/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Finance Last updated Mar 9, 2009 National Priorities Project
Analyses of federal government spending and budget issues showing "how federal tax and spending policies impact your community." Calculators show users how their tax dollars were spent in the previous tax year, how taxes could be spent under different tax and spending circumstances, and how much the war in Iraq costs to cities throughout the U.S. Also includes documents and charts on the national debt, military casualties, and homeland security. http://www.nationalpriorities.org Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Tax Filing Season Last updated Apr 4, 2008 National Priorities Project Database
"The NPP Database breaks down federal expenditures and needs on education, energy, health, housing, hunger, labor, and poverty by state, county and school district." Data goes back to 1983. The National Priorities Project (NPP), is a "research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand and influence how their tax dollars are spent." http://www.nationalpriorities.org/nppdatabase_tool Topics: Economics, Federal (U.S.) Government, Tax Filing Season Last updated Dec 12, 2008 Tax Foundation
Federal and state budget and tax news, information, and commentary from a nonprofit, nonpartisan group that was created in 1937 "to educate the public about taxes." Includes information on Tax Freedom Day, which is "the day when Americans will finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year." Searchable. http://www.taxfoundation.org/ Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government, Holidays and Observances Individually, Tax Filing Season Last updated Mar 22, 2007 Taxpayers for Common Sense
Website for this "independent, non-partisan voice for taxpayers working to increase transparency and expose and eliminate wasteful and corrupt subsidies, earmarks, and corporate welfare." Features reports, news, letters to Congress, the weekly "Wastebasket," action items, and videos. Searchable; or browse content by issues such as bailout, earmarks, federal budget, and transparency. http://www.taxpayer.net/ Topics: Corruption & Fraud, Federal (U.S.) Government Last updated Jan 26, 2009 Times Topics: Earmarks
Archive of news stories concerning earmarks, "[Congressional] items directing specific amounts of money for specific projects, through a little addendum to a bill or conference report, items usually passed without notice or debate." Includes articles about earmarks in the George W. Bush administration, 2008 presidential candidate earmarks, and more. From The New York Times. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/e/earmarks/index.html Topics: Federal (U.S.) Government Last updated Sep 22, 2009 |
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