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For decades, we have pointed out that bloated military spending takes money away from programs that have a much more positive impact on society–health care, education, the social safety [...]

At the very least, you are surely less resistant to making reasonable cuts in the Pentagon budget. Over the last few months, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has been spouting hyperbole about the [...]

The deficit super committee’s deadline is fast approaching, and so far there is little information about where they are leaning in coming up with a plan to reduce the deficit by $1.5 trillion. [...]

In the next few weeks, the deficit “super committee” will develop a deficit reduction plan that could set the direction of the federal budget for the next decade. There are 12 people in the room [...]

In the next few weeks, the “super committee” will decide on a plan that could shape the federal budget for the next decade. We are mobilizing our supporters to contact the super [...]

Today, Reuters reports that diplomacy and development programs face a “death of 1,000 cuts” in Congress: House Republicans have proposed whacking another $8.6 billion from the budget for the [...]

The debate about raising the debt ceiling is mercifully over, though few people seem happy with the final outcome. Much of the debate about the deal has focused on domestic spending and [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvt8CIucZ0] This week, Republicans put forward a resolution to reduce all nonmilitary spending to fiscal year 2008 levels as part of their crusade against [...]

We’ve all seen the devastation in our communities caused by the economic crisis—teachers laid off, health care a luxury, services cut off for our most vulnerable friends and neighbors. Yet [...]

Rep. Mike Honda along with Reps. John Conyers, Alan Grayson and Raúl Grijalva issued a statement yesterday challenging the conservatives in the House to be fiscally responsible by opposing the [...]