Fact Sheets & Briefs

President Bush’s fiscal 2009 budget would provide more tax cuts heavily skewed to the most well-off while cutting vital services for low- and moderate-income Americans, generating large deficits, and increasing the strain on states already confronting budget problems as a result of the economic downturn. The budget reflects misguided priorities that would leave the American people more vulnerable in a number of ways. more »

President Bush wants to veto spending sought by Congress on important national priorities. more »

Never have so many filibusters been threatened as in the first quarter of the 110th session of Congress. At this rate, by the end of the session in 2008, there will be more than double the highest number of cloture votes of any session of Congress in history. more »

Progressives need to take a broad and bold approach to helping Americans establish a solid three-legged stool of retirement security. more »

• A 10-year, $300 billion investment in energy efficiency could create 3.3 million new jobs in the United States.

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Education has to become a real national priority. No Child Left Behind was great as a slogan coined by the Children's Defense Fund. It is a disaster as a national education law. more »

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For conservatives, public schools are a red flag—bloated, bureaucratic, public institutions. Their first priority is to privatize public education, just as they would privatize Social Security. more »

• The cost of the Iraq War is more than $430 billion and counting. The average weekly cost runs nearly $2 billion, making it the most expensive war, per-week, since World War II.

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