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Only about a third of the FY2023 spending bill is for programs unrelated to military and law enforcement

How much of the Ukraine aid bill will go to US military contractors?

The FY2023 omnibus bill looks like the FY2021 version

A timeline of Biden punting on pandemic relief

Arms industry cash vs. NDAA votes, pt. 2

Democrats’ budget strategy is unsustainable

Comparing votes with campaign contributions

House authorizes $858B for the Pentagon

Resolving data discrepancies on US military aid to Ukraine

Funding stimulus checks with the Pentagon budget

Biden’s $48 billion emergency funding request, a breakdown

What oversight is there for $51B in military aid?

Arms industry cash goes to election deniers

The government’s two approaches to inflation relief

Paving the way toward a $1 trillion Pentagon budget

A timeline of enacting $49 billion in military aid for Ukraine

Biden is punting on COVID relief for the third time

How we got to an $850 billion Pentagon budget

Biden proposes emergency legislation amidst pandemic funding shortfall

How much military aid has Biden sent to Ukraine?

Why isn’t the IRA bigger and better?

Biden’s proposed police bill, in context

House passes the Inflation Reduction Act

Reviewed: Biden’s “Safer America Plan”

Reagan’s military buildup vs. Pentagon spending in the Trump-Biden era

Climate funding in the Inflation Reduction Act

Biden’s foreign policy has cannibalized his climate agenda

House members who supported increased military budget took more money from military contractors

House passes $840 billion military budget

Police have received $120 million worth of weapons through a Pentagon grant program since January 2021

Senate committee dumps another $45 billion on top of Biden’s military budget request

Biden pulls off the anti-peace dividend

A breakdown of the Ukraine aid bill

Is Biden preoccupied with the war in Ukraine?

New data out on global military spending in 2021

Global climate funding in Biden’s budget

Biden has the authority to help demilitarize police but isn't using it

Where Biden’s FY2023 funding proposal ranks among postwar military budgets

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not an excuse to further inflate the US military budget

Two-thirds of Biden’s spending plan is for military and law enforcement

Biden’s budget request: $45B for climate, $813B for the Pentagon

Biden’s spending bill cuts funds for pandemic response, increases funds for the Pentagon

Biden’s first budget vs. Trump’s last budget

Establishment foreign policy commentary is loud and not helpful

Biden’s FY2023 military budget request is historically bad

The Pentagon dumps surplus weapons at home and abroad

Congress to triple US military aid to Ukraine without the public’s consent

How much did the US spend on police, prisons in FY2021?

In 2021, the Pentagon gave police $94 million in military gear