Tyler Sweeney, Author at Concord Action

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Concord Coalition Warns Against Fiscal Euphoria

Jul 11, 2006

WASHINGTON -- With the Bush Administration's Mid-Session Review today projecting that very strong revenue growth will cause a slight decline in the federal budget deficit--from $318 billion last year to $296 billion this year--and (more…)

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Concord Coalition’s Ed Lorenzen Testifies Before House Budget Committee in Support of Modified Line Item Veto

May 25, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Ed Lorenzen, Policy Director of The Concord Coalition, testified today before the House Budget Committee in support of proposals to grant the President modified line item veto authority while noting that it will not have a significant impact…

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Concord Coalition Warns Tough Choices Must Be Made on Entitlement Programs

May 1, 2006

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees' reports showing a combined long-term unfunded obligation of $15.6 trillion over 75 years in these two entitlement programs, The Concord Coalition warned that the two programs are…

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Concord Coalition Releases Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget

Mar 14, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Today, the Concord Coalition issued its “Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget Resolution.” This issue brief describes attributes any budget resolution intent on combating the deficit should have. (more…)

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Concord Coalition Releases Analysis of President’s Budget, Says Budget Falls Short of Criteria for Fiscal Sense

Feb 24, 2006

WASHINGTON -- With Congress continuing its review of the President's budget and beginning work on the fiscal year 2007 budget resolution, The Concord Coalition issued an analysis of the President's fiscal year 2007 budget. The analysis is based on The…

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Concord Coalition Urges Congress to Approve Debt Limit Increase with Measures to Restore Fiscal Discipline

Feb 17, 2006

WASHINGTON -- With Congress considering a tax cut package that could exceed $70 billion and the Treasury Secretary again being forced to take extraordinary measures to avoid breaching the $8.18 trillion statutory debt limit, The Concord Coalition said today that…

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Concord Coalition Says President’s Budget Does Not Make Realistic Tradeoffs

Feb 6, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget takes an appropriately hard line on spending, but its claim to result in significant deficit reduction relies on budgetary gimmicks that understate (more…)

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Concord Coalition Outlines Criteria for Evaluating President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

Feb 3, 2006

WASHINGTON -- Today, The Concord Coalition issued its preview of the President's budget: “The Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget.” The issue brief closely examines both the rhetoric and reality…

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Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Projections Demonstrate the Need for Hard Choices

Jan 26, 2006

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) clearly demonstrate the growing budgetary challenges of an aging population and the need to confront hard policy trade-offs. With such trade-offs, the budget can…

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Concord Coalition Releases “Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense”; Says Congress Should Quit While It’s Ahead on the Deficit

Dec 19, 2005

WASHINGTON -- With Congress nearing completion of the fiscal year 2006 spending "reconciliation" bill, The Concord Coalition said that enactment of the bill would result in a modest amount of deficit reduction, but only if the savings are not erased…

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Concord Coalition Unveils Portable Debt Clock

Dec 13, 2005

WASHINGTON, DC – With the National Debt now exceeding $8 trillion and Congress debating proposals to add to that total, the Concord Coalition will unveil tomorrow our new business card sized debt clock. Easy to display or to wear, it…

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Concord Coalition Leaders Call for a Realistic Deficit Reduction Plan

Dec 9, 2005

WASHINGTON -- In a full-page statement in this Sunday's New York Times (December 11, 2005), bipartisan leaders of The Concord Coalition urge elected leaders “to put the national interests ahead of partisan or parochial interests and develop a specific and…

Posts by Tyler

Concord Coalition Warns Against Fiscal Euphoria

Concord Coalition’s Ed Lorenzen Testifies Before House Budget Committee in Support of Modified Line Item Veto

Concord Coalition Warns Tough Choices Must Be Made on Entitlement Programs

Concord Coalition Releases Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget

Concord Coalition Releases Analysis of President’s Budget, Says Budget Falls Short of Criteria for Fiscal Sense

Concord Coalition Urges Congress to Approve Debt Limit Increase with Measures to Restore Fiscal Discipline

Concord Coalition Says President’s Budget Does Not Make Realistic Tradeoffs

Concord Coalition Outlines Criteria for Evaluating President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Projections Demonstrate the Need for Hard Choices

Concord Coalition Releases “Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense”; Says Congress Should Quit While It’s Ahead on the Deficit

Concord Coalition Unveils Portable Debt Clock

Concord Coalition Leaders Call for a Realistic Deficit Reduction Plan

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