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WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition announced today that Ed Lorenzen has been hired to become the organization's Policy Director. Lorenzen worked on Capitol Hill for fourteen years, focusing primarily on fiscal and economic policy. Most recently, he served as Legislative…

WASHINGTON -- With critical decisions now pending on the fiscal year 2006 spending and tax cut “reconciliation” bills, The Concord Coalition said today that Congress should make deficit reduction the clear fiscal policy goal of the two bills. In keeping…

WASHINGTON -- With today's budget update by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing the deficit shrinking from $412 billion in 2004 to $331 billion this year, The Concord Coalition urged lawmakers, the public and the media to heed the warnings…

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the Bush Administration's Mid-Session Review projecting a decline in the federal budget deficit, from $412 billion last year to $333 billion this year, The Concord Coalition warned lawmakers not to use this welcome news…

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WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's suggestion to reduce Social Security's long-term cost by modifying the benefit formula is a positive step in the debate over how to shore up the system's finances. (more…)

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the 2005 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, The Concord Coalition stressed that while the numbers have not changed much, we are now a year closer to the Baby Boom's retirement with its enormous…

WASHINGTON -- As the House and Senate debate their respective versions of the Fiscal Year 2006 budget resolutions, The Concord Coalition today urged them to combat the threat of growing deficits by adopting strong enforcement mechanisms - including a “pay-as-you-go”…