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With only hours to spare, on September 30th Congress successfully averted a government funding lapse/shutdown, at least for now. Another shutdown showdown will return as the calendar approaches November 17 when the current temporary funding authority expires. Washington’s pathway to…

Use the Looming Shutdown to Prevent Future Shutdowns A previous blogpost by The Concord Coalition reviewed the two options available to federal lawmakers in the event Congress is unable to enact some or all of the 12 annual discretionary appropriations…

Key Questions Voters Should Ask Candidates About Our Fiscal Future  In the 2024 Election Cycle Download the pdf: KEY QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES The federal budget deficit is rising and our national debt is on an unsustainable long-term trajectory. Voters should…

A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) suggests that if history is any guide, our nation’s debt could become far more burdensome over the next 30 years than projected under current law. That’s an alarming prospect because the…

Rising interest rates have an impact on the federal budget as well as household budgets. With $32.5 trillion in outstanding national debt, net interest costs are now the fastest growing category of federal spending. When interest rates rise, so too…

On May 17, 2023, America lost a pioneering champion of fiscal responsibility, and The Concord Coalition lost a very good friend: former U.S. Representative Charlie Stenholm (D-TX).  Charlie was…

For just the second time in history, a divided federal government narrowly escaped certain (yet self-inflicted) financial and economic calamity when a Democratic President of the United States and a Republican Speaker of the House joined together to ink a…

Although anxiety over the debt limit impasse is practically all-consuming in Washington right now, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provided a temporary distraction this week by publishing its long-awaited “alternative assumptions” about spending and tax policy. The figures were bleak…