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…
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…
This week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released inflation data for March 2023 and in general the news was good: inflation is slowing. March inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), rose 0.1% compared to February, and 5%…
A key deadline in the annual Congressional budget process is fast approaching: the April 15th deadline for Congress to adopt its annual budget resolution. Unfortunately, neither the Republican-controlled House nor the Democrat-controlled Senate seem interested in completing this most basic…
