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Members of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) opened their annual legislative conference in Washington March 28 by hearing a sobering assessment of the nation’s fiscal outlook. A panel consisting of Concord Coalition Executive Director Bob Bixby,…

Q: Why are different numbers sometimes used to describe the federal debt?A: The figure that appears most often in the news is the government's total debt (or gross debt), which is nearly $12.8 trillion. But this figure has two components:…

Chapel Hill, N.C. –- North Carolina residents who worry about the country’s fiscal future learned what they and their elected representatives could do about it at a forum last week entitled “Fixing Our Fiscal Future.” (more…)

College Park, Md. -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer last week urged Republicans and his fellow Democrats to work together to put the government’s fiscal house in order before growing debt brings “an end to American leadership in the world.”…

In signing the final piece of the health reform legislation, President Obama sought to shift some of the spotlight to the fact that it would also revamp the federal government’s student loan programs.The White House says the Health Care and…

According to a March 29 Roll Call article (subscription required), Senate Republicans have gone home for the two-week congressional recess with a strategy memorandum advising them to call for repeal of “Medicare cuts, tax hikes, mandates and sweetheart deals” in the…

It looks like we might be entering the final week(s) of (at least) this year's legislative push on health care reform.Thursday brought us legislative text of the amendments to the Senate bill that the House will take up through the reconciliation…

Perhaps the most difficult policy question Concord has been discussing with the public, the media, and members of Congress, is what to do about current large budget deficits given the lingering effect of a deep recession and projections for future…