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After a year of debate over health care, many elected officials aren’t done yet. Over the congressional recess, Democrats are singing the praises of the new legislation while Republicans continue to blast away at the less popular provisions. (more…)

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…

This week, Concord debuts a redesigned version of our Washington Budget Report. (more…)

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…

The end game for health care reform may finally have arrived. Some in Congress are suggesting that a decision should be made by the Easter break, which begins on March 26. Time is running short. If we learned anything from last…

With today being the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (more commonly referred to as “the stimulus”), and President Obama expected tomorrow to announce his Presidential commission for deficit reduction, I’m hearing a lot of…

If fiscal responsibility calls for significant changes in the big federal entitlement programs, shouldn’t the defense budget face scrutiny and reductions as well? That question comes up a lot when The Concord Coalition emphasizes the need for entitlement reform. The…

As the White House and congressional leaders rethink health care reform after the Republican upset in the Massachusetts Senate race, there is a growing danger that Congress will jettison comprehensive health care reform altogether. Even worse, they might pass stripped-down…