In the midst of a “bleak” time for the nation’s long-term finances, Phil LaRue, The Concord Coalition’s director of government relations, recently noted three small signs of fiscal life in Washington.The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Social Security and…
As Congress settles into a near seven-week recess, it seems increasingly likely that a stopgap Continuing Resolution (CR) will be needed before the Sept. 30 deadline for legislative action to keep government services operating. The likelihood of a CR has…
The United States faces an ever-changing landscape of national security challenges, from ISIS violence to concerns about recent Russian and Chinese actions. Such challenges call for “long-term defense planning, the careful setting of priorities, and new policies to replace old…
Senate Finance committee members harshly criticized an effort to test new ways to pay for certain drugs in Medicare Part B, showing how difficult it is to reform the federal government’s largest health care program. This spring, the Center for…
