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Dealing with the federal debt should be a top priority for the presidential candidates, according to a new paper by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal…

Congress continues to work on overdue spending legislation for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, with Republicans discussing the addition of policy measures that Democrats have opposed or are likely to resist. Several weeks ago Democrats and some Republicans…

After reauthorizing transportation programs for three weeks late last month, lawmakers are once again poised to pass another short-term extension to give themselves more time to negotiate an agreement on a multi-year bill. Lawmakers say they do not have enough…

Republican presidential candidate George Pataki said in a Fiscal Fridays interview last week that he would substantially reduce government overall and cut tax rates even as he boosted defense spending sharply. “We have to shrink the size, the power, the…

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) has proposed legislation that would replace 75 percent of the sequester cuts scheduled under current law with a mix of reforms in “mandatory” spending programs and additional revenue from limiting certain tax breaks. “In the aftermath…

In a new interview series, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich discussed his plans to revamp federal spending programs, make major changes in the tax code and eventually balance the budget by the end of a second term in the Oval…

Emphasizing the nation’s fiscal challenges, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby recently told the Senate Budget Committee that reforms in the budget process could help elected officials better meet those challenges. Bixby focused in particular on the benefits of…

Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) recently offered the America First Act, a bill to replace 75 percent of the sequester cuts scheduled under current law with a mix of reforms in mandatory spending and revenue increases from limiting tax expenditures. (more…)