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Short-term improvements in the federal government’s finances have led to widespread complacency in Washington about fiscal reform. (more…)

More than 7,000 students, retirees, political leaders and other citizens have played The Concord Coalition’s updated Federal Budget Challenge since we put the latest version online a month ago.The exercise lets players decide for themselves how they would reduce the…

Former U.S. Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell called for bipartisan action to rein in the federal debt at a forum last week in New Hampshire.Gregg, a member of The Concord Coalition’s Board of…

The House passed its Fiscal 2015 defense spending bill last week without key reforms that the Pentagon had proposed.The legislation, opposed by the administration, appropriates $490.7 billion for the base military budget. The legislation includes weapons systems the Pentagon has…

Following last year’s bipartisan budget agreement, this was supposed to be the year of a harmless fiscal ceasefire on Capitol Hill. Unfortunately, the ceasefire is becoming a retreat for fiscal responsibility. (more…)

More than 7,000 students, retirees, political leaders and other citizens have played The Concord Coalition’s updated Federal Budget Challenge since we put the updated version online a month ago. (more…)

Higher education costs have been in the spotlight recently as President Obama and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D -Mass.) have pushed loan refinancing plans to ease the debt burden facing many young Americans and their parents.While refinancing loans could help, a…

While Congress should ensure that veterans receive timely access to health care, a Congressional Budget Office analysis shows the high cost of a Senate plan to provide broad access to care providers outside the VA system.This could cost up to…