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Tax writers in the House and Senate are considering legislation to retroactively extend a number of tax provisions that expired at the end of last year. These provisions -- collectively known as “tax extenders” -- are temporary measures that, like…

About a hundred people in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District tried their hands Saturday at federal deficit reduction through The Concord Coalition’s

Today the House Budget Committee is considering Chairman Paul Ryan’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2015 -- a document that lays out Republican priorities but does not represent a realistic blueprint for progress towards a fiscal sustainability plan.Concord Coalition Executive Director…

Officials in Maryland and Massachusetts are pursuing ambitious reforms to limit health spending to their states’ economic growth rates. These reforms could provide useful lessons for the rest of the country.In Maryland, state hospitals and insurers have agreed to enter…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today welcomed the budget proposal from House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan but expressed concern that it does not represent a realistic blueprint for making progress on a fiscal sustainability plan. (more…)

In a congressional hearing last week, several budget experts urged lawmakers to address the unsustainable growth in the federal debt through balanced deficit-reduction measures.The experts told the House Financial Services Committee that rising medical costs and the needs of an…

Although elected officials must make politically difficult choices to put the government’s finances on a sustainable path, some reforms in the congressional budget process could help.And as several budget experts made clear in a recent panel discussion on Capitol Hill,…

Last Thursday, Congressman Reid Ribble invited The Concord Coalition to host a panel of experts on Capitol Hill to talk with congressional staffers gearing up for the annual budget process. (more…)