With the budget conference committee starting to meet this week, some political leaders seem to be thinking that the ideal “grand bargain” on the budget would be: Do nothing.Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby warns that this could become…
As Washington wrestled with its immediate budget problems last week, an Iowa gathering of national, state and local experts considered the opportunities and challenges ahead with one of the key drivers of federal spending: health care.Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert…
Spurred by a Thursday deadline to avoid risking a federal default, Senate leaders said yesterday that they were finally making progress towards a bipartisan agreement to raise the federal debt limit and end the government shutdown.Reports this morning, however, said…
The Concord Coalition honored five individuals last week with the 2013 Paul E. Tsongas Economic Patriot Award: Former Federal Reserve Vice Chair Dr. Alice Rivlin; former senators Sam Nunn, Pete Domenici and Bill Brock, and the late Rev. Bill Gray,…
