The House voted 329-91 last week to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through March 27 at a level that is consistent with the $1.047 trillion cap included in the Budget Control Act. The Senate is expected…
Two prominent bipartisan groups produced comprehensive plans in late 2010 to put the federal budget on a sustainable course. On Monday the group’s four co-chairs explained how they did it – and hoped that elected officials would eventually follow their…
This week The Concord Coalition and several other organizations kicked off an initiative called Strengthening of America – Our Children’s Future focused on the nation's worsening fiscal situation. Former Senators Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)…
With public attention shifting from the party conventions to the fall campaign and the presidential debates that start in early October, advocates of federal budget reform are renewing their calls for more substantial political discussion of the country’s fiscal and…
