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The late Warren B. Rudman, a fierce champion of fiscal responsibility who served two distinguished terms in the U.S. Senate and was a founding co-chairman of The Concord Coalition, was honored last week on Capitol Hill.“He was forthright, he was…

Democrats and Republicans have exchanged formal budget proposals in recent days as they continue to joust over tax increases, spending cuts and how to avoid the year-end “fiscal cliff” that could throw the country into another recession.The fiscal cliff is…

Democrats and Republicans have long appeared to have an irreconcilable difference on tax policy: Democrats want more revenue, raised entirely from households with annual incomes over $250,000, while Republicans don’t want any new revenue, particularly from higher tax rates on…

Washington officials are sending conflicting signals over talks between the White House and congressional leaders to avoid the fiscal cliff while also moving the country forward on long-term deficit-reduction.President Obama talked by phone with House Speaker John Boehner and Senate…

The country needs a very different type of tax reform today than it did when Congress passed the Tax Reform Act of 1986, according to former Treasury secretary Lawrence Summers. (more…)

Prospects for constructive budget talks between President Obama and congressional leaders seem to have brightened after an initial meeting at the White House late last week. The signals that came out of that meeting were “very good,” according to Concord…

At last week’s 105th annual conference of the National Tax Association in Providence, R.I., former Clinton Treasury secretary and Obama economic advisor Lawrence Summers explained that the tax reform needed today is very different from the Tax Reform Act of…

Diane Lim, chief economist of The Concord Coalition, became president of the National Tax Association for the coming year at the NTA’s annual conference last week in Providence, R.I. (more…)