On December 3, 2022, proponents of fiscal responsibility lost a pioneering champion: former Congressman Jim Kolbe (R-AZ). When candidates run for federal office, their platform often includes some version of “Elect me–send a leader to Washington!” and for most this…
This week, The Concord Coalition joined forces with three other organizations in jointly sending a letter to President Biden and all Congressional leaders to make a pledge not to take any action that would incur any more federal debt. In…
It’s been a busy week for budget news: The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a preliminary estimate of the budget deficit for FY 2022; the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a new cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for beneficiaries in 2023; and the…
After a three-week delay, we finally know how much deficit reduction was achieved in H.R.5376, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—the final installment of President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda. After changes imposed by the rules of reconciliation in the Senate…
