House Republican leaders are suggesting the use of “fast-track” legislative procedures to revamp and simplify the federal tax code next year. In remarks last week, however, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp tied the proposed overhaul to an…
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released an excellent analysis on the "Economic Effects of Reducing the Fiscal Restraint That Is Scheduled to Occur in 2013." The CBO term “fiscal restraint” has been more popularly referred to as “the fiscal…
In late April, the Medicare Trustees released an annual report on the financial status of the program. In their report, the trustees are required to analyze where Medicare costs are heading based on a strict reading of current law. However, there are…
Hundreds of concerned citizens across the country have engaged in thoughtful and often spirited discussions about federal budget options this month through Principles & Priorities, The Concord Coalition’s popular deficit-reduction exercise.Working in groups of a half-dozen people or more, participants…
