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As the President and Congress attempt to reach an agreement on the “fiscal cliff,” a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report reminds policymakers that another deadline is approaching -- the statutory limit on federal debt. This is the maximum amount…

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…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition will be hosting a reception and discussion of the late U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman's legislative career on Thursday, November 29th in the Kennedy Caucus Room in the Russell Senate Office Building. The event will…

After the Supreme Court’s summer ruling on the 2-year-old health care reform law and President Obama’s re-election, House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans plan to rely heavily on the congressional oversight process to register their continued opposition to his 2-year-old…

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 long-standing impasse on tax policy has basically boiled down to this: Democrats want more revenue, raised entirely from households with incomes over $250,000. Republicans don’t want any new revenue, and especially not from higher tax rates on the rich.…

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…

The nation this week mourned former U.S. Senator Warren B. Rudman, a tireless champion of responsible federal budget policies and a founding co-chairman of The Concord Coalition.President Obama called Rudman, who died Monday night at age 82, “one of our…