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Uncertainty over how elected officials will deal with key fiscal decisions this year is already “weighing on the economy” and probably reducing spending by individuals and businesses, according to Doug Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). “We think…

Cost inflation in health care slowed significantly between 2009 and 2011, and updated projections from the Medicare actuaries point towards slower growth in 2012 and 2013 as well. But Joshua Gordon, policy director for The Concord Coalition, says the new…

Pointing to warnings from congressional budget experts and the trustees who oversee Medicare and Social Security, The Concord Coalition’s Midwest regional director recently emphasized the importance of simultaneously dealing with immediate economic problems while laying the groundwork for broad fiscal…

Before leaving for this week’s recess, the House made significant progress on the Fiscal Year 2013 appropriations bills. Last week the House passed the Energy and Water, Homeland Security and Legislative Branch bills. The three bills would fund the budgets…

A tax code with tens of thousands of pages. The huge defense budget. The complexities of Medicare and Social Security, plus a myriad of government programs for which Congress approves money on an annual basis . . . . All…

The country’s fiscal challenges and their impact on the economy dominated a Washington forum last week on domestic policy issues in this year’s presidential campaign.The program, presented by National Journal and the Society for Human Resource Management, featured three panelists:…

Washington -- The Concord Coalition said today that new long-term projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) highlight the need for broad fiscal reforms -- and show how disconnected today’s political debates are from the key issues involved in putting the…

Federal budgeting isn’t for the faint of heart. The tax code alone consists of tens of thousands of pages. Then there's the defense budget, the other eleven annual appropriations bills, Medicare, Medicaid, the need to modernize Social Security . .…