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House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement yesterday on the first conference report of the appropriations process for Fiscal Year 2012. Referred to as a “mini-bus,” the agreement combines three of the twelve appropriations bills: Agriculture, Commerce/ Justice/ Science, and…

Time is running short for members of the congressional “super committee,” which has until a week from tomorrow to recommend a plan to reduce projected federal deficits by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade.In recent days Democratic and…

Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) received the 2011 Paul E. Tsongas Economic Patriot Award at The Concord Coalition’s annual dinner Wednesday night in Washington.Former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), a member of Concord's board of directors, praised the…

The special congressional committee on deficit reduction recently heard testimony from the leaders of two prominent bipartisan panels that developed sweeping proposals that could cut federal borrowing by $4 trillion or more in the next decade -- well above the…

Will Congress be able to approve a plan this year to significantly reduce deficits over the coming decade? Just in time for Halloween last week, Concord Coalition Chief Economist Diane Lim Rogers wrote in a Tax Notes column about the…

Paul W. Hansen, a resident of Jackson, Wyoming with decades of experience in public policy work and civic engagement efforts around the country, has been named as The Concord Coalition’s Rocky Mountain states regional director. (more…)

The Concord Coalition this week recognized Senators Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) for their leadership of the "Gang of Six" in the search for bipartisan fiscal reform. Former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), a member of Concord's board of directors,…

Douglas Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, last week outlined some of the difficulties facing lawmakers as they weigh further cuts in the “discretionary” spending that Congress approves on an annual basis. Though defense and non-defense discretionary spending account…