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WASHINGTON--The Concord Coalition announced today that Charles S. Konigsberg has been hired as the organization's Chief Budget Counsel. Konigsberg comes to The Concord Coalition after having served more than two decades in senior-level positions in the U.S. Senate and Executive…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today welcomed the adoption of a Fiscal Year 2009 congressional budget resolution -- the first election-year passage in a deficit constrained environment since 1996 -- but warned that the plan assumes some very difficult choices…

WASHINGTON – Today, The Concord Coalition is pleased to announce the official launch of Chief Economist Diane Lim Rogers' new blog entitled EconomistMom.com. EconomistMom.com is an initiative by Dr. Rogers to combine her Ph.D. credentials in economics with her acquired…

WASHINGTON -- With today's release of the annual Social Security and Medicare Trustees' Reports confirming the unsustainable outlook for the federal government's two largest programs, The Concord Coalition urged presidential candidates to make long-term fiscal policy reform one of their…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that sharply rising short-term deficits and long-term projections that are even worse demonstrate an urgent need for bipartisan action to confront the nation's precarious fiscal situation. As members of Congress and presidential candidates…

WASHINGTON — The Concord Coalition will present David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, with its Economic Patriot Award at The Concord Coalition’s Fourteenth Annual Economic Patriots Dinner. The Dinner will be held on Wednesday evening, November 14, 2007,…

Washington, DC – Robert L. Bixby, Executive Director of The Concord Coalition, testified before the Senate Budget Committee this morning regarding S. 2063, The Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007. Bixby emphasized the need for prompt,…