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WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that the bipartisan budget deal announced by congressional leaders and the Trump Administration is fiscally irresponsible and flies in the face of warnings by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that the federal budget is…

The House of Representatives is expected to vote tomorrow on repealing the so-called “Cadillac Tax” on high-cost health insurance plans. The tax attempts to limit the tax-free treatment of employer-provided health insurance benefits by basically taxing those benefits above a…

As the presidential campaign heats up with the first debates this week, The Concord Coalition has released The National Debt & Federal Budget: 2020 Presidential Election Issue Guide. In the months ahead presidential candidates will make many promises and offer…

We often talk in broad strokes about how “mandatory spending” -- spending that happens automatically based on eligibility criteria set into law by Congress -- is growing as a share of the budget and as a share of GDP in…

The federal deficit won’t be eliminated just by cutting waste, contrary to the impression that some elected officials and political candidates try to give the public. More than that will be required. Judging from a recent annual report by the…

Des Moines, Iowa -- Under the auspices of The Concord Coalition, the American Action Forum (AAF) today presented a new paper that proposes reforming legal immigration to the United States in ways that would promote greater economic growth. The proposals…

The spotlight shifted to fiscal policy at a Fox News town hall program with Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg Sunday in New Hampshire when he responded in detail to a question from The Concord Coalition’s Tyler Sweeney. At the invitation…

Although the tax filing season is over, the Senate Finance Committee seems intent on resurrecting the question of whether to extend certain tax breaks -- known as “extenders” -- that expired well over a year ago. That’s unfortunate. As the…