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Today, Oct. 1, marks the beginning of the federal government’s 2019 fiscal year. Fortunately, there will be no government shutdown because Congress has passed and the president has signed five of the 12 annual appropriation bills for Fiscal 2019, along…

The House Ways and Means Committee is looking to pass more deficit-financed tax cuts, most notably by pressing to extend tax cuts passed in 2017 beyond their 2025 expiration dates. The Congressional Budget Office released a score of that legislation,…

Tomorrow former congressmen David Jolly and Patrick Murphy will discuss excessive division and gridlock and how, through bipartisan leadership, the nation’s political systems could function more effectively. The program, “Let’s Fix Washington: Breaking Through Political Dysfunction and Faulty Fiscal Policy,”…

With congressional elections two months away, voters are hearing a great deal from the candidates about the high priority that Americans place on their children and the nation’s future. The lofty rhetoric on this subject, however, is hard to square…

A few weeks ago, we discussed a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that showed its standard projections, which assume current laws remain in place, likely understate the projected path of debt and that if Congress continues certain recent policies, the…

While the White House celebrates the economy’s strong second-quarter showing, it is important to keep in mind that economists generally consider this a temporary phenomenon rather than a harbinger of higher growth levels over the coming decade. The U.S. Commerce…

Sen. John McCain was a war hero and dedicated public servant who put country over party and who recognized the moral imperative to protect younger Americans and future generations from excessive government debt. The Concord Coalition mourns his passing, and we…

With less than three weeks left until New Hampshire’s 2018 primary election, all but a few “Facing the Future” congressional candidate interviews have been completed and are available on The Concord Coalition’s website. Nine Republican and Democratic candidates in the…