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WASHINGTON -- President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2019 falls far short of what is needed to put the nation’s finances on a sustainable path, particularly in light of the deficit-financed spending and tax breaks that he and Congress approved…


In The Daily Reflector (North Carolina). Anyone in Congress might be able to produce a sensible federal budget and cut the national debt — if they didn’t have to answer to their constituents. That was the hard lesson a group…


In WCTI (North Carolina). From changes to Social Security, to how many nuclear submarines the Navy needs, people of all ages played lawmaker for a day. They had to decide on issues the U.S Congress has to vote on every…


In WITN (North Carolina) Greenville, N.C. -- From the stock market, to budget deals the country's finances are a big conversation right now. Students got a visit from an Eastern Carolina Congressman, who spoke to them as they worked to find…


When 2017 began the nation had a new Congress, a new president and an old problem: debt on an unsustainable path. One year later, the new Congress and the new president have done nothing to address the old problem. In…


In part because of new deficit-financed tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has moved up its projection for when lawmakers must act on the federal debt limit to the first half of March. That projection had previously been late…


Last week brought some good news for the economy and challenging news for the federal budget. The good news was a solid jobs number -- a gain of 200,000 in January -- and an even more promising gain in average…


It is deeply disappointing that in his first State of the Union Address President Trump failed to mention the state of the nation’s finances. He could have told the American people that the national debt is at its highest level…


Fiscal responsibility lost a great champion on Friday with the tragic death of Ed Lorenzen and his youngest son. At The Concord Coalition we lost a valued colleague and cherished friend. Our hearts go out to Ed’s family, including his…


No sooner had Congress approved its fourth budget stop-gap measure in four months than lawmakers began talking about the need for a fifth one in February. On Wednesday the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, Majority Whip John Cornyn, raised…


The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has presented a new infrastructure plan that includes a realistic look at two key issues: the federal gas tax and the need for immigration policies that will ensure a sufficient labor force. On the gas…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition expressed frustration today over Washington’s need for repeated short-term stop-gap funding measures and the inclusion of policies in them that will further increase the deficit. “It's good that the impasse leading to a partial government…

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