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The Concord Coalition mourns the loss of its founding President Peter G. Peterson, who died today at the age of 91. Executive Director Robert L. Bixby issued the following statement: Pete Peterson lived the American Dream. As a depression-era child…

A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association looks across the health care systems of the 10 highest-income countries around the globe to examine what makes our system uniquely inefficient -- spending almost twice as much per…

A new joint congressional committee on the budget process held its first meeting Thursday amid bipartisan hopes that the panel would be able to suggest helpful reforms late this year. Certainly there is room for improvement. Year after year the…

The Trump administration unveiled its long-awaited infrastructure plan with great fanfare last month. While the nation has many infrastructure needs, however, the plan seems to be generating little interest in Washington. It’s not hard to see why. While the administration…

In his first appearances on Capitol Hill as the new Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell strongly urged lawmakers to start putting the federal government on a better fiscal path. Powell, who became Fed chairman in early February, told the House…

Ohio Gov. John R. Kasich and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny warned Friday that irresponsible fiscal policies are jeopardizing the nation’s future, but the two former congressional colleagues also pointed towards a number of possible solutions. (more…)

This is a guest blog post by Marjorie Dufek, the North Carolina coordinator for The Concord Coalition. “A $20 trillion debt is insane, and our representatives carry a huge responsibility, with so many sides to each issue. With so many choices,…

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…