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Shaun Donovan, director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), last week defended the administration's proposal to reallocate the Social Security payroll as a simple step “that’s been taken on a bipartisan basis” in the past. However, this claim…

For the first time in the new Congress, House Republicans voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) -- something they have done dozens of times in previous years. The House vote last week was 239-186, generally along party lines,…

A congressionally-appointed commission has recommended overhauling health care and retirement benefits for future members of the armed forces. The Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission recently produced 15 proposals to change pay and benefits. The commission consisted of former military…

The case for broad reforms in the federal income tax has been bolstered by a recent projection that special provisions known as “tax expenditures” will drain $1.5 trillion from federal revenue this year. That figure, up from $1.2 trillion last…

WASHINGTON -- With the release of President Obama’s proposed budget today, The Concord Coalition again urged Washington to focus on policies that would put the federal government on a sustainable track. (more…)

When you run for president, don’t run from the debt. That’s the message to 2016 presidential candidates that is highlighted in a recent guest column in the Des Moines Register by Robert L. Bixby, executive director of The Concord Coalition,…

With attention starting to focus on the 2016 presidential contest, The Concord Coalition and Campaign to Fix the Debt have announced “First Budget,” a new initiative in Iowa and New Hampshire to encourage the candidates to address the growing federal…

New federal budget projections show that under current law $7.6 trillion could be added to the nation’s debt over the coming decade -- or perhaps as much as $9.5 trillion, if more realistic assumptions are made about future policy decisions.…