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A Poor Way to Finance the Highway Trust Fund

Mar 18, 2014

A bad idea in both President Obama’s Fiscal 2015 budget and Ways and Means Chair Dave Camp’s (R-Mich.) tax reform plan is to use one-time revenue from changes to the corporate tax system to shore up the Highway Trust Fund.Unless…

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Despite Debt Projections, Washington Is Overly Complacent

Mar 18, 2014

How large is $7.9 trillion? Large enough to fund the federal departments of Defense, Agriculture, Transportation, Education, Commerce, Justice, Homeland Security, Labor and Interior for 10 years.It is also how much the government is projected to borrow in that time.…

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Congress Should Seize Opportunity for Medicare Reform

Mar 18, 2014

The House has passed a bill to reform Medicare payments to providers but doomed the legislation by attaching a 5-year delay in the Affordable Health Care’s individual mandate. A dozen Democrats joined the Republican majority in approving the bill Friday…

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Senate Plan on Jobless Benefits Needs Better Funding

Mar 18, 2014

A bipartisan plan in the Senate to extend emergency unemployment benefits could provide badly needed assistance for individuals and avoid a dampening effect on the economy. Unfortunately, the proposed financing of the 5-month extension is flawed.Sponsors say the legislation would…

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A Bad Bipartisan Idea: Funding Highways From Short-Term Corporate Tax Revenue

Mar 17, 2014

House Ways and Means Chair Dave Camp (R-Mich.) remarked recently that there are some similar ideas in the tax reform proposals that he and President Obama have suggested. Normally overlap between Republican and Democrat ideas is a welcome occurrence. (more…)

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U.S. Financial Report Shows Need for Long-Term Reform

Mar 11, 2014

The latest Financial Report of the U.S. Government shows that despite recent lower deficits, long-term fiscal policy remains on an unsustainable course.The annual report, released by the Department of the Treasury, says that despite cuts to discretionary spending and increased…

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Bad Precedent in Obama’s Budget: Ignoring Spending Caps

Mar 11, 2014

President Obama’s budget for Fiscal 2015 includes new proposals that would exceed the discretionary spending caps that he and Congress approved only months ago. This would set a bad precedent for ignoring budget caps.The Ryan-Murray agreement in December set discretionary…

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Latest Move Threatens Reform of Medicare Doctor Payments

Mar 10, 2014

As the April 1 deadline to avert a 24 percent cut in Medicare’s payments to physicians approaches, hopes for enacting a permanent reform to the flawed payment formula appear to be dwindling. The sustainable growth rate formula (SGR) that determines…

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Budget Process Needs Greater Long-Term Focus

Mar 5, 2014

Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby offers two key suggestions for improving the congressional budget process: Plan ahead and pay the bills.Congress could start by simply following the rules and statutory requirements that are already in place, including the…

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Camp’s Tax Plan: A Good Starting Point for Reform

Mar 5, 2014

The recent release of House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp’s detailed plan for comprehensive tax reform was unfortunately met with a collective shrug by his congressional colleagues in both parties.“By adding specifics to what is usually a hypothetical discussion,…

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Obama Budget Unlikely to Foster Progress on Key Challenges

Mar 5, 2014

President Obama unveiled a proposed 2015 budget Monday that falls short of the credible framework he offered last year for comprehensive, bipartisan fiscal reform.“While there are some positive elements in the President’s plan this year, overall it seems to ratify…

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President’s Campaign-Year Budget Plan Is Unlikely to Foster Progress on the Nation’s Key Fiscal Challenges

Mar 4, 2014

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition expressed disappointment today that President Obama’s proposed 2015 budget shifts the administration’s focus away from the credible framework he offered last year for comprehensive, bipartisan fiscal reform.“While there are some positive elements in the President’s…

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A Poor Way to Finance the Highway Trust Fund

Despite Debt Projections, Washington Is Overly Complacent

Congress Should Seize Opportunity for Medicare Reform

Senate Plan on Jobless Benefits Needs Better Funding

A Bad Bipartisan Idea: Funding Highways From Short-Term Corporate Tax Revenue

U.S. Financial Report Shows Need for Long-Term Reform

Bad Precedent in Obama’s Budget: Ignoring Spending Caps

Latest Move Threatens Reform of Medicare Doctor Payments

Budget Process Needs Greater Long-Term Focus

Camp’s Tax Plan: A Good Starting Point for Reform

Obama Budget Unlikely to Foster Progress on Key Challenges

President’s Campaign-Year Budget Plan Is Unlikely to Foster Progress on the Nation’s Key Fiscal Challenges

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