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CONCORD COALITION URGES CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT TO AGREE ON A NEW BALANCED BUDGET PLAN BEFORE REMOVING TAX CUT “SUNSET”

Apr 18, 2002

WASHINGTON -- As the House of Representatives considers legislation to permanently extend all provisions of last year's tax bill beyond their scheduled 2010 expiration date, including rate reductions not even scheduled to take effect until 2004 and 2006, The Concord…

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CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT FOCUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUST FUND SOLVENCY IGNORES THE KEY LONG-TERM ISSUES

Mar 28, 2002

WASHINGTON--The Concord Coalition warned today that the 2002 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports released this week reaffirm that both programs are on an unsustainable course - despite three additional years of trust fund solvency for Social Security and one…

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THE BUDGET RESOLUTION: TEN DO’S AND DON’TS

Mar 12, 2002

As Congress begins work this week on the fiscal year 2003 budget resolution, The Concord Coalition has the following recommendations of things to do and things not to do: Things to do (more…)

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CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT NEW TAX BREAKS AMOUNT TO “OPEN SEASON” ON THE BUDGET

Mar 8, 2002

WASHINGTON - The Concord Coalition said today that an expensive, three-year, thirty percent special depreciation allowance in the economic stimulus bill passed by the House and Senate will do very little to provide short-term stimulus but will make it more…

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CONCORD COALITION CO-CHAIR BOB KERREY WARNS AGAINST ADDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT TO CURRENT MEDICARE SYSTEM

Mar 7, 2002

WASHINGTON – In testimony before the Senate Finance Committee today, The Concord Coalition's Co-Chairman, former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-NE), urged Congress to tackle fundamental health care reform before adding a new prescription drug benefit to Medicare. (more…)

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CONCORD COALITION CALLS ON PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REESTABLISH NON-SOCIAL SECURITY BALANCED BUDGET GOAL

Jan 23, 2002

WASHINGTON ¾ With today's new forecast by the Congressional Budget Office showing that the projected non-Social Security surplus is gone ¾ not just this year but for several years to come ¾ The Concord Coalition called upon President Bush and…

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FMR. SENATOR BOB KERREY NAMED CONCORD COALITION CO-CHAIR

Jan 14, 2002

WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition announced today that former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) has been named its new Co-Chairman, joining former Senator Warren B. Rudman (R-NH). Senator Kerrey has been a member of Concord's Board of Directors since January 2001.…

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CONCORD COALITION SAYS THAT ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE NEED NOT BE UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

Dec 18, 2001

WASHINGTON - With negotiations over an economic stimulus package bogged down in partisan bickering, The Concord Coalition said today that it is time for negotiators to step back from their efforts to produce a compromise package and revisit the issue, if…

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CONSEQUENCES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ‘DO NOTHING’ PLAN MUST BE ADDRESSED BY CHANGES IN CURRENT LAW

Dec 11, 2001

WASHINGTON -- As the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security approved a final set of recommendations today, The Concord Coalition reminded Congress and the Bush Administration that those who support no immediate change in law are in effect supporting the…

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THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO CAREFULLY LIMIT THE COST OF ADDITIONAL FISCAL STIMULUS

Oct 24, 2001

WASHINGTON -- As Congress and the President consider measures to help stimulate the economy, The Concord Coalition said today that any such legislation should be carefully designed to have its maximum effect in the very near future, minimize costs in…

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CONCORD COALITION LEADERS URGE “A TIME FOR THOUGHTFUL ACTION” ON FISCAL STIMULUS

Oct 5, 2001

WASHINGTON -- In a full-page advertisement in this Sunday's New York Times (October 7, 2001), leaders of The Concord Coalition have signed an open letter to the President and the Congress of the United States, urging “a time for thoughtful…

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CONCORD COALITION’S ROBERT BIXBY TESTIFIES TO PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION: SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM INVOLVES HARD CHOICES

Sep 6, 2001

SAN DIEGO - Robert Bixby, Executive Director of The Concord Coalition, testified today at a public hearing of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security in San Diego. As the leadoff witness on the opening panel, “The Need For…

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CONCORD COALITION URGES CONGRESS AND PRESIDENT TO AGREE ON A NEW BALANCED BUDGET PLAN BEFORE REMOVING TAX CUT “SUNSET”

CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT FOCUS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUST FUND SOLVENCY IGNORES THE KEY LONG-TERM ISSUES

THE BUDGET RESOLUTION: TEN DO’S AND DON’TS

CONCORD COALITION WARNS THAT NEW TAX BREAKS AMOUNT TO “OPEN SEASON” ON THE BUDGET

CONCORD COALITION CO-CHAIR BOB KERREY WARNS AGAINST ADDING PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT TO CURRENT MEDICARE SYSTEM

CONCORD COALITION CALLS ON PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO REESTABLISH NON-SOCIAL SECURITY BALANCED BUDGET GOAL

FMR. SENATOR BOB KERREY NAMED CONCORD COALITION CO-CHAIR

CONCORD COALITION SAYS THAT ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE NEED NOT BE UNDER THE CHRISTMAS TREE

CONSEQUENCES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ‘DO NOTHING’ PLAN MUST BE ADDRESSED BY CHANGES IN CURRENT LAW

THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS TO CAREFULLY LIMIT THE COST OF ADDITIONAL FISCAL STIMULUS

CONCORD COALITION LEADERS URGE “A TIME FOR THOUGHTFUL ACTION” ON FISCAL STIMULUS

CONCORD COALITION’S ROBERT BIXBY TESTIFIES TO PRESIDENT’S COMMISSION: SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM INVOLVES HARD CHOICES

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