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CONCORD COALITION WARNS AGAINST USING SURPLUS FOR NON-EMERGENCY SPENDING

Mar 29, 2000
WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. House of Representatives prepares to vote on an emergency supplemental appropriations package for fiscal year 2000 (HR 3908), The Concord Coalition urges lawmakers not to use the projected non-Social Security surplus for spending that does…
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CONCORD COALITION FAVORS BLUE DOG BUDGET ALTERNATIVE

Mar 23, 2000
WASHINGTON -- As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the Concurrent Budget Resolution (H. Con. Res. 290), The Concord Coalition today announced that it favors the alternative plan offered by the Blue Dog Coalition over the Republican Budget…
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CONCORD COALITION’S ROBERT BIXBY TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF BIENNIAL BUDGETING

Mar 16, 2000
WASHINGTON -- Robert Bixby, Executive Director of The Concord Coalition, testified before the House Rules Committee today at a hearing on “Biennial Budgeting:  A Tool for Improving Government Fiscal Management and Oversight.”  His testimony highlighted reasons why The Concord Coalition…
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS AGAINST FISCAL YEAR 2000 SURPLUS GIVEAWAY

Mar 8, 2000
WASHINGTON -- With the budget process now underway, attention will naturally be focused on the projected budget surpluses for fiscal years 2001 through 2010. What cannot be forgotten however, is that unlike past years, there is a small, yet very…
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CONCORD COALITION’S ROBERT BIXBY TESTIFIES AT SENATE FINANCE CMTE. HEARING ON MEDICARE REFORM

Feb 24, 2000
WASHINGTON -- Robert Bixby, Executive Director of The Concord Coalition, testified before the Senate Finance Committee today at a hearing on Medicare Reform: Issues and Options.  His testimony highlighted the urgent need for Medicare reform and the reform criteria that…
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS BASELINE AGREEMENT SHOULD COME BEFORE TAX CUTS

Feb 9, 2000
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today urged Congress to agree on a budget baseline before approving any tax cuts, including the Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act (H.R. 6) scheduled to be debated Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives.  …
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CONCORD COALITION WARNS AGAINST SURPLUS “EXPECTATIONS” GAME

Jan 24, 2000
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today warned lawmakers not to treat the new surplus projections to be issued this week by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as money in the bank. The existence and size of projected budget surpluses, particularly…
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CONCORD COALITION URGES REALISTIC SURPLUS PROJECTIONS IN FY2001 BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS

Jan 12, 2000
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today urged Congress and the Administration to maintain their laudable goal of balancing the budget without tapping into the Social Security surplus, but warned against making policy decisions based on unrealistic surplus projections that assume…
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CONCORD COALITION RELEASES KEY QUESTIONS VOTERS SHOULD ASK CANDIDATES ABOUT THE BUDGET, SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE

Dec 15, 1999
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today released a brochure called “Key Questions Voters Should Ask Candidates About the Budget, Social Security and Medicare.”  The brochure, which is now available at www.concordcoalition.org, outlines five questions citizens and members of the media…
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IT’S OFFICIAL: 1999 BUDGET DEFICIT WAS $1 BILLION WITHOUT COUNTING THE SOCIAL SECURITY SURPLUS

Oct 27, 1999
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition welcomed today's news that the federal government's budget deficit shrank to just $1 billion in fiscal year 1999 without counting the Social Security surplus.  However, the Coalition reminded Congress and the Administration that the surplus…
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CONCORD COALITION OPPOSES PRESIDENT’S PLAN TO TRANSFER GENERAL REVENUES TO SOCIAL SECURITY

Oct 25, 1999
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Clinton's proposal to credit the Social Security trust fund with future general revenues, thereby extending its “solvency” to 2050, is a hollow attempt at reform because it would do nothing to…
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CONCORD NAMES ROBERT BIXBY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & PAULA PRICE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

Oct 19, 1999
WASHINGTON -- Concord Coalition Co-Chairmen Warren Rudman and Sam Nunn and President Peter Peterson announced today that effective immediately, Robert L. Bixby has been appointed Executive Director and Paula Price has been named Director of Operations of the fiscal watchdog…
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