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WASHINGTON -- On the heels of President Clinton's remarks this morning touting a “larger than projected” surplus and calling on Republicans to help him “save Social Security with a lockbox,” The Concord Coalition today warned that surplus euphoria and lockbox…


WASHINGTON -- On the heels of its recent National Debt Clock tour, the Concord Coalition reminded lawmakers today that the long-term economic benefits of paying down the mounting federal debt outweigh the short-term benefits of permanent spending increases or huge…


WASHINGTON --  The Concord Coalition's National Debt Clock – an oversized electronic scoreboard that ticks off the growth of our $5.6 trillion national debt at $3,517 per second  – will visit communities in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Tennessee and Louisiana…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition has placed a full-page advertisement in this Sunday's New York Times (August 15, 1999) urging President Clinton and Members of Congress not to squander the surplus, and to fix Social Security and Medicare first.  …


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today urged Congress to put the interests of future generations first by rejecting the proposed 10-year $792 billion tax cut, and instead turning its attention to the neglected issues of long-term Social Security and Medicare…


WASHINGTON --With the House and Senate headed toward passage of a $792 billion, 10-year tax cut, The Concord Coalition today challenged Congress and the President to make the hard choices on discretionary and entitlement spending before enacting a major tax…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today urged the House of Representatives to reject the The Financial Freedom Act of 1999 (H.R. 2488) because it relies too heavily on projections of huge future budget surpluses that are unlikely to materialize, and…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today welcomed President Clinton's Medicare reform proposal but questioned the lack of means testing and the use of projected budget surpluses as a way to finance future obligations. Concord Coalition Co-Chairs and former U.S. Senators…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today warned against creating new entitlements based on future budget surpluses that President Clinton projected will be $1 trillion more than previously expected. "If you do the math, you'll see that 51 percent of the…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today announced its strong opposition to H.R.1000, the Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21), because it would take the aviation trust fund "off budget." Concord opposes this proposal because it would…


WASHINGTON -- With the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means holding hearings today and tomorrow on plans to reform Social Security, The Concord Coalition commends the Members of Congress who had the courage to submit bipartisan Social Security proposals…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today commended the sponsors of Social Security lock box proposals, specifically bills H.R.1259 and H.R.1927, for their efforts to lock away the Social Security surplus. (more…)

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