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For immediate release: January 17, 2025 For more information: Christopher Colligan -- 703-894-6222/703-517-0378 -- [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC - As Congress and the incoming Trump Administration consider their fiscal proposals for 2025 and beyond, The Concord Coalition today urged them…

This week the Senate is expected to vote on the Social Security Fairness Act which already passed the House in November. This bill would repeal two provisions of current law (GPO and WEP) at a cost of $196 billion over…

Social Security turns 89 today, providing an opportunity to review its accomplishments while taking a hard look at its future — including the need to put the federal government’s largest program on a sustainable path. “Politicians of both major parties…

The Concord Coalition expressed disappointment that tonight’s presidential debate failed to give the American people any idea what President Biden and former President Trump would do about the nation’s spiraling debt burden, which both men have contributed to.  What we…

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The Concord Coalition said today that the Long-Term Budget Outlook for 2034-2054, released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), is a grim reminder that political leaders have utterly failed to deal with known imbalances in the federal budget. Under current…

For immediate release: March 7, 2024 For more information: Chris Colligan -- 703-517-0378 -- 703-894-6222 -- [email protected] The economy is growing at a solid rate, unemployment remains low and inflation is coming down. These are all reasons to feel good…

The Concord Coalition today noted a small reduction in federal budget deficits projected by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), but cautioned that the improvements are driven by lower projections of discretionary spending, which is subject to future annual appropriations–and the…