In partnership with WSB Radio’s Shelley Wynter from The Shelley Wynter Show, we took the Principles & Priorities budget exercise to Atlanta, Georgia, for an insightful event that brought together people from all sides of the aisle. “The conversations were tough,…
By Bob Bixby, Host, Facing the Future Click here to listen to the episode now This week on Facing the Future, the guest was former Congressman Richard Swett (D-NH), who also served as U.S. Ambassador to Denmark. He discussed President…
Budget Gimmicks Mask True Cost and Erode Faith in Institutions Now that the House has passed its reconciliation bill - the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) - that increases the Federal debt by around $3 trillion over ten years,…
In response to the House Rules Committee markup of a bill that could increase the national debt by roughly $3.3 trillion, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Executive Director of Concord Action, issued the following statement: "As the US House continues to deliberate on…
The Bumpy Road to Reconciliation This week, a number of House Committees completed their reconciliation “markups” - a series of proposed legislative changes that included permanently extending many of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) tax cuts, adding…
By Bob Bixby, Host, Facing the Future Click here to listen to the episode now This week on Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Carolyn Bourdeaux discussed her initial reaction to President Trump’s “skinny budget” and outlined some trouble…
Thirty years ago when The Concord Coalition began advocating fiscal and generational responsibility it was already clear that climate change posed a serious threat to the planet. There was not, however, much discussion about how climate change might affect…
WASHINGTON - The Concord Coalition today welcomed President Biden’s goal of reducing federal budget deficits but cautioned that the path of deficit reduction reflected in the administration’s newly released Fiscal Year 2023 Budget is based on optimistic economic assumptions and unlikely…
