#Budget Process

For too long now we have watched as the national discourse has taken a divisive turn. Bipartisanship is endangered, “compromise” a dirty word. This has made dealing with key challenges all the more difficult, including our nation’s unsustainable fiscal path. …

The Concord Coalition issued the following statement today by Executive Director Robert L. Bixby regarding updated economic and budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office: Despite eye-popping near-term deficit projections, the more significant and troubling aspect of CBO’s updated projections…

As a nonpartisan, grassroots organization, The Concord Coalition’s primary engagement method for more than 28 years has been face-to-face events across the nation. At these events, we employ one of our several presentations or exercises that share the same goal:…

On June 9, the United States quietly reached an inauspicious milestone: our nation’s total federal debt surpassed $26 trillion for the first time. Given the dual crises of coronavirus and civil unrest that dominate national headlines, it’s not surprising this…

Moving rapidly to pass the next installment of COVID-19 pandemic relief, on May 15 the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act, or the HEROES Act. Although the Congressional Budget Office has…

Over the years, The Concord Coalition has teamed up with members of Congress from across the ideological spectrum and across the nation to facilitate the popular federal budget exercise we call “Principles & Priorities.” The exercise is a nonpartisan, policy-based…

In a sudden burst of activity, congressional leaders this week reached a tentative agreement on all 12 annual appropriation bills for Fiscal Year 2020, which began on October 1st. The agreement will avoid a government shutdown on Friday December 20,…

In football terms, it was fourth and long… very long. The chances of passing appropriation bills to fund government agencies for the current fiscal year, which began on October 1st, were slim. So this week Congress did what they have…