Last Wednesday, President Obama requested approximately $6.2 billion to combat the Ebola epidemic. As Congress examines and debates this proposal, it is an important opportunity to reexamine our government’s budgetary policies. (more…)
The administration has confirmed that the government borrowed substantially less than in 2013. But this borrowing still pushed the federal debt to well over $17.8 trillion, and the government remains on track to boost that total by $7.2 trillion or…
WASHINGTON -- As candidates for federal office put their fall campaigns into high gear, The Concord Coalition today released its latest “Key Questions” that voters should ask them about the nation’s fiscal challenges. In doing so, Concord urges all candidates…
Projected budget deficits and the growth of the federal debt loom over nearly every policy issue in Washington. So it is important for ordinary citizens as well as elected officials to focus on federal budget issues -- and to push…
