#Economy

With Democrats and Republicans squaring off over upcoming budget decisions, The Concord Coalition is urging elected officials to promptly raise the federal debt limit and then reform the debt limit process. Such a reform could be part of a comprehensive…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today urged elected officials to promptly raise the federal debt limit and then reform the debt limit process as part of a comprehensive plan to put the budget on a more responsible course. “There…

As they continue wrestling with the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges, elected officials in Washington would do well to keep the example of the late Warren Rudman in mind. (more…)

After months of debate and negotiation, Congress on Tuesday approved legislation to avoid the most immediate consequences of the “fiscal cliff” but that falls far short of the more comprehensive reforms that many advocates of fiscal responsibility had hoped to…

For the third week in a row, I will be discussing the nation’s fiscal challenges on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal

The pace of budget negotiations between President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner has picked up in recent days, with the two meeting again on Monday at the White House.With the latest exchange of offers, Obama and Boehner seem to…

In September 1992, three concerned public figures launched The Concord Coalition in front of a national debt clock in New York City. Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., former Sen. Paul Tsongas, D-Mass., and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson…

The federal debt is a “ticking time bomb” that puts the U.S. economy at risk, jeopardizes our standard of living and threatens national security, according to a new report by Strengthening of America – Our Children’s Future.Strengthening of America is…