In the latest twist of fiscal illusionism, Senate Republicans have deployed a controversial accounting maneuver to make their reconciliation bill appear far less costly than it truly is. At the heart of the deception is the use of a “current…
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,…
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…
Following the release of the Trump Administration’s “skinny budget” on May 2, 2025, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Executive Director of Concord Action, released the following statement: “The Trump Administration released a partial budget today laying out their defense and non-defense discretionary spending…
By Bob Bixby, Host, Facing the Future Click here to listen to the episode now This week on Facing the Future, Jessica Riedl, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joined me to discuss her list of the top 10…
In response to the House narrowly passing the budget resolution today, Carolyn Bourdeaux, Executive Director of Concord Action released the following statement: “On its face, the budget resolution approved by the House today, this so-called ‘big, beautiful bill,’ still paves…
In response to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Long-Term Budget Outlook released March 27, 2025, Carolyn Bourdeaux, former Congresswoman and Executive Director of The Concord Coalition and Concord Action issued the following statement: “Our budget process is in complete disarray.…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its 2022 Long-Term Budget Outlook, projecting yet again a grim fiscal outlook for future generations. Absent any remedial action by Congress, by 2052 our debt to GDP ratio will be 185 percent…
