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WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition is pleased that the House Budget Committee has voted to advance a budget resolution that aims to balance over 10 years, but is skeptical about the assumptions the committee makes to get there. However, establishing…


A group of prominent economists and experts on the federal budget warned at The Concord Coalition's 25th Anniversary forum that the government is on an unsustainable fiscal course that puts the country’s future at risk and could place an unfair…


WASHINGTON -- It’s late June and Washington has no budget, no agreement on health care reform, no sign of tax reform, growing worries about a government shutdown this fall and a looming crisis over the federal debt limit. How did…


The federal government’s financial problems are so large that all parts of the budget -- from entitlements to defense spending to tax breaks -- should be considered “on the table” for fiscal reform discussions. Comprehensive, lasting reform will require substantial…


After a recent “Budgets & Beers” presentation concerning federal budget problems -- notably a massive and growing debt -- I was asked: “What hope do we have for the future?” That is a good question, one that comes up frequently…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition expressed disappointment today in President Trump’s first budget proposal, saying it relies on improbable assertions of higher economic growth and unrealistic assumptions about future spending cuts to achieve its goal of balancing the budget in…


Amid all the debate in Washington on health care, taxes and other things, the congressional budget process for the coming year is already behind schedule and seems to have almost been forgotten. Congress has yet to even consider a Fiscal…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition expressed disappointment today that President Trump’s initial set of budget proposals does not include any deficit reduction or an overall deficit-reduction target for the coming years and focuses only on the third of the budget…


WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition expressed concern tonight that President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress failed to discuss in any detail how his administration planned to meet the nation’s key fiscal challenges or finance his new proposals.…


An amazing thing happened in Washington recently. With the total national debt about to top $20 trillion and on an unsustainable long-term path, 376 members of the House of Representatives voted for one of two Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolutions…


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made headlines recently when he suggested that the GOP must pay for its campaign promises, stating his preference for “deficit-neutral” tax cuts and offsets for new spending.“I think this level of national debt is dangerous…


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made headlines this week when he suggested that the

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