Washington’s fiscal year began two months ago but elected officials still seem a long way from agreement on spending plans for the next 10 months. As in past years, the regular budget process broke down and lawmakers are now trying…
After reauthorizing transportation programs for three weeks late last month, lawmakers are once again poised to pass another short-term extension to give themselves more time to negotiate an agreement on a multi-year bill. Lawmakers say they do not have enough…
Emphasizing the nation’s fiscal challenges, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby recently told the Senate Budget Committee that reforms in the budget process could help elected officials better meet those challenges. Bixby focused in particular on the benefits of…
President Obama and congressional leaders have put together a proposed budget deal that would avoid an immediate federal debt crisis and give appropriators time to fund the government before a potential shutdown in December. The agreement, released late Monday, would…
