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National leaders play a dangerous game of policy “chicken” every time they defer corrective action on known challenges, hoping to address them later when it’s more politically expedient. But this “kick the can” strategy risks a slow moving cumulative…


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 28, 2022 CONTACT: Av Harris 202-695-9524 [email protected] Washington, DC – The Concord Coalition and the Global Aging Institute (GAI) today jointly released…


We’re on the road again! As the U.S. economy regains its footing, policymakers must shift their attention to the pre-existing structural imbalances that have put us on a path of chronically slow economic growth and unsustainable debt over the…


If you blinked this week, you probably missed that the total federal debt reached $30 trillion—an historic high. Like aging Americans who bemoan birthdays ending in zero (30, 40, 50, …), this occasion marked the crossing of an important, albeit…


By any measure, this has been an eventful year on the budget front. As 2021 draws to a close, however, it is apparent that much of 2022 will be devoted to a substantial agenda of unfinished business left over from…


Transformational policies are not temporary policies. If Democrats truly believe the BBBA is transformational, then today’s CBO score is a more accurate reflection of the measure’s cost. WASHINGTON, DC—According…


What began as a tense week of dangerous brinkmanship over the debt limit in Congress is ending with a surprising burst of bicameral cooperation and bipartisanship. House and Senate leaders hammered out a deal that would allow Democrats to…


Washington, DC – The Concord Coalition and the Global Aging Institute (GAI) today jointly released a new issue brief entitled The Vital Role of Immigration in an Aging America. The paper, which is part of a quarterly issue brief series…


Washington, DC – The Concord Coalition today is announcing that it has added experienced former journalist and government professional Av Harris as Communications Director.  Harris has more than 23 years experience as a communicator, including…


Washington, DC – The Concord Coalition today is calling on Congress to close the nearly $160 billion federal budget hole that would be created over the next 10 years if President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) passes in…


Nov 12, 2021
After a weeks-long intraparty stalemate, House Democrats are on the precipice of advancing President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA, H.R.5376) and sending it to the Senate. The last obstacle…


Democrats in Washington are working furiously to put the finishing touches on the President’s Build Back Better (BBB) social safety net spending bill. Trying to shoehorn their legislative priorities into the fiscal parameters of the measure while nodding to…

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