#Federal Budget

Washington is starting Fiscal 2015 with “no budget, no decisions on how to spend taxpayer money wisely and no credible plan to avoid adding trillions of dollars to the federal debt in the coming decade.”That troubling critique came in a…

Hundreds of people in Florida recently gathered to examine federal budget issues, question former members of Congress and push for sustainable fiscal policy.The Concord Coalition and Fix the Debt partnered with two universities and eight former lawmakers to present the…

WASHINGTON -- As candidates for federal office put their fall campaigns into high gear, The Concord Coalition today released its latest “Key Questions” that voters should ask them about the nation’s fiscal challenges. In doing so, Concord urges all candidates…

ORLANDO, FLA. – Several former members of Congress will be on hand at the University of Central Florida Monday to challenge students to do something that lawmakers have found difficult: put the federal budget on a more sustainable path. This…

TAMPA, FLA. – Four experts on the federal budget will discuss solutions to the nation’s growing debt and related fiscal challenges at a public forum next Monday night, Sept. 29, at the University of South Florida. (more…)

In recent years the U.S. government increased its debt more sharply than most other large, wealthy countries did. The non-partisan Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) warns in a new report that the federal government’s “unsustainable long-term debt trajectory” threatens future…

With Fiscal 2014 winding down, the Treasury Department’s latest monthly statement indicates the federal deficit is heading for another substantial drop. This expected improvement largely reflects a strengthening economy, however, and should not obscure the intermediate- and long-term fiscal challenges…

Updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) serve as a reminder that the aging of the U.S. population is reshaping government spending -- and that fiscal reforms are needed to prevent harmful economic consequences.“Despite a slowing of health care…