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Bernanke on the Long and Short of Fiscal Reform

Jun 4, 2013

Although the federal deficit is now dropping, members of Congress should heed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s recent warnings about the need to focus more on the country’s long-term fiscal imbalances.“To promote economic growth and stability in the longer term,…

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Candor, Bipartisan Cooperation Needed

May 21, 2013

While there are plenty of distractions these days in Washington, elected officials should try to remember that much remains to be done to meet the nation’s fiscal challenges.“Members of Congress in both parties need to stop playing make-believe with voters…

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CBO and OMB Very Close in Scoring Obama’s Budget

May 21, 2013

Last Friday the Congressional Budget Office released its scoring of the President’s budget using CBO’s own baseline and economic projections.The bottom-line results confirm the overall composition of spending and revenues projected by the President’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

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Budget Drivers: Aging, Health Care and Interest

May 20, 2013

Projections from the Congressional Budget Office last week confirm that the most powerful factors in the current budget dynamic are aging, health care costs and interest on the growing federal debt – all things that Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert…

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Hidden in Plain View: Aging, Health Care Costs and Interest Drive the Budget

May 20, 2013

For those inclined to look beyond the sharp drop in the deficit this year, as we should, the budget update released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on May 14 has some striking indications of things to come. (more…)

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As Deficit Drops, Long-Term Challenges Remain

May 15, 2013

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated numbers yesterday showing a short-term decline in projected deficits, but elected officials and the public should not be lulled into a false sense of security.“A lower deficit is good news but hardly the…

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Concord Coalition Says Lawmakers Must Look Beyond Near-Term Deficit Decline in Budget Negotiations

May 14, 2013

WASHINGTON -- With today’s updated numbers from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) showing a decline in projected budget deficits, The Concord Coalition warned lawmakers not to be lulled into a false sense of security that the fiscal status quo is…

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GAO Highlights State and Local Fiscal Challenges

May 7, 2013

While Washington continues to struggle with its budget problems, state and local governments face growing fiscal challenges as well. These challenges will likely add to the demands on the federal government in the years ahead, complicating the already difficult task…

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Budget Distractions and Creative Accounting

Apr 30, 2013

Despite all the serious budget work facing Congress, lawmakers in both parties continue to distract themselves, fritter away time and confuse the public with proposals that serve no useful purpose. Last week provided two good examples.House Republicans were busy with…

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For Once, Congress Works at Jet Speed

Apr 29, 2013

While Congress last week rushed through a measure to ease the effects of its automatic spending cuts on air travel, it unfortunately failed to fix the damage the budget sequester is inflicting on many other government programs and services.Rather than…

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Driven to Distraction — and Creative Accounting

Apr 29, 2013

Although Congress has plenty of serious budget work to do, lawmakers in both parties can’t seem to resist frittering away time and confusing the public with various proposals that serve no useful purpose. Last week offered a couple good examples.…

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BPC Suggests Key Changes in Health Care

Apr 24, 2013

The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) Health Care Cost Containment Initiative released a comprehensive plan last week to increase efficiency, reduce costs and reorient the nation’s health care system to make it more patient-centered. (more…)

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Bernanke on the Long and Short of Fiscal Reform

Candor, Bipartisan Cooperation Needed

CBO and OMB Very Close in Scoring Obama’s Budget

Budget Drivers: Aging, Health Care and Interest

Hidden in Plain View: Aging, Health Care Costs and Interest Drive the Budget

As Deficit Drops, Long-Term Challenges Remain

Concord Coalition Says Lawmakers Must Look Beyond Near-Term Deficit Decline in Budget Negotiations

GAO Highlights State and Local Fiscal Challenges

Budget Distractions and Creative Accounting

For Once, Congress Works at Jet Speed

Driven to Distraction — and Creative Accounting

BPC Suggests Key Changes in Health Care

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