#Federal Budget

Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, who led a national fiscal commission to a bipartisan set of recommendations in late 2010, have released a new budget plan that shows once again that a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases can…

Prominent experts on the federal budget as well as current and former lawmakers honored the late Warren B. Rudman while echoing his calls for broad fiscal reforms in a national conference Monday in New Hampshire. The event was co-hosted by…

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued its third annual report detailing how Washington could save tens of billions of dollars a year by reducing fragmentation, overlap and duplication in the federal government. The report also suggests improvements to enhance…

Is the federal budget heading for unsustainable deficits or unsustainable surpluses?It all depends on the long-term assumptions, as Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby explains in a new blog post that examines contrasting projections from the Government Accountability Office…

Congress plans to hold dozens of hearings this week on President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal 2014. Ideally, his proposals will be considered through a House-Senate conference committee as it works on a joint budget resolution.“While elected officials have made…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Obama’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2014 provides a credible framework for the bipartisan negotiations that are needed to curb the growth of the federal debt over the next decade and…

Annual inflation increases are an important part of many government programs, including Social Security. Inflation protection is also provided in many parts of the tax code. But several advocates of fiscal reform – including the bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal…

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