#Federal Budget

Budgets proposed by President Obama and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan have received considerable attention in Washington this year. But both have serious shortcomings and lack bipartisan support. (more…)

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today commended Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad for proposing a comprehensive fiscal reform plan ba (more…)

As a recent Chicago Tribune editorial noted, most House members chose last month to “put partisanship above progress on the nation’s debt” by supporting budget plans favored only by one party or the other. But 38 lawmakers voted for bipartisan…

On Capitol Hill this week, several House committees are scheduled to begin making some of the policy decisions necessary to comply with the House budget resolution.To replace savings from the automatic cuts required by last year’s Budget Control Act, the…

Although spending cuts in last year’s Budget Control Act (BCA) lead to an improved fiscal outlook, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reminded policymakers this week that the larger long-term budget challenges remain.The law targets discretionary spending and, under two different…

A fiscal reform plan based on comprehensive recommendations by a bipartisan majority of the Simpson-Bowles commission made it to the House floor last week, where 22 Democrats and 16 Republicans joined to give it their support. Although a House majority eventually…

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today praised a bipartisan deficit-reduction plan in the House that is based on principles outlined by the Simpson-Bowles commission. (more…)

House lawmakers this week are considering the 2013 budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as well as alternatives that were put forth yesterday by House Democrats, the Republican Study Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and…