#Health Care

The administration unveiled a proposed budget Tuesday that would lower projected deficits and keep the debt stable as a share of the economy over the next 10 years. But the plan has no chance of winning approval from a Republican…

Voters are hearing promises of big tax cuts from the Republican presidential candidates and big spending increases from the Democrats. But Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby points out that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week released…

The Concord Coalition has announced two new co-chairs who have long been known for their work to promote greater fiscal responsibility: former U.S. Senators Bob Kerrey and Jack Danforth. Danforth, a Missouri Republican, and Kerrey, a Democrat who represented Nebraska…

WASHINGTON -- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released projections today that show the federal deficit rising this year for the first time since 2009 and the government sinking deeper into debt over the next decade, a problem that The Concord…

The House last week followed the Senate in passing a budget reconciliation bill aiming to repeal key pieces of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As expected, President Obama quickly vetoed the legislation. These developments were notable in that they marked…

The expensive tax breaks that lawmakers have been considering tend to get renewed annually. These so-called “tax extenders” would not be paid for, and the estimated 10-year price tag is over $700 billion. Raising the fiscal stakes this year is…

The federal debt is already at a post-World War II high as a share of the economy, and heading higher on an unsustainable path that Washington is unlikely to fundamentally change in the coming year. That’s why Concord Coalition Executive…

With the federal budget on an unsustainable path, Iowa residents should press presidential candidates to explain what they plan to do about it, according to a guest column in the Waterloo Courier by two members of First Budget’s Iowa Cabinet.…