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‘First Budget’ Gains Traction in Iowa, New Hampshire

May 20, 2015
First Budget, a nonpartisan initiative to raise awareness of the nation’s fiscal challenges during the 2016 presidential campaign, is already making its presence felt in Iowa and New Hampshire. First Budget announced today Cabinets in both Iowa and New Hampshire…
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Concord Coalition Welcomes Passage of Budget Resolution but Warns that It Relies on Speculative Savings

May 5, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition welcomes the House and Senate passage of a budget resolution that promises to balance the budget and substantially slow the growth of federal debt over the next 10 years. Concord warns, however, that these goals…
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Nation’s Fiscal Challenges Call for Bipartisan Approach

Apr 27, 2015
The country’s fiscal and demographic challenges are so large that elected officials in both parties have a responsibility to work together to find bipartisan solutions, according to two Iowa state legislators. “At times it can seem like there is nothing…
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Bipartisan Plan Would Tackle Highway Funding Shortfall

Apr 21, 2015
A bipartisan bill to plug the Highway Trust Fund’s growing shortfall with additional revenue from motor fuels taxes was introduced last week by Reps. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio), Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.), Reid Ribble (R-Wis.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.). The Bridge to…
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Time to Build a Better Debt Limit

Apr 14, 2015
Congress and the President should work together to build a better debt limit, something which The Concord Coalition reiterated in an op-ed last week on The Hill's Congress Blog. Ben Ritz, Concord’s legislative outreach director, argues in the blog that…
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Gregg, Bayh Discuss Debt Concerns in New Hampshire

Apr 6, 2015
Speaking in New Hampshire on Thursday, former senators Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.) explained why presidential candidates need to focus on developing credible budget plans -- and how voters can encourage them to do so. “New Hampshire residents…
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‘First Budget’ Initiative Brings to New Hampshire a Focus on the Debt

Apr 2, 2015
CONCORD, N.H. -- First Budget brought its message for the 2016 presidential election to New Hampshire today as part of its campaign to highlight the growing federal debt. First Budget, a joint effort of The Concord Coalition and the Campaign…
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Former Lawmakers, Iowans Confront Budget Challenges

Mar 31, 2015
A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a sustainable downward path. They did so in the hope that these kinds of…
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In Pella, Iowans Find Ways to Hold Down Federal Debt

Mar 31, 2015
Two Former Congressmen Urge 2016 Candidates to Highlight Fiscal Plans Pella, Iowa – A group of Iowans today got a chance to do something that has long eluded Congress: Make tough budget choices to put the federal deficit on a…
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Former Senators Gregg and Bayh to Discuss Rising Federal Debt and the 2016 Presidential Race in Concord on April 2

Mar 24, 2015
UPDATE (APRIL 2): A live videocast of this program can be found at the University of New Hampshire's internet broadcasting website today starting at noon. (more…)
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Former Lawmakers Explain ‘First Budget’ Focus on Reform

Mar 24, 2015
The economy is growing, health care inflation has slowed and the federal deficit has dropped in recent years. Yet the federal budget remains on an unsustainable path -- and two men who represented New Hampshire in Congress in the 1990s…
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House Budget Plan Seeks Deficit Reduction But Relies on Questionable Spending Assumptions and Revenue Projections

Mar 17, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today welcomed the proposed House budget resolution for its goal of reining in future deficits but cautioned against assumptions of reduced spending that are vague and unrealistic, and against revenue projections that are at odds…
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