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Concord Coalition Says Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report Shows the Need For Resumed Budget Negotiations

31 May, 2013 - Press Release

WASHINGTON -- With today’s Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report showing the growing strain the two programs will have on general revenues in the years ahead, The Concord Coalition strongly urged lawmakers to resume negotiations on a long-term fiscal sustainability plan through the regular... Read More

US Experts Say Hill's Budget Stalemate Is Comic, Consequential

28 May, 2013 - Special Publication

By John Shaw WASHINGTON (MNI) -- The protracted battle between congressional Democrats and Republicans about whether to even begin House-Senate talks to try to draft a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution seems to confirm assertions about the totally dysfunctional nature of Congress. Budget experts... Read More

Simpson, Bowles Again Show Path to No-Nonsense Budget

17 May, 2013 - Special Publication

This guest column in the Billings Gazette was written by Paul Hansen, western states regional director for The Concord Coalition. It is time for both Republicans and Democrats in Washington to make a deal to fix the nation’s debt. The new budget plan recently released by Alan Simpson and Erskine... Read More

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

14 May, 2013 - Press Release

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 sustainable. “A lower deficit is good news but... Read More

Concord Coalition Co-Chair Sam Nunn and BPC's Pete Domenici Urge Congress to Follow Regular Budget Process

9 May, 2013 - Special Publication

This article in The Hill Thursday was written by former Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), co-chairman of The Concord Coalition, and former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-N.M.), a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. CONGRESS'S BUDGET PROCESS BROKEN BECAUSE IT'S IGNORED After trying private negotiations,... Read More

Concord Coalition Says Obama Budget Challenges Congress to Make Necessary Compromises

10 Apr, 2013 - Press Release

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 beyond. Congress should consider the President’s... Read More

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Concord Coalition to Co-Host National Conference on Fiscal Responsibility at the University of New Hampshire School of Law's Warren B. Rudman Center

9 Apr, 2013 - Press Release

CONCORD, N.H. – On April 22, the University of New Hampshire School of Law will formally launch its Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy with a national conference on fiscal responsibility, featuring Senators John McCain and Kelly Ayotte and former Senators Bob Kerrey... Read More

Former Lawmakers and Other Budget Experts to Discuss the Nation's Debt and Its Impact on Our Youth in Littleton Forum on Saturday

2 Apr, 2013 - Press Release

LITTLETON, Colo. – Colorado Fiscal Institute Director Carol Hedges, former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, and former state legislators Norma Anderson and Penn R. Pfiffner will be among the speakers at a public forum this Saturday on solutions to the nation’s debt at the Arapahoe Community College in... Read More

Concord Coalition Urges Budget Compromise Based on Realistic Assumptions

12 Mar, 2013 - Press Release

WASHINGTON -- While supporting the goal of returning balance to the nation’s finances, The Concord Coalition said today that the ambitious 10-year budget plan released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan relies on dubious assumptions to achieve that goal. “Any plan to put the federal... Read More

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Simpson-Bowles Plan Puts U.S. on More Responsible Fiscal Path

2 Mar, 2013 - Special Publication

This op-ed by Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby appeared Saturday in the Wichita Eagle. By Robert L. Bixby With the federal debt rapidly rising and elected officials repeatedly locked in partisan budget battles, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson have once again... Read More