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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 Bowles once again demonstrates that it is possible, through a mix of spending cuts and revenue increases,...

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Concord Coalition Praises Bipartisan Commission for Comprehensive Deficit-Reduction Plan
3 Dec, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition today congratulated members of the bipartisan majority of President Obama’s fiscal commission for giving their approval to a credible and comprehensive plan that could dramatically reduce future federal deficits. “The fact that a bipartisan majority of the panel... Read More
Concord Coalition Praises Bowles-Simpson Plan
1 Dec, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition today praised the plan released by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and called on other members of the panel to give it their full support. While some commission members... Read More
Concord Coalition Applauds Bowles-Simpson Deficit Reduction Framework
11 Nov, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON – The Concord Coalition said today that the deficit reduction framework released by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, bipartisan co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, is a very promising start to the difficult decision-making process that... Read More
Concord Coalition Urges Focus on Cost Growth Rather Than Trust Fund Balance in Evaluating Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report
4 Aug, 2010 - Press Release
WASHINGTON----With the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Report scheduled to be released on Thursday, The Concord Coalition today urged lawmakers, the president’s fiscal commission and the public to focus on the report’s projected cost growth of the two largest entitlement programs rather... Read More