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Budget and Appropriations Update

Below are several developments we have been following since the last edition of the Washington Budget Report (sign ...

Monday, September 20, 2010

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"Fiscal Solutions Tour" Experts Focus on Possible Answers to Difficult Challenges

At a press briefing Wednesday in Washington, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L. Bixby and other budget experts ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Fiscal Responsibility, More Effective Options Are Neglected in Talk About Extending Bush Tax Cuts

There’s talk of a political compromise on extending the Bush tax cuts but Diane Lim Rogers, The Concord ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Secretary of State: Debt Level Is a “National Security Threat”

In a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week called the ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Policymakers Should Pay for Any Additional Infrastructure Spending

Last week President Obama called for an additional $50 billion in infrastructure spending, which he argued would create ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Amid Uncertainty, Projections Show Health Reform Legislation Will Slightly Raise Spending Over Next Decade

Updated estimates by a federal agency indicate that spending on health care will rise from 17.3 percent of ...

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Those "Best-for-Nothing" Bush/Obama Tax Cuts

The media is buzzing about how House Minority Leader John Boehner and President Obama might be ready to ...

Monday, September 13, 2010

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New Report on Health Care Reform: Small Increase in Spending, Large Increase in Uncertainty

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently updated its estimate of National Health Spending. This unusual mid-year ...

Monday, September 13, 2010

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Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert Bixby & Peter G. Peterson Foundation President And CEO David Walker Launch Nationwide “Fiscal Solutions Tour” in Washington, D.C.

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Bill Novelli, and Isabel Sawhill Will Join in Tour Visits to Half a Dozen Cities Across ...

Thursday, September 9, 2010

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CBO Update Casts Doubt on Campaign Rhetoric

With its August update of the Budget and Economic Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has thrown sand ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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New National Tour Will Encourage Public Discussion of Possible Solutions to U.S. Fiscal and Economic Challenges

The Concord Coalition and The Peter G. Peterson Foundation are launching a "Fiscal Solutions Tour" this week to ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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Congress Warned to Heed Fiscal Commission's Recommendations

How Congress reacts to the recommendations later this year from President Obama’s bipartisan fiscal commission will be important ...

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

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