Red Ink Alert: Tax Reconciliation Conferees Considering Budget Busting Gimmicks

WASHINGTON -- Congress is in the process of completing work on the tax reconciliation bill called for in the ...

Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget

As Congress begins work on the Fiscal Year 2007 budget resolution, The Concord Coalition offers the following checklist ...

Concord Coalition Releases Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget

WASHINGTON -- Today, the Concord Coalition issued its “Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget Resolution.” This issue brief ...

Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: An Analysis of the President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

On February 6th, President Bush unveiled his budget for the 2007 fiscal year. This issue brief evaluates the ...

Concord Coalition Releases Analysis of President's Budget, Says Budget Falls Short of Criteria for Fiscal Sense

WASHINGTON -- With Congress continuing its review of the President's budget and beginning work on the fiscal year 2007 ...

Concord Coalition Urges Congress to Approve Debt Limit Increase with Measures to Restore Fiscal Discipline

WASHINGTON -- With Congress considering a tax cut package that could exceed $70 billion and the Treasury Secretary ...

Concord Coalition Says President's Budget Does Not Make Realistic Tradeoffs

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that President Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget takes an appropriately hard ...

Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President's Budget

On Monday February 6, President Bush will unveil his Fiscal Year 2007 budget. A thorough evaluation of how it ...

Concord Coalition Outlines Criteria for Evaluating President Bush's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget

WASHINGTON -- Today, The Concord Coalition issued its preview of the President's budget: “The Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: ...

The CBO January Baseline: A Deceptively Benign Outlook

The outlook for the federal budget is deceptively benign under the January 2006 baseline assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office ...

Concord Coalition Says That New CBO Projections Demonstrate the Need for Hard Choices

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) clearly demonstrate ...

Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: Criteria for Evaluating Budget Plans