During budget negotiations in the coming weeks, Congress should ensure that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has sufficient ...
Many politicians and members of the public who are frustrated with the inability of Congress and the president ...
A common excuse for inaction on federal deficits is that relative to the size of the economy, they ...
When The Concord Coalition was founded in 1992, the national debt was on a sharp upward trajectory. Yet ...
This past Saturday marked 20 years since President Bill Clinton signed the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). ...
Not all deficits are created equal. In designing policy responses, it is important to distinguish between “cyclical” and “structural” ...
The Concord Coalition warned today that the latest attacks on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) threaten to destroy ...
Every year the trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue detailed reports on the financial status of these ...
WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition is pleased that the House Budget Committee has voted to advance a budget ...
Social Security is the largest program in the federal budget, accounting for almost 24 cents out of every ...
Health care programs are the largest and fastest growing in the federal budget. These programs include Medicare (providing ...
WASHINGTON -- This year’s reports from the trustees of Social Security and Medicare highlight the need for substantial ...