Deficit Reduction and Other Key Issues to Watch as Congress Makes Funding Decisions

There are several key issues to watch in this year’s budget and appropriations process. The goal is to ...

Why the President Should Break His Promise on Taxes

I have never been a fan of the Bush tax cuts. I’ve always felt they were too ...

House Majority Leader Issues Emphatic Warning on Debt at Fiscal Solutions Forum

College Park, Md. -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer last week urged Republicans and his fellow Democrats to ...

Social Security Watershed: Benefit Payments Exceeding the System's Payroll Tax Revenue

Trustees of the Social Security system have long warned that as more and more baby boomers retired, Social ...

What matters is "marginal" job creation and "marginal" deficit reduction

With today being the one-year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (more commonly referred ...

President's Budget Follow-Up

Following up on our press release about the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal, here are a few ...

Concord Coalition Supports the President's Deficit Reduction Goals and Bipartisan Fiscal Commission Plans

NOTE: Additional analysis of the President’s new budget proposals can be found at our blog -- The Tabulation. ...

President proposes budget with short term deficits, long term discipline

President Obama's proposed budget contains increased immediate spending targeted at the continuing recession, but includes several measures and ...

The defense budget should not be off limits

If fiscal responsibility calls for significant changes in the big federal entitlement programs, shouldn’t the defense budget face ...

Concord Coalition Says CBO Projections Reaffirm the Need for PAYGO, Spending Caps and a Fiscal Commission

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

Federal Budget

Debt Limit Increase Offers an Opportunity to Enact Positive Reforms

Before leaving town in December, Congress raised the statutory debt limit by $290 billion to $12.39 trillion. This ...