| 05/12/08 |
Letter |
Concord
Coalition Supports Blue Dogs on PAYGO |
| 05/11/08 |
Press Release |
Mother's Day Marks Official Launch of EconomistMom.com |
| 04/28/08 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Hires Diane Lim Rogers As Chief Economist |
| 03/31/08 |
Joint Publication |
Taking Back Our Fiscal Future |
| 03/25/08 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition
Says That Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report Deserves Attention
on the Campaign Trail |
| 03/12/08 |
Issue Brief |
The
House and Senate Debate Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Resolution |
| 03/03/08 |
Issue Brief |
Will
the First Boomer Budget be a Bust? |
| 02/04/08 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Warns That Partisan Differences Must Not Poison The Well
For Necessary Hard Choices |
| 01/23/08 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns That New CBO Numbers Demonstrate Why Fiscal Stimulus Should
Not Make The Long-Term Outlook Worse |
| 12/20/07 |
Facing Facts |
Honey, I Shrunk the
Demographics!
 |
| 11/08/07 |
Issue Brief |
Concord
Coalition Urges Congress Not To Waive PAYGO For AMT Patch
|
| 10/31/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Executive Director Testifies on Fiscal Responsibility Task
Force (Testimony)
Video of the hearing (Requires RealPlayer) |
| 10/30/07 |
Press Release |
Joint
Statement on the Need for Pay-As-You-Go Discipline |
| 09/18/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Praises Senators Conrad and Gregg for Bipartisan
Initiative to Address Long-Term Fiscal Imbalance |
| 09/12/07 |
Issue Brief |
Understanding the Federal
Debt Limit |
| 09/07/07 |
Issue Brief |
SCHIP
Extension Poses a Key Test for PAYGO |
| 09/07/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition
Releases "Key Questions" and Encourages Voters to Test Candidates' Fiscal
Rhetoric ("Key
Questions" Booklet) |
| 08/23/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Says CBO
Numbers Show Why Lawmakers Should Look To The Future, Not In The Rear View
Mirror |
| 08/09/07 |
Opportunity '08 |
America’s Economy: Headed for Crisis
(Fact
Sheet)
|
| 07/30/07 |
Facing Facts |
Kabuki Drama over the
Budget; Don't Kill the Medicare Trigger |
| 07/25/07 |
Testimony |
Concord Executive
Director Robert Bixby's Testimony Before the House Budget Committee About Paygo |
| 07/11/07 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Cautions that Deficit Decline is not Supported by Long-Term Trends |
| 05/17/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Applauds Paygo in Budget Resolution, but Warns that Projected
Surplus Requires Hard Choices |
| 05/09/07 |
Issue Brief |
Budget Update:
Do We Have A Budget? |
| 04/25/07 |
Facing Facts |
Betting Both Houses on
PAYGO; A Sensible First Step on Health Reform |
| 04/23/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Says That
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report Deserves Attention on the Campaign
Trail |
| 03/28/07 |
Issue Brief |
The Budget
Process Moves Forward With “Paygo” Intact But Entitlement Reform Missing |
| 03/21/07 |
Statement |
Joint Statement on
the Need for PAYGO |
| 03/20/07 |
Issue Brief |
Senate Budget Committee Adopts Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Resolution |
| 03/01/07 |
Issue Brief |
The
President’s FY 2008 Budget: Same Priorities in a New Environment |
| 02/05/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Urges Bipartisan Negotiations on Shared Fiscal Policy Goals |
| 01/31/07 |
Testimony |
Concord Coalition
Director Robert Bixby's Testimony Before the Senate Budget Committee |
| 01/24/07 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Says
New CBO Numbers Define Necessary Trade-offs in Coming Balanced Budget Debate |
| |
Chart |
Concord Coalition
Plausible Baseline: 2007 to 2017
|
| 01/05/07 |
NY Times Ad |
New York Times Ad:
An Open Letter to the President and Congress: The American People Can
Handle the Truth. Will You?
|
| 01/05/07 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Leaders Call For Bipartisan Negotiations on Budget Plan and Long-Term
Policy |
| 01/04/07 |
Letter |
Letter to John Spratt
on Paygo Rules |
| 01/03/07 |
Facing Facts |
The Democrat's Turn; Encouraging Long-Term Fiscal Discipline; and Fiscal
Indicators |
| 12/13/06 |
Op-Ed |
Op-Eds
by Executive
Director Bob Bixby and Board Member Tim Penny, and an Arlen Specter Op-Ed
quoting board members Kerrey and Rudman in December 06/January 07 issue of Ripon
Society's "The Ripon Society Forum" |
| 12/06/06 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Hosts Briefing on Public Attitudes and Long-Term Fiscal Challenges |
| 11/03/06 |
Statement |
"Concord
Coalition Condemns 'Race to the Bottom' on Social Security Rhetoric" |
| 10/12/06 |
Facing Facts |
Election Year Paralysis; A
Hasty Retreat on Military Health Care; and Fiscal Indicators |
| 09/28/06 |
Multimedia |
Senate Finance SubCommittee Hearing on Long Term Budget Issues (Realplayer
Required) |
| 09/28/06 |
Testimony |
Concord
Director Bob Bixby's Testimony before Senate Finance Committee |
| 09/28/06 |
Testimony |
Concord Board Member Charlie Stenholm's Testimony before Senate Finance
Subcommittee |
| 09/28/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition's Executive Director to Testify on Long Term Budget Challenges |
| 08/17/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns That Sustained Deficit Reduction Will Require More Than Revenue
Surprises |
| 08/10/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition's "Key Questions" Encourage Voters to Test the Candidates' Fiscal
Rhetoric |
| 08/03/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Says Tax Cuts and New Spending Programs in "Trifecta" Bill Should Not Be Debt
Financed |
| 07/11/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns Against Fiscal Euphoria |
| 06/29/06 |
Letter |
Letter to Frank Wolf on
Bipartisan Fiscal Policy Commission
|
| 06/07/06 |
Issue Brief |
Estate Tax
Policy |
| 05/31/06 |
Transcript |
Does It Take A Commission to Deal with Our Long Term Budget Problems |
| 05/25/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition's Ed
Lorenzen Testifies Before House Budget Committee in Support of Modified Line
Item Veto |
| 05/15/06 |
Facing Facts |
Adrift Without a Compass; The
Improving Health of the Elderly: No Magic Bullet for Medicare; and Fiscal
Indicators |
| 05/01/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns Tough Choices Must Be Made on Entitlement Programs |
| 04/16/06 |
Editorial |
Entitlement spending:
Snowballing federal debt threatens economy |
| 03/29/06 |
Document |
Red
Ink Alert: Tax Reconciliation Conferees Considering Budget Busting
Gimmicks |
| 03/14/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition Releases Checklist for a Fiscally Responsible Budget
|
| 03/14/06 |
Issue Brief |
Checklist
for a Fiscally Responsible Budget |
| 02/24/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Releases Analysis of President's Budget, Says Budget Falls Short of
Criteria for Fiscal Sense |
| 02/27/06 |
Issue Brief |
Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense: An Analysis of the
President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget |
| 02/17/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Urges
Congress to
Approve Debt Limit Increase with
Measures to Restore Fiscal Discipline
|
| 02/10/06 |
Facing Facts |
The
Politics of Fiscal Diversion; Entitlement Reform Lessons from Abroad; and Fiscal Indicators |
| 02/06/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition Says
President's Budget Does Not Make Realistic Tradeoffs |
| |
Chart |
President's Budget Paints Unlikely Picture |
| 02/03/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Outlines Criteria for Evaluating President Bush's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget |
| 02/03/06 |
Issue Brief |
Seven Signs of
Fiscal Sense: What to Look for in the President's Budget
|
| 02/01/06 |
Issue Brief |
The CBO
January Baseline: A Deceptively Benign Outlook |
| 01/30/06 |
Issue Brief |
Understanding the Federal Debt Limit |
| 01/26/06 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition Says
That New CBO Projections Demonstrate the Need for Hard Choices |
| |
Chart |
Baseline Deficit
Projections: January 2006
|
| 01/02/06 |
Notice |
Notice to Concord
Coalition Members |
| 12/19/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Releases "Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense"; Says Congress Should Quit While It's
Ahead on the Deficit |
| 12/19/05 |
Issue Brief |
Seven Signs of Fiscal Sense--Analysis of Congressional Actions by The Concord
Coalition |
| 12/19/05 |
Issue Brief |
Seven Signs of
Fiscal Sense--Criteria for Evaluating Budget Plans |
| 12/13/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Unveils Portable Debt
Clock |
| 12/11/05 |
NY Times Ad |
New York Times
Ad: A "Deficit Reduction" Plan Should Reduce the Deficit (Not Increase
It!)
|
| 12/08/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Leaders Call for a Realistic Deficit Reduction Plan |
| 11/29/05 |
Transcript |
Panel Discussion at Concord's Economic Patriot's Dinner |
| 11/14/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord
Coalition Names Ed Lorenzen as Policy Director |
| 11/14/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition Says Congress
Should Use Spending and Tax Cut "Reconciliation" Package to Reduce the
Deficit |
| 11/10/05 |
Facing Facts |
The Fiscal Lessons of Katrina; A Free Appetizer on the Social Security
Menu, and Fiscal Indicators
|
| 11/01/05 |
Transcript |
President Clinton's Speech at Concord's Economic Patriot's Dinner |
|
09/16/05 |
Press
Release |
Concord Coalition
Calls for "Pork" Rescission and Tax Cut Freeze in Response to Katrina
|
| 08/31/05 |
Issue Brief |
CBO August Update: A little good news and a lot of red ink
|
| 08/15/05 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns that 10-Year Deficit Could Reach $5.7 Trillion |
| 08/02/05 |
Facing Facts |
Good News, Bad News on the Budget
|
| 07/13/05 |
Press Release |
Concord
Coalition Warns Against Fiscal Euphoria |
| 07/06/05 |
Social Security Series |
Raising the Social Security Taxable Earnings Cap: Real Reform or
Another Placebo? |
| 07/01/05 |
Fact Sheet |
Relevant
Numbers on the Federal Debt |
| 06/30/05 |
Event Transcript |
CSIS, Concord Coalition's
Bipartisan Social Security Reform Conference |
| 06/23/05 |
Joint Statement |
The
Need for Pay-As-You-Go Discipline |
| 06/22/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 8:
Private Accounts: Should They Be Voluntary or Mandatory? |
|
05/10/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 7:
Automatic Cost Growth Drives the Problem
 |
|
04/29/05
|
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Says That President Bush's Benefit Proposal Is A Positive Step
In The Social Security Debate |
| 04/26/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Reminds Lawmakers That When Tackling Social Security There is
no “Free Lunch” |
| 04/26/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 6:
There is No Free Lunch
|
| 04/13/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 5:
A Real Fix for Social Security Requires An Increase in National Saving
|
|
03/29/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 4:
Social Security's Financial Problems: How Should We View Them?
|
| 03/23/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Warns
That Focus
on Trust Fund
Solvency Ignores the Key Long-Term
Issues
|
| 03/18/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 3:
A “One Percent” Tax Increase Will Not Fix Social Security's Problems
|
| 03/15/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Says That
Deficit Outlook Justifies
Return to “Pay-As-You-Go”
Rule for Tas
Cuts and Spending
|
| 03/11/05 |
Facing Facts |
The President's New Fiscal Strategy, Out of Balance
|
| 03/11/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 2:
Social Security's Trust Funds Mask the Problem
|
| 03/04/05 |
Social Security Series |
Issue 1:
Reform
Should Not Wait For a Crisis
|
| 02/23/05 |
Transcript |
Concord's National Press Club Event: "Fiscal
Policy on Autopilot: Can We Regain Control?"
|
| 02/15/05 |
Issue Brief |
The Presidents FY 2006 Budget:
As significant for what it omits as for what it
includes
|
| 02/07/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Warns That President's Budget Omits The Cost Of Major
Initiatives |
| 02/03/05 |
Testimony |
"The
Future of Social Security," Statement of Robert L. Bixby, Executive
Director, The Concord Coalition
before the
Senate Special Committee on Aging |
| 02/03/05 |
Issue Brief |
New CBO Report Shows the Aging of the Budget
|
|
02/02/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition's Executive Director To Testify On Social Security Reform |
|
01/25/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Warns That New CBO Projections Show A Worsening Budget Outlook |
| |
Chart |
Current Policy Trends Lead to Large
Sustained Deficits: Fiscal Years 2005-2015
|
|
01/09/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition's Full-Page Statement,
The New York Times:
Social Security Reform Must Confront The Hard Choices
|
|
01/08/05 |
Press Release |
Concord Coalition Leaders Warn Against “Free Lunch” And “Do Nothing” Social
Security Plans (New Release) |
|
11/10/04 |
Transcript |
TRANSCRIPT FROM THE ECONOMIC
PATRIOTS DINNER AND AWARD
PRESENTATION |
|
10/21/04 |
Issue Brief |
Fiscal Policy in Campaign 2004:
Electing the First President of the Senior Boom
|
