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12/29/06 Dallas Fort Worth Telegram "Dick and Jane's kids deserve lot more from our leaders," By Jack Z. Smith
12/26/06 Washington Post "Democrats Pledge to Restrain Spending," By Lori Montgomery
12/24/06 Washington Post "America's Red Ink." Letter to the Editor by David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States
12/18/06 Market News "Analysts: Hill Democrats Shrewd To Punt FY'07 Budget," By John Shaw
12/18/06 Christian Science Monitor "Are Americans ready for fiscal sanity?" By David Francis
12/17/06 Columbus Dispatch "Americans would make sacrifices but have little faith in Congress," By Jonathan Riskind
12/17/06 Columbus Dispatch "Fixing Social Security: Forum in Columbus to highlight problem, urge bipartisan solution"
12/14/06 The Desert Sun (Palm Springs, CA) "Valley funding gone?" By Diana Marrero
12/14/06 Christian Science Monitor "Democrats, the deficit, and all they want to achieve," By Peter Grier
12/13/06 BNA Report "Peter Orszag Selected to Head CBO," By Jonathan Nicholson
12/13/06 Green Bay Press-Gazette "Dems serve notice on spending earmarks," By Brian Tumulty
12/13/06 Reno Gazette-Journal "Budget reform plans could cut funding for Truckee flood control," By Diana Marrero
12/13/06 Columbus Dispatch "Cynicism hampering Social Security Fix," By Jonathan Riskind
12/12/06 CongressDaily PM "Concord Coalition warns anew of coming budget problems"
12/12/06 Chicago Tribune "Democrats plan to delay budget choices until end of fiscal year," By William Neikirk
12/12/06 USA Today "Taxpayers distrust how the government spends their dollars, reports say," By Richard Wolf
12/10/06 LA Times "Democrats have plans, but they'll need to pay," By Joel Havemann
12/06/06 Washington Post "Returning to Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility," By Diane Rogers
12/04/06 Detroit Free Press "Democrats get chance to fix Social Security; White House open to ideas," By Larry Wheeler
12/03/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Wake up, America! We've got to pay our bills," By Mark Trahant
12/01/06 Investor's Business Daily "Keep the Cap on the Social Security Tax"
11/30/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour issues warning on U.S. economy," By Dan Richman
11/29/06 Market News "Analysts Say US Hill Dem Agenda Would Add Billions To Spending," By John Shaw
11/29/06 Rocky Mountain News "'Wake-up tour' offers vital message"
11/29/06 Rocky Mountain News "Analysts sounding alarm about debt," By David Milstead
11/28/06 Bloomberg "Pelosi, Democrats Face Crunch Over Campaign Promises and Budget," By Brian Faler
11/27/06 CQ Weekly "Concord Coalition Already Dishing Out '08 Fiscal Discipline," By Daniel J. Parks
11/27/06 Wall Street Journal "Now It's Time to Sit Down for Honest Tradeoff Talks," By Ed Lorenzen and Tori Gorman (Letter to the Editor)
11/27/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Fiscal Wake-up Tour: Trouble ahead"
11/27/06 NewsMax "Fiscal Wake-Up Tour Crosses the U.S."
11/23/06 Salt Lake City Weekly "The Slow Bleed: If you think the terrorists are scary, wait till our nation's creditors come calling," By Ben Fulton
11/22/06 Market News "Hill Dems See' Tax Gap' As Painless Fix For Fiscal Woes," By John Shaw
11/22/06 CQ Weekly "The Deficit Diligence Tour," By Daniel J. Parks
11/21/06 The Hill "Fiscal battle lines drawn,"
11/20/06 Investor's Business Daily "Dems' PayGo Plan May Trip Up Bid To Make AMT Repairs," By Jed Graham
11/20/06 Seattle Times "Our fiscal house is on fire," By Liz Taylor
11/20/06 Des Moines Register "What to do about our debt?"  By Sen. Tom Harkin, Sen. Chuck Grassley, and Concord Director of Government Affairs Corey Davison
11/16/06 Bloomberg "Democrats' Spending-Control Plans May Fail to Reduce Deficits," By Matthew Benjamin and Brian Faler
11/13/06 Bloomberg "Rubin, Volcker Say Investors May Avoid Buying Dollars,"By Kevin Carmichael
11/13/06 Market News International
11/12/06 Newhouse News Service "Moderate 'Blue Dog' Democrats Look to Have Their Day in New Congress," By Chuck McCutcheon
11/06/06 The Argus "How to spark an economic crisis: Buy now, pay later"
11/06/06 Bloomberg "Bush's Deficit May Shrink More With Democrats Controlling House," By Matthew Benjamin and Rich Miller
11/05/06 Telegraph Herald "Nussle, Green outcomes could help illustrate national trends," By Mary Rae Bragg
11/05/06 Buffalo News "Reynolds and Davis ads use WMD - weapons of mass distortion", By Jerry Zremski
11/05/06 Forbes "GAO's Walker Sounds An Alarm," By R,M. Schneiderman
11/03/06 Market News "US Analysts: Divided Hill Likely To Lead To Budget Posturing," By John Shaw
11/03/06 Congressional Quarterly "Rangel Says He'd Look for Common Ground on Tax Policy in 110th Congress," By Rachel Van Dongen
11/01/06 Washington Post "House Democrats Propose More Spending for Military and Education," By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Jonathan Weisman
11/01/06 Market News "US Rep. Spratt Emerges As Key Fiscal Aide To Dem Leader Pelosi," By John Shaw
10/30/06 Mobile Register "Politics oddly silent on debt," By Sean Reilly
10/24/06 Seattle Times "Where they stand: Cantwell vs. McGavick on the issues," By Alex Fryer
10/24/06 Fauquier Times Democrat "On Borrowed Time," by George Rowand
10/22/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Voters look ahead to the bigger picture," By Mark Trahant
10/20/06 The Island Packet "That's That column: Budget deficit nothing to be proud of," By David Lauderdale
10/18/06 Lufkin Daily News "Warning: A fiscal storm is brewing," By Concord Southwest Regional Director Jeff Thiebert
10/18/06 Market News International "US Analysts See Caution If Democrats Win Control of Congress," By John Shaw
10/15/06 Huntsville Times "Tax cuts not paying for themselves," By Brian Lawson
10/11/06 Minnesota Public Radio "Senate candidates sharply disagree about economy," by Mark Zdechlik
10/04/06 Minneapolis Star Tribune "Spend less money, raise more or overhaul system"
10/04/06 Investors Business Daily "Dems Lining Up Behind Pledge To Fight Social Security Reform," By Jed Graham
10/04/06 Spartanburg Herald-Journal "Budget exercise not so simple," By Jason Spencer
10/01/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Wake up, Washington: Huge debt is real," By Mark Trahant
09/29/06 The Daily Texan "Tour Addresses Fiscal Issues," By Joshua Winata
09/29/06 Austin American Statesman "U.S. Comptroller warns of dangers of national debt," By Francesca Jarosz
09/29/06 Austin American Statesman "America's crushing problem"
09/29/06 McCook Daily Gazette "Deficit shows no one ready to make tough decisions"
09/29/06 Dow Jones News Service "Senate Panel Mulls Remedies For Long-Term US Debt Growth," By Campion Walsh
09/28/06 Duluth News-Tribune "U.S. deficit picture is looking rosy to some," By Kevin G. Hall
09/28/06 Orlando Sentinel "Wishful Thinking:  It's ludicrous to pretend the federal deficit is about to be erased"
09/26/06 Evansville Courier-Press "Voters weigh in on Social Security," by Mara Lee
09/26/06 San Francisco Chronicle "Missing In Action"
09/25/06 LaCrosse Tribune "Deficits threaten economy, future"
09/25/06 Mankato Free Press "US. budget deficit continues to grow out of control," By Mark Fischenich
09/24/06 Mankato Free Press "PAYGO credited for past deficit reduction," By Mark Fischenich
09/24/06 Rocky Mountain News "Panel of experts agree: U.S. economic outlook is grim," By Linda Seebach
09/21/06 USA Today "Uncle Sam leaning more heavily on the better-off," By Richard Wolf
09/12/06 Providence Journal "Voters must demand answers about our fiscal condition," By Ed Lorenzen
08/28/06 Washington Post "Securing Future Fiscal Health," By Bob Kerrey and Warren Rudman
08/18/06 Washington Post "Tax Receipts Reduce 2006 Deficit Forecast," By Jonathan Weisman
08/6/06 Wisconsin State Journal "Sorry, the campaign is here," By Concord Legislative Affairs Director Corey Davison
07/30/06 New York Times "Public's Deficit Fix May Stun Politicians," By Ed Andrews
07/16/06 New York Times "Those Wild Budget Swings," By Ed L. Andrews
07/12/06 New York Times "White House Forecasts Drop in the Deficit," By Ed L. Andrews
07/11/06 LA Times "Deficit's Good News Less Than Meets the Eye," By Joel Havemann
07/11/06 Reuters "White House sees smaller federal deficit this year," By Caren Bohan and Tim Ahmann
07/09/06 New York Times "Surprising Jump in Tax Revenues Is Curbing Deficit," By Ed L. Andrews
07/06/06 Omaha World Herald "Midlands Voices: Fiscal wake-up call must address future," By R.K. Piper
05/25/06 USA Today "Retiree benefits grow into 'monster'" By Dennis Cauchon
05/21/06 Washington Post "Bailing The Future Out of Debt," By David Broder
05/07/06 US News and World Report "The Color of Money," By Silla Brush
05/05/06 Delaware News-Journal "Budget Binge is Enough to Choke On," By John Sweeney
05/04/06 Washington Post "Tax Deal Sets Day of Reckoning," By Jonathan Weisman
05/03/06 Wall Street Journal "Reporter's Notebook:  Stirring Deficit Fears," By Deborah Solomon
05/02/06 Associated Press "Social Security Financial Health Declining," By Martin Crutsinger
04/24/06 Kansas City Star "Action needed now on federal deficit"
04/24/06 Kansas City Star "Experts warn of crisis as two U.S. deficits collide," By Gene Meyer
04/19/06 Columbus Dispatch "President nominates Portman to become director of OMB," By Jonathan Riskind and Jack Torry
04/05/06 Omaha World-Herald "It's up to the people"
04/05/06 Omaha World-Herald "Federal Budget Outlook Gloomy," By Henry J. Cordes
04/04/06 Omaha World-Herald "Alarm Sounds on Deficit Crisis," By Henry J. Cordes
03/31/06 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Red Ink Forever: Borrow and spend"
03/22/06 Lincoln Star-Journal "GOP maxing out nation's credit limit"
03/19/06 Raleigh News & Observer "Doomed by Debt"
03/18/06 New York Times "Politics Drives a Senate Spending Spree," By Carl Hulse
03/17/06 Bloomberg News "Walker Says Wall Street `Missing in Action' on Deficit Crisis"
03/15/06 LA Times "Senate Stalls Debt-Ceiling Decision," By Joel Havemann
03/14/06 Yankton Press & Dakotan "Expert: Red Ink Looms As Trouble," By Nathan Johnson
02/15/06 Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Fiscally, U.S. wrenching," By David M. Walker
02/07/06 MarketWatch.com "Budget's missing piece," By William L. Watts
02/07/06 Christian Science Monitor "Bush Budget a Tough Row," By Peter Grier
02/07/06 Boston Globe "The Deficit Deceit," By Scot Lehigh
02/07/06 Investors Business Daily "Bush's Budget Plan Caters To Defense, Targets Medicare," By Jed Graham
02/07/06 LA Times "Budget proposal: Tax cuts stay, safety net suffers A large deficit may not be far behind," By Joel Havemann and Janet Hook
02/07/06 Columbus Dispatch "Bush Budget $2.77 trillion," By Jack Torry & Jonathan Riskind
02/07/06 Baltimore Sun "Bush proposes lean 2007 budget," By Julie Hirschfield Davis
02/07/06 Mercury News "Bush's budget doesn't address long-term fiscal worries, experts say," By Kevin G. Hall
02/07/06 Buffalo News "Entitlement costs unaffordable, White House says," By Douglas Turner
02/06/06 USA Today "Major deficit-reduction deal this year has hurdles," By Richard Wolf
01/31/06 Baltimore Sun "Familiar motifs, not bold policy, expected in Bush speech," By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
01/16/06 USA Today "Bush sets tone for the State of the Union," By David Andrews
01/13/06 Bloomberg News "Bush's 2007 Budget to Reveal Cost of Making Tax Cuts Permanent."
01/13/06 New York Times "Deficit Will Climb in 2006, White House Says," By Edmund Andrews
12/28/05 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Federal Deficit: Sustainable course."
12/27/05 Palm Beach Post

"Debt meter just keeps running," By Joel Engelhardt

12/26/05 Washington Times "America's Starting to Look a Lot Older," By Stephen Dinan and Amy Fagan
12/22/05 Investor's Business Daily "Senate OKs $40 Bil In 5-Yr Deficit Cuts, But Struggle Bodes Ill For Sane Budget," By Jed Graham
12/20/05 Arkansas Democrat-Gazette "Agriculture section of deficit bill a mixed bag," By Alex Daniels
12/20/05 Los Angeles Times "Arctic Drilling Has Been His Burning Issue," By Richard Simon
12/19/05 Ventura County Star (California) "Math on cuts doesn't add up."
12/18/05 Florida Times-Union (Jacksonville) "Leadership Vacation."
12/18/05 Denver Post "Dipping in the Till Again," By John Aloysius Farrell
12/16/05 Lewiston Morning Tribune (Idaho) "Only in D.C. -- adding debt by reducing deficit."
12/16/05 Hartford Courant "Cutting Taxes, Growing Deficit."
12/09/05 Los Angeles Times "House OKs Two-Year Extension of Tax Break," By Richard Simon and Joel Havemann
12/09/05 Philadelphia Inquirer "House Backs Tax Cut, its Fourth in Two Days," By James Kuhnhenn
12/09/05 Lowell Sun "House Keeps Tax Rates Low for Investors," By Evan Lehmann
12/08/05 Washington Post "House Passes 3 Tax Cuts, Plans a 4th," By Jonathan Weisman
12/07/05 Willamette Week "Don't Say You Weren't Warned," By Henry Stern
12/05/05 New York Times "When Even Supply-Siders Say Taxes Must Rise, an Unpopular Policy Looks Inevitable," By Eduardo Porter
12/03/05 The Oregonian "A Dose of Truth"
11/20/05 Tulsa World "Fixing the Budget," By Ken Neal
11/16/05 Washington Post "AARP's America Is a Mirage," By Robert Samuelson
11/14/05 USA Today "A 'fiscal hurricane' on the horizon," By Rich Wolf
11/13/05 USA Today "Rift appears in GOP over cutting taxes and spending," Sue Kirchhoff and Richard Wolf
11/08/05 The August Chronicle "Do We Care About The Kids?," By Walter Williams
11/07/05 The Record "Fake Budget Cutting"
11/04/05 Los Angeles Times "Senate Passes Bill to Cut Spending by $35 Billion," By Joel Havemann & Richard Simon
11/03/05 Mankato Free Press "Our View -- Cut pork, not food for the hungry"
10/24/05 Los Angeles Times "Hurricane Katrina's Price Tag Complicates the Budget Picture,"  By Joel Havemann & Richard Simon
10/21/05 LaCrosse Tribune "Rising deficits and debt; anyone paying attention?," By Tribune Editorial Board
10/18/05 Investor's Business Daily "Spending Cut Push A Good Step, But Gov't Budget Outlook Bleak," By Jed Graham
10/18/05 Yankton Press-Dakotan "Looming Fiscal Problems Demand Action Now"
10/17/05 Minneapolis Star Tribune "Worries grow about state of fiscal denial," By Eric Black
10/11/05 Yankton Press-Dakotan "Coalition: U.S. Fiscal Future Appears Grim"
9/26/05 Richmond Times-Dispatch "Official likens budget deficit to hurricane," By Bob Rayner
9/26/05 Houston Chronicle "Two storms will overflow U.S. deficits," By Loren Steffy
9/25/05 San Francisco Chrnoicle "Deficit Disaster Looms;  Reconstruction spending diverts attention from crisis,"  By Tom Abate
9/21/05 Dallas Morning News "Congress picks up check, debates how to pay," By Robert Dodge and Todd J. Gillman
9/21/05 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Federal Deficit:  The Katrina Tax," By the Editorial Board
9/20/05 Washington Times "Defer drug benefit to offset Katrina, deficit hawks urge,"  By Donald Lambro and Amy Fagan
9/17/05 Knight-Ridder "Bush vows to repair Gulf Coast, prompting fears of deficit spending," By Kevin G. Hall and James Kuhnhenn
9/17/05 Philadelphia Star-Telegram "The Red-Ink Hurricane," By Jack Z. Smith
9/16/05 Associated Press "Despite calls for sacrifice, Katrina's costs will just swell government borrowing," By Andrew Taylor
9/11/05 San Francisco Chronicle "Reckless Spending is no Relief,"  By David Lazarus
9/09/05 San Francisco Chronicle "Hard Times in Big Easy Efforts:  Efforts Intensify to Evacuate Living, Recover the Dead; The Politics," By Carolyn Lochhead
9/08/05 Financial Times "Bush demands $52bn extra funds for relief effort," By Caroline Daniel and Holly Yeager
9/07/05 Newsday "Marching Deeper into Deficit," By Craig Gordon
9/02/05 LA Times "Budget Hit Looms as Senate OKs $10.5 Billion in Immediate Aid," by Mary Curtius, Janet Hook and Richard Simon
8/22/05 Erie Times "GOP responsible for fiscal disaster"
8/20/05 Palm Beach Post "Deficit miserable.  Yay!," by Palm Beach Editorial Board
8/17/05 Washington Post "Don't Count on It," by Washington Post Editorial Board
8/16/05 Chicago Tribune "Republican spendthrifts," by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board
8/12/05 Des Moines Register "Hold the applause for shrinking federal deficit," by Jeffrey Bergman
7/29/05 LA Times "Congress Ready to Approve Energy, Highway Measures," by Richard Simon
7/26/05 Investor's Business Daily "Killing The AMT Tax Is W. House Priority, But Reform Elusive;
Must Be 'Revenue Neutral'; Alternative minimum tax reaches the middle class, but fixes would be costly
," By Jed Graham
7/14/05 Portland Press Herald "New deficit numbers nothing to celebrate"
7/14/05 New York Times "White House Says Deficit Will Fall, and Keep Falling," By Edmund Andrews
7/14/05 USA Today "White House hacks projected budget deficit down to $333B," By Richard Wolf
7/14/05 Chicago Tribune "Deficit outlook improves; Bush credits tax cuts," By William Neikirk
7/14/05 Knight Ridder "Experts disagree over role tax cuts played in cutting federal deficit," By Kevin G. Hall
7/14/05 Cox News "Despite deficit improvement, some say deep problems remain," Bob Deans
7/9/05 CNN "CBO: Budget deficit shrinks"
6/23/05 Washington Post "House GOP Offers Plan For Social Security," By  Mike Allen and Jonathan Weisman
6/23/05 Investor's Business Daily "Republicans Divided On Social Security; Dems Aren't Talking," By Jed Graham
6/23/05 Bloomberg "Republican Social Security Plan May Collide With Budget Deficit,"  By Heidi Przybyla and Jeff Bliss
6/23/05 LA Times "Tapping Surplus in Social Security Draws Skepticism," By Joel Havemann and Janet Hook
5/31/05 Investor's Business Daily "Delaying Social Security Reform Will Make Problems Far Worse," By Jed Graham
5/29/05 The News & Observer "The Fact Is, No Answer Painless," By Tom Rogers
5/29/05 The News & Observer "Building a Better Plan," By David Westphal
5/27/05 Boston Globe "Bush's Sputtering Second Term," By Scot Lehigh
5/22/05 US News & World Report "Just Put It On His Tab," By Dan Gilgoff
5/23/05 Kansas City Star "Welcome to a Bleak Retirement," By Kevin G. Hall
5/18/05 Lowell Sun "Social Security Mess Won't Go Away," By Evan Lehmann Sentinel
5/12/05 LA Times "Senate Paves Way to Exceed Highway Spending Limit," By Richard Simon
5/11/05 Gannett News Service "Social Security Compromise not in Congress' Cards," By Larry Wheeler
5/08/05 San Francisco Chronicle "Is Dubya DC's Only Adult," By Debra Saunders
5/06/05 Investors Business Daily "Dems' Simple Social Security Fix Wouldn't Make Program Solvent," By Jed Graham
5/02/05 Bloomberg "Deficit, Social Security Fight Delaying Bush's Tax-Cut Goals," By Holly Rosenkrantz
4/29/05 Knight Ridder "Bush's Social Security Proposal Widens Partisan Divide," By James Kuhnhenn
4/25/05  Business Week Online "Washington's Deficit Plan?  Nada," By Howard Gleckman
4/24/05 Denver Post "We are the Generation of Debt," By Richard D. Lamm,
4/23/05 Congressional Quarterly "Savings' Debatable Role In a Global Economy," By Alex Wayne
4/16/05 LA Times "Medicaid Fight Threatens Budget," By Joel Havemann
4/15/05  NPR.org's "Taking Issue" "Fiscal Honesty Demanded," By Harry Zeeve (Concord Field Director)
4/10/05 Washington Post "Economy on Thin Ice," By Paul Volcker (Concord Board Member)
4/05/05 Bloomberg News "Budget Talks May Determine Fate of Bush Tax Cuts, Drilling Plan," By Laura Litvan
4/04/05 Buffalo News "Seeking Alternatives for Retirees," By Jerry Zremski
4/01/05 CQ Quarterly Weekly "Social Security's Twofold Problem," By Joseph J. Schatz
3/27/05 Modesto Bee "Deficit static masks frightening numbers"
3/27/05 Seattle Post-Intelligencer "Medicare:  Bad News for Boomers"
3/24/05 Abilene Reporter News "A Move to Reduce Taxes on Social Security Benefits," By Michael Collins
3/20/05 Knoxville News-Sentinel "Should We Borrow Until We're Broke?," By Richard Powelson
3/23/05 Cincinnati Post "Bunning's Amendment 'Irresponsible'," By Michael Collins
3/21/05 Associated Press "Debt May be Part of Bush Legacy," By Tom Raum
3/20/05 Myrtle Beach Online "Experts:  Fiscal 'Nightmare' Lost in Mix," By Marilyn Geewax
3/19/05 Financial Times

"Budget Problems Ahead as Congress Leaves Conflicting Proposals on Table," By Holly Yeager

3/19/05 Concord Monitor "Budget Tests Conservative Deficit Theory," By Joel Havemann
3/18/05 LA Times "Senate Rejects Bush's Cuts," By Joel Havemann
3/18/05 Chicago Tribune "Senate Revolt on Medicaid puts Budget Deal in Peril," By William Neikirk
3/14/05 Investor's Business Daily "New Social Security Plan Merges Add-On and Carve-Out Accounts," By Jed Graham
3/14/05 Associated Press "GOP Senator Would Block Medicaid Cuts in Senate Budget," By Alan Fram
3/13/05 Denver Post "Social Insecurity:  Fixes Abound, but Choosing is Tough," By John Aloysius Farrell
3/10/05 Baltimore Sun "Republicans say Bush Hurts Case for Private Accounts," By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
3/04/05 New York Sun "Pointing Fingers," By David M. Shribman
3/02/05 Marketplace "Recent Poll Suggests Popularity of President Bush's Social Security Reforms is Declining," By Bob Moon (RealPlayer Required)
3/02/05 Washington Times "Push Comes Early for Budget Accord," By Brian DeBose
3/02/05 New York Times "Many Hurdles for Bush Plan," By Richard Stevenson, David Rosenbaum, and Robin Toner
2/28/05 Buffalo News "Medicare Looms As Urgent Worry," By Jerry Zremski
2/27/05 Washington Post "Partisan Social Security Claims Questioned; Budget Experts Say Both Sides Flawed," By Jim VandeHei and Jonathan Weisman
2/25/05 Gannett News Service "Painful Social Security Reforms Remain in the Shadows," By Larry Wheeler
2/20/05 Chicago Tribune "Counting Nightmarish Budget Lines Till Dawn," By William Newkirk
2/18/05 Investors Business Daily "Small 2% Accounts for Social Security Would Limit Deficit," By Jed Graham
2/10/05 Los Angeles Times “Analysts Say Bush's ‘Lean' Budget Is Bound to Swell," By Warren Vieth and Joel Havemann
2/08/05 New York Times “The Big Picture May Seem Rosy, but the Deficit Is in the Details," By Edmund L. Andrews and David E. Rosenbaum
2/08/05 Chicago Tribune “THE 2006 FEDERAL BUDGET: ANALYSIS: Red-ink budget doesn't include costs for war,”
By William Neikirk
2/07/05 New York Times “NEWS ANALYSIS: Trim Deficit? Only if Bush Uses Magic,” By Edmund L. Andrews
2/07/05 Washington Post “Analysis: Deficit Worries Threaten Bush Agenda," By John F. Harris
12/26/04 Los Angeles Times “Bush Team Prepares to Swing Budget Ax By Joel Havemann
12/15/04 CNN “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Robert Bixby, Executive Director, interviewed
12/09/04 CNN “CNN Newsnight,” Robert Bixby, Executive Director, interviewed
12/02/04 Boston Globe “Bush's plan to halve federal deficit seen as unlikely By Rick Klein
12/02/04 Waco Tribune-Herald “Putting this on plastic?”Column by John Young, Opinion page editor
11/26/04 Omaha World-Herald “We can all agree: Encourage bipartisan effort to clean up Washington's budget woes Editorial
11/23/04 Associated Press “$388B Budget Is Lean, but Trouble Lurks By Alan Fram
11/21/04 Washington Post “Congress Agrees on Tight Budget for U.S. By Dan Morgan and Helen Dewar
11/19/04 Howard University's The Hilltop “Bush Optimistic About Second Term By Christina M. Wright
11/16/04 Asheville Citizen-Times “Failure of fiscal leadership breathtaking - and inexcusable By Francella Poston (Francella Poston is a charter member of the Concord Coalition)
11/15/04 Los Angeles Times “Congress, Bush Aren't in Budget Lock Step By Richard Simon
11/13/04 Associated Press “Bush Facing Domestic Challenges Analysis by Tom Raum
11/05/04 Associated Press “Newsview: Bush Agenda Would Add Big Costs By Alan Fram
11/05/04 The Raleigh/Durham News & Observer “HERE'S HOW PHIL SMITH, NATIONAL GRASS-ROOTS DIRECTOR OF THE CONCORD COALITION, SEES IT: Social Security
10/29/04 Reuters “Deficits, boomers cloud White House fiscal horizon," By Jonathan Nicholson and Tim Ahmann
10/27/04 USA Today “Candidates face obstacles to halving deficit,” By Peronet Despeignes
10/26/04 New York Times  “FACT CHECK: Yes, He Said That, but What He Really Meant Was...” By David E. Rosenbaum
10/25/04 Chicago Tribune “Tax relief a given, difference is who gets it By William Neikirk
10/22/04 ABC News “World News Tonight With Peter Jennings: Just The Facts,” Robert Bixby, Executive Director, interviewed
10/22/04 National Journal “Bush Is Not A Safe Pair Of Hands. But Is Kerry?” By Jonathan Rauch
10/21/04 Boston Globe “Bush's tax vision seen as faulty: Analysts say plans add complications By Rick Klein
10/21/04 Los Angeles Times “Wall Street Gives Bush a B Rating, but He Tops Kerry By Tom Petruno
10/21/04 New York Times “Why Taxes Have to Go Up,” Editorial
10/20/04 CNN “CNN Newsnight with Aaron Brown,” Concord's Fiscal Policy in Campaign 2004 cited
10/20/04 Chicago Tribune “Two plans to avoid nightmare scenario By William Neikirk
10/17/04 Washington Post  “Fiscal Ruin on the Horizon Column by David S. Broder
10/17/04 Des Moines Register “We're too soft for tax truth,” Column by David Yepsen
10/15/04 C-SPAN “Washington Journal,” Robert Bixby, Executive Director, guest Watch
10/15/04 Wall Street Journal “Budget Gap Grows to $413 Billion
10/15/04 San Francisco Chronicle “Bush plays his deficit shell game Column by David Lazarus
10/14/04 Chicago Tribune “Two men, two visions, revealed Editorial
10/14/04 Los Angeles Times  “Rivals Choose Their Numbers Wisely By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Warren Vieth
10/18/04 U.S. News & World Report “Record deficit: Both candidates promise to cut the deficit in half by 2009 By Matthew Benjamin
10/13/04 National Public Radio “Bush and Kerry Address Domestic Issues in Debate,” “All Things Considered,” Listen
10/13/04 New York Times “Bush and Kerry Push Domestic Plans, Leaving Off Price Tags,” By Robert Pear
10/13/04 CNN “CNN Newsnight” Concord's Fiscal Policy in Campaign 2004 cited in Post-Presidential Debate Analysis
10/13/04 USA Today “Economic issues on election table By Sue Kirchhoff
10/13/04 The Chicago Tribune “Jobs, taxes generate some half-truths, exaggerations By William Neikirk
10/10/04 NBC News “Meet the Press,” Moderator Tim Russert cites Concord's Fiscal Policy in Campaign 2004
in questions to Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards
10/10/04 FOX News “Fox News Sunday,”Moderator Chris Wallace cites Concord's Fiscal Policy in Campaign 2004 in questions to Democratic Vice Presidential nominee John Edwards
10/10/04 International Herald Tribune “In U.S. campaign, Iraq dominates exchanges By Brian Knowlton
10/10/04 Chicago Tribune “Promise and performance Editorial
10/08/04 New York Times “POLITICAL MEMO: In His New Attacks, Bush Pushes Limit on the Facts” By Adam Nagourney and Richard W. Stevenson
10/08/04 St. Louis Post-Dispatch “Sequel in St. Louis By Jon Sawyer
10/07/04 Washington Post “Conferees Agree on Corporate Tax Bill By Jonathan Weisman
10/07/04 Knight Ridder Newspapers “Candidates' solutions for exploding deficit draw skeptical responses,” By Gregg Fields
10/01/04 Forward “Generational Irresponsibility Of Epic Proportions
9/24/04 Associated Press “Bush, Kerry Economic Budgets Exceed $1T,” By Alan Fram
9/24/04 Washington Post “Congress Votes to Extend Tax Cuts By Jonathan Weisman
9/23/04 CBS Evening News “Candidates On Social Security Robert Bixby, Executive Director, interviewed Watch
9/23/04 National Public Radio “Bush, Kerry Offer Plans for Social Security,” Reported by Scott Horsley, “Morning Edition,” Robert Bixby, Executive Director, interviewed Listen
9/23/04 National Public Radio “Congress Votes to Extend Some Tax Cuts,” Reported by Jim Zarroli “All Things Considered,”
Robert Bixby, Execu