Concord Action Concord Coalition

Federal Budget

Ff Tags
Search
Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks
Facing The Future

Deficit Fix Requires Hard Choices Not Gimmicks

Mar 13, 2025
Special Guest: Former CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

State Budgets and Examining ‘Replacement Rates’ for Social Security

Aug 19, 2022
Special Guest: Steve Robinson, Phil Smith, Av Harris, Phil Sletten
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
In our first segment Concord’s communications director Av Harris and I  looked in detail at the New Hampshire state budget with Phil Sletten, research director for the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute. Later, national field director Phil Smith - who worked…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Reconciliation Bill on Climate and Health Care Passes While Inflation Shows Signs of an Ebb

Aug 12, 2022
Special Guest: Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
The Senate’s version  is much smaller than the original House legislation. It would spend approximately $740 billion to help reduce prescription drug prices for Medicare beneficiaries, preserve affordable health insurance through Obamacare marketplace exchanges, and invest in clean energy technologies…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

CBO Long Term Budget Outlook: Rising Deficits, Debt, and Economic Challenges

Aug 3, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Philip Swagel. Steve Robinson, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we welcomed back Dr. Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to give us more insight and analysis following the CBO’s release of its annual long-term budget outlook last week. The Concord Coalition’s chief economist Steve…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

The Growing Cost of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Jul 27, 2022
Special Guest: Jason Beaubien, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we examine the growing human and economic cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as it grinds on into its 6th month. The war has pushed up fuel and food prices and helped lead to…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Making the ‘Case’ in Congress for Fiscal Discipline

Jul 20, 2022
Special Guest: Ed Case, Phil Smith, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with Representative Ed Case of Hawaii, a leader of the House Blue Dog Coalition, about his sometimes lonely job of convincing his colleagues in both parties to pay for the programs they…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Budget Reconciliation Package for Biden Domestic Agenda Faces Challenges

Jul 15, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we once again prove the old adage that if you don’t like the way the political winds are blowing in Washington DC, just wait 5 minutes. In this case, our program this week focused…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

David Gergen Says It’s Time for New American Leadership

Jul 6, 2022
Special Guest: David Gergen, Tori Gorman, Phil Smith
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
In honor of the July 4th holiday, this week on Facing the Future, we are once again running our recent program with David Gergen,  advisor to four US presidents (Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton), CNN political commentator, and professor at Harvard’s…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Social Security and Medicare Creep Towards Insolvency

Jun 15, 2022
Special Guest: Av Harris, Tori Gorman, Steve Robinson
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we looked at challenges ahead for Social Security and Medicare. According to the latest reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, we are creeping towards insolvency for both programs by the next decade.…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Breaking Down the CBO 10-year Baseline

Jun 4, 2022
Special Guest: Tori Gorman, Steve Robison, Phil Smith, Av Harris
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we relied on a panel of Concord Coalition staff to help us break down the latest 10-year Budget and Economic Outlook released by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. I gave my own interpretation of…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

COVID Lingers. Have We Learned Any Lessons?

May 26, 2022
Special Guest: Dr. Jodie Guest, Av Harris, Phil Smith, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we focus on the persistently lingering COVID 19 pandemic, as we appear to be in another national surge of infections, and have recently surpassed 1,000,000 deaths from the pandemic in the United States. The pandemic…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
Facing The Future

Congress has a Tall Agenda and a Short Clock

May 12, 2022
Special Guest: Jon Lieber, Tori Gorman
Save on Spotify Read Commentary
This week on Facing the Future, we spoke with one of the top experts on Congressional process and economic policy – Jon Lieber, managing director for the Eurasia Group’s United States Practice.   Lieber has extensive experience in top policy positions…
Other Ways to Listen
Read More
1 2 3 … 14

Support Our Mission to Restore Fiscal Discipline

$25
$150
Other
The Concord Coalition Corp. is registered as a 501(c)(3) organization, as determined by the Internal Revenue Service, and all contributions are tax-deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law.
Jump to Content