Concord in the News

“Unlike in past years, there really is no discussion of the budget at all.

Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz and U.S. Rep.

Presidential candidates talk about what more they will do if they get more money — extracted from somebody else, of course.

Last week, the U.S. Treasury said the deficit for fiscal 2019 was $984 billion, a 26 percent increase from the year before. It's the widest gap between revenue and spending in seven years.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is expected this week to finally start tackling bills that will fund the government in 2020.

WASHINGTON — The United States federal budget deficit jumped 26 percent in the 2019 fiscal year to $984 billion, reaching its 

On Thursday when the Congressional Budget Office forecast a federal deficit of $984 billion for fiscal 2019, the Concord Coalition quickly condemned lawmakers’ lack of concern over our federal gove

The Trump administration is set to resume annual budget deficits exceeding $1 trillion. The national debt (the cumulative tally of annual deficits) now exceeds $22 trillion.

That shift, evidenced by presidential candidates’ plans and a bill backed by nearly 90% of House Democrats, departs from years of conversations about an elusive bipartisan compromise where Democrat