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The Concord Coalition was among the organizations that sent the letter to congressional leaders that is discussed in the following excerpt : 

You’ve got deficit hawks (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, the Concord Coalition), groups on the right (Heritage Action, FreedomWorks, Americans for Prosperity) and a host of groups on the left (Tax March, the Economic Policy Institute, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.)

During the latest Facing the Future, Adam Lord, a manager at the CPA firm Penchansky & Co.

Low interest rates on the federal debt have allowed the government to borrow more in recent years without seeing the cost of servicing that debt rise as a share of the economy (GDP).

The Concord Coalition today joined 11 other organizations from across the political spectrum in sending a letter to congressional leaders opposing a package of “extenders” -- temporary busines

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

“We need to have a strong economy,” says Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the nonpartisan Concord Coalition. “But a strong economy does not mean that we will be able to avoid making hard choices on programs like Medicare, Social Security and other spending priorities.”

“To me the number one message is: We are running out of time,” said Marc Goldwein.

The report by the Social Security and Medicare trustees shows that if Congress does nothing, retirees will, by 2035, receive only 77 percent of their promised Social Security benefits.

With growing threats from climate change and natural disasters, some lawmakers in both parties are discussing needed changes in how Washington budgets -- or to be more precise, fails to budget -- for disaster-related costs.