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For understandable reasons, the focus in Washington over the past year has been on the nation’s physical health, and its resulting consequences for the near-term economy, rather than on our longer-term fiscal health.

Sequestration is making headlines once again in Washington as federal lawmakers work quickly to avoid untimely reductions in Medicare reimbursements to healthcare providers – in the middle of a viral pandemic. And if one sequester wasn’t enough trouble, Congress must deal with two.

On the latest Facing the Future, we took a wide-ranging tour of the fiscal policy landscape as the Biden Administration prepares to unveil new proposals that media reports indicate could cost $3 trillion or m

Last week, I got my second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. It got me thinking about where we were at this time last year and where things are heading now.

The annual economic projections of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) underpin the agency’s budget estimates.

On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Robert L.

Background Every year the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issues a long-term budget outlook covering the next 30 years. The last such report was released on March 4, 2021 and covered the 30 years ending in 2051.

On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by former Comptroller General of the United States, David M.

WASHINGTON -- The Concord Coalition said today that new 30-year projections by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) demonstrate why Congress and the president should ensure that necessary near-term steps to control the COVID-19 virus and support the economy should not make the already

On the latest Facing the Future, I was joined by Concord Coalition Executive Director, Robert L.