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On Facing the Future, Concord Coalition Executive Director Robert L.

Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz and U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (GA-10) co-hosted “Principles and Priorities,” a federal budget exercise presented by The Concord Coalition, a nonpartisan think tank that advocates against federal deficit spending.

Join Congressman Jody Hice (GA-10), Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz, and The Concord Coalition on November 7, 2019 to participate in “Principles and Priorities,” an interactive federal budget exercise. The event will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

CONCORD - On November 15, join The Concord Coalition and the The Warren B.

Presidential candidates talk about what more they will do if they get more money — extracted from somebody else, of course. They studiously avoid any talk of belt-tightening and doing without in order to contain runaway spending.

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. The Congressional Budget Office projects the deficit for this fiscal year will rise above $1 trillion.

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 highest level in seven years as the government was forced to borrow

WASHINGTON - The Concord Coalition said today that a new budget process reform bill co-sponsored by Senate Budget Committee Chair Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Budget Committee member Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) proposes reforms that would address some of the most vexing p

On Facing the Facts this week, The Concord Coaliton’s Executive Director Robert L Bixby substituted for regular host Chase Hagaman. Bixby’s guest was Josh Gordon, Executive Vice President and Director of Policy & Research at Free the Facts.