Inflation: Here Today, Here Tomorrow?
January 20, 2022This week on Facing the Future, we discussed the inflation outlook with Jason Furman, former chair of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors from 2013-17, and now a profess
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The 1992 Tsongas Campaign and the Birth of The Concord Coalition
January 06, 2022This week on Facing the Future, we kicked off the 30th anniversary of The Concord Coalition’s founding by talking with Kitty Kurth, a veteran of the 1992 Paul Tsongas presidentia
As 2021 Comes to a Close, Unfinished Business Dominates 2022 Congressional Agenda
January 04, 2022For our last Facing the Future program of 2021, I gathered an all-star panel of Concord Coalition staff including: Policy Director Tori Gorman, Chief Economist Steve Robinson, Na
Unfinished Business Looms in 2022
December 22, 2021By any measure, this has been an eventful year on the budget front.
CBO Score of Permanent Costs of Build Back Better Act Show $3 Trillion Increase in Deficits
December 10, 2021Build Back Better Act - Transformational or Temporary?
Transformational policies are not temporary policies.
Congress Says No-No to PAYGO
December 09, 2021What began as a tense week of dangerous brinkmanship over the debt limit in Congress is ending with a surprising burst of bicameral cooperation and bipartisanship.
Building Back on Bets
November 24, 2021The Hill
"The Build Back Better Act (BBBA), now on its way to the Senate, is often described by proponents as a fully paid for transformational investment in our nation’s future.
The Concord Coalition Calls on Democrats to Close $160 Billion Gap in Build Back Better Act
November 19, 2021Washington, DC – The Concord Coalition today is calling on Congress to close the nearly $160 billion federal budget hole that would be created over the next 10 years if P
Can The Democrats Message "Yes"?
November 18, 2021This week on Facing the Future, we focused on the political arguments surrounding President Biden’s Build Back Better Act (BBBA) and specifically the concerns raised by West Virginia Sena
Build Back Better's Unfinished Framework
October 30, 2021The Biden Administration released this week a revised Build Back Better framework (BBBF) that reflects the president’s negotiations with Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Krysten Sinema (D-AZ)