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After some introductory remarks, President Clinton and members of Congress spoke about the need for a national dialogue on Social Security reform. In his remarks, the president used several …

In the first panel, Mr. Apfel talked about the necessity of Social Security for the support of the elderly, disabled and others, but he explained that Social Security alone is not enough for…

The Senate Subcommittee on Aging held a hearing on using budget surpluses to save Social Security and Medicare as the baby boom generation approaches retirement age. Deputy Treasury Secretar…

Martha Phillips talked about the upcoming conferences at the White House on the future of Social Security which the president mentioned in his State of the Union address. She also took audie…

The day after the president released his budget proposal, Mr. Karmin moderated this discussion on his budget and the Balanced Budget Amendment. They highlighted various aspects of the budget…

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities hosted a discussion on deficit reduction measures enacted during the 104th Congress and the effect they have on certain segments of society. Partic…

Participants examined the details of GOP Presidential Candidate Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) economic proposal, which he released in a speech in Chicago on August 5. They evaluated several aspects…

Current news issues were examined through; newspapers, interviews with journalists/newsmakers/legislators, and viewer phone calls/faxes/e-mail. In the first segment, Mr. Jeffrey Birnbaum of …

A balanced federal budget bill created on the Internet was presented. The project allowed citizens to budget the government hypothetically. Participants included scholars and government empl…

Former Senator Warrren Rudman (R-New Hampshire) and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Joseph Stiglitz addressed a symposium sponsored by the Concord Coalition. They talked about e…

The Washington Journal program examined current news events and political issues through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewe…

Neil Howe, Concord Coalition, and Martha Phillips, Executive Director-Concord Coalition, talk about a report that compares federal and military pensions to those in the private sector. They …

Fred Goldberg and former Senator John Danforth (R-Missouri) discussed various issues concerning entitlement reform, which included such entitlements as Social Security, Medicare, unemploymen…

Panelists discussed balancing the federal budget, especially by reforming entitlement programs. They also took a few questions from the audience.

C-SPAN’s Washington Journal examined news and political issues through reviews of newspapers, interviews and viewer calls. Reporter Richard Dunham, of Business Week, talked about tax deducti…

The Concord Coalition released its second annual “Deficit Reduction Congressional Scorecard,” which rates members of Congress based on their votes concerning deficit reduction. The coalition…

The Concord Coalition hosted a forum on entitlement and health care reform. The Concord Coalition was a bipartisan organization that focused on ways to eliminate the federal budget deficit. …

Opening remarks and a panel discussion from The Concord Coalition policy forum on entitlement reform and the federal budget deficit.

The Concord Coalition is a bipartisan organization that focuses on eliminating the federal budget deficit through educating and organizing the public. The group was founded in 1992 by former…

Former Senators Paul Tsongas and Warren Rudman, co-chairs of the Concord Coalition, released what the group was calling its first annual deficit reduction scorecard. At the briefing, the two…