The bipartisan Concord Coalition has also commended the dwindling Blue Dog Democrats in the House for going on the record with a set of benchmarks for comprehensive fiscal reform.
The Blue Dog coalition is urging that all options be kept on the table, including both spending cuts and revenue increases.
“We congratulate the Blue Dogs for joining the bipartisan group of 64 Senators in focusing the fiscal discussion not just on the budget for this year or next, but on the serious long-term challenges confronting the nation,” said Robert Bixby, Concord’s executive director.
“We congratulate the Blue Dogs for joining the bipartisan group of 64 Senators in focusing the fiscal discussion not just on the budget for this year or next, but on the serious long-term challenges confronting the nation,” said Robert Bixby, Concord’s executive director.
“Moreover, they recognize, as did the president’s bipartisan fiscal commission, that no serious discussion of fiscal solutions can begin with one side insisting that its priorities must be exempted from scrutiny.”
In a recent letter to President Obama, 64 senators committed themselves to comprehensive budget reform, using the fiscal commission’s recommendations as a starting point for a broad-based discussion. As Concord said in response to this letter, it is crucial that House members also commit themselves to such discussions aimed at achieving long-term fiscal sustainability.
“The Blue Dog benchmarks,” Bixby said, “acknowledge our huge fiscal challenge and push a comprehensive approach that sets targets for long-term debt stabilization and the policy choices required to achieve them.”
In a recent letter to President Obama, 64 senators committed themselves to comprehensive budget reform, using the fiscal commission’s recommendations as a starting point for a broad-based discussion. As Concord said in response to this letter, it is crucial that House members also commit themselves to such discussions aimed at achieving long-term fiscal sustainability.
“The Blue Dog benchmarks,” Bixby said, “acknowledge our huge fiscal challenge and push a comprehensive approach that sets targets for long-term debt stabilization and the policy choices required to achieve them.”
