The advocacy group Concord Coalition has tapped former Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Ga., to lead its new \u2018fiscal responsibility\u2019 group aimed at lowering the country\u2019s $36 trillion in national debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Concord Action said they will lead a grassroots effort to achieve a \u2018sustainable\u2019 national budget. In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of the launch, Bourdeaux, the group\u2019s president and executive director, previewed Concord Action\u2019s plan to pressure Congress to balance the budget.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We are getting ready to launch Concord Action, which will complement the Concord Coalition and is intended to build on all the grassroots energy out there around the debt and deficit, to try to start moving the needle in Congress to bring fiscal responsibility and fiscal discipline to Washington,\u2019 Bourdeaux said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bordeaux, who represented Georgia\u2019s 7th Congressional District for one term beginning in 2021, worked on bipartisan legislation to tackle the national budget crisis during her tenure.She was a member of the Blue Dog Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility and Government Reform, a national group that says it\u2019s committed to reducing the federal deficit through bipartisan policy development.<\/p>\n
Georgia had a Republican-led legislature while Bourdeaux led Georgia\u2019s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office from 2007 to 2010. Bourdeaux played an advisory role to the Georgia State Senate in balancing the budget during the 2008 economic downturn.<\/p>\n
\u2018I was director of Georgia\u2019s Senate Budget and Evaluation Office during the Great Recession,\u2019 Bourdeaux said. \u2018I helped Georgia balance its budget during the worst fiscal crisis in modern memory. One message coming out of that is it can be done. I was working largely with the Republican leadership to balance the budget. But when we did that, those budgets passed by broad and bipartisan majorities. So this can be done through our regular democratic processes. I want to bring that sensibility to what we\u2019re working on here in Concord.\u2019<\/p>\n
Bordeaux said to expect a digital campaign with a newsletter to get the public involved in Concord Action\u2019s grassroots efforts. There will also be a town hall element to build energy on the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A 2024 Fox News Voter Analysis found the economy was the top issue for Americans, with 4 in 10 voters saying inflation was the most important factor in their vote. Voters had a negative view of the economy, with almost two-thirds rating the economy as not good, 40%, or downright poor, 24%.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the country approaches another government shutdown deadline and Congress begins budget negotiations for fiscal 2026, Bordeaux said it\u2019s a necessary time to launch Concord Action.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I think the issue of the debt and deficit is particularly salient to everyone,\u2019 Bordeaux said. \u2018We\u2019ve obviously just been through inflation. We\u2019ve seen interest rates rise. So it really is top of mind for lots of Americans right now.\u2019<\/p>\n
Concord Action said they will pressure Congress to stop adding to the federal debt and create a \u2018sustainable budget\u2019 through \u2018fiscal responsibility.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018We just experienced some pretty serious inflation, and it was driven in part by the deficit in the growing debt,\u2019 Bordeaux said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018We are $36 trillion in debt right now just based on our current trajectory. The Congressional Budget Office thinks we will add another $25 trillion to that,\u2019 she said. \u2018We are spending more on just the interest on debt than we spend on national defense, more than we even spend on Medicare. It\u2019s really starting to put a lot of pressure on a lot of big priorities that we have for this country. It is extremely important that we address this now.\u2019<\/p>\n\n
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