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  1. The Cost of Spending: Can deficit-reduction plans make a dent?

    The report from President Obama's highly touted deficit-reduction commission came out two years and 18 days ago. On that brisk December morning, Democratic Sen. Kent...

  2. U.S. Deficit Commission Recommends Changes to Social Security

    A draft proposal by the deficit commission suggests curbing Social Security benefits and raising the retirement age.The co-chairmen of the panel appointed by Preside...

  3. What led to the fiscal crisis? Years of kicking the can

    The possibility of Washington failing to avert the double-whammy of tax hikes and spending cuts next month is looking far less remote.With 24 days remaining to strik...

  4. Alan Simpson , Erskine Bowles Unveil New Deficit Reduction Plan

    Former U.S. Dept. of Labor Chief Economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth, former Fed Economist Kevin Hassett and former Sen. Scott Brown, (R-Mass.), on the new Simpson-Bowles plan to reduce the deficit.

  5. The Deficit Commission Is a Big, Fat Dud

    The Deficit Commission is a dud. We always suspected it, now we know it. Co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson attempted a grand compromise on solving the defici...

  6. Hospitals, Labor Unions Blast Health Care Cost Cuts in Deficit Commission Plan

    WASHINGTON -- The health care cuts proposed by President Barack Obama's deficit commission would reach virtually every corner of society, making cost curbs in the ne...

  7. Deficit Commission Defense

    Rep. Paul Ryan on what conservative critics are missing

  8. 'Journal Editorial Report': Deficit Commission Defense

    This is a rush transcript from "The Journal Editorial Report," November 20, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.PAUL GIGOT, HOST: This we...

  9. Top Senate Democrat pushes tax hikes on wealthy

    A top Senate Democrat said Tuesday that tax rates on the wealthy should go up and that tax breaks benefiting the middle class must be preserved.The move by Charles S...

  10. How Obama Missed His Moment on Entitlements

    "...the budget that [Rep. Paul Ryan] came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget defici...

  11. Former Senator Simpson on Long-Term Debt Plan

    Former Senator Alan Simpson on launching the 'fix the debt' campaign.

  12. Deficit Commission Good For Nothing?

    FBN's Gerri Willis sounds off on the government's attempt to deal with the nation's growing debt.

  1. Former Sen. Simpson: S&P Downgrade Was Avoidable

    Deficit Commission Co-Chair and Former Senator Alan Simpson reacts to the U.S. credit downgrade.

  2. Obama pins blame on Republicans for looming cuts, as fiscal hawk warns of 'failed presidency'

    President Obama pinned the blame on Republicans Tuesday for looming spending cuts that may be triggered by what was originally a White House proposal -- while a form...

  3. Fmr. Sen. Simpson on the 2012 Election

    Deficit Commission Co-Chair Former Sen. Alan Simpson , (R-Wyo.), on the 2012 presidential election and the changes to the Republican Party.

  4. Sen. Simpson: Economic Focus in 2012

    Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) on the payroll tax extension, cutting the deficit, and how to get the economy back on track in the New Year.

  5. Simpson to Keep Job on Deficit Panel Despite Offensive E-Mail

    Former Sen. Alan Simpson will keep his job on President Obama ’s deficit panel despite pressure from advocacy groups worried about his comments comparing Social Secu...

  6. Apology Not Accepted: Two Dems, Women's Groups Call for Simpson to Be Fired

    Two Democratic lawmakers and several women's advocacy groups are calling on President Obama to fire former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson from the federal debt commission...

  7. Former Sen. Alan Simpson on Sequestration

    Former Sen. Alan Simpson , (R-Wyo.), on the steps to rein in government spending.

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