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Budget Enforcement Provisions in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Read moreAs we have written before, key elements of the Bipartisan Path Forward focus on reducing the debt as a percentage of GDP over the long term. Bowles... -
Discretionary Savings in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Read moreOver the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort. Additional opportunities for... -
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson April 2013
Read moreErskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), the two former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, have spent the last two and a half year... -
Op-Ed: A Grand Bargain is Still Possible. Here’s How.
Read moreWashington Post | April 29, 2013 In the 2½ years since the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that we co-chaired released its... -
How Simpson and Bowles Protect the Disadvantaged
Read moreAmong the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward... -
Op-Ed: Obama’s Legacy Rests on Reducing the Debt
Read moreThe Hill | April 26, 2013 Second presidential terms build legacies, and this president’s will be tied solidly to the decisions he makes about the... -
New Simpson-Bowles Plan Would Boost Economic Growth, Not Slow It
Read moreSome commentators have criticized deficit reduction plans like " A Bipartisan Path Forward" for, in their opinion, promoting austerity at a time when... -
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The President's Budget in the Long Term
Read moreContinuing our analysis of the President's FY 2014 budget proposal, we turn to how the President's budget would affect long-term revenues and spending... -
The Bipartisan Path Forward's Medicare Buy-in
Read moreIn an effort to bridge differences in long-term structural reforms to federal health spending, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson... -
"A Bipartisan Path Forward" and the Long Term
Read moreErskine Bowles and Alan Simpson's new plan, " A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future," saves $2.5 trillion to $2.85 trillion over the... -
CBO Takes a Look at the CPI-E
Read moreOpponents of the chained CPI often propose an alternative index for cost-of-living adjustments, the experimental CPI for Americans 62 years of age and...