President's Fiscal Commission

On Tuesday, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a framework that calls for an additional $2.4 trillion in...

Former Super Committee member and House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) indicated in a recent Bloomberg interview that the...

Fix the Debt co-founders and Fiscal Commission co-chairs Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles have been busy traveling around the country speaking with...

In today's USA Today, Fix the Debt co-founders and Simpson-Bowles co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Al Simpson write that each party can't just have its...

Tonight, the Concord Coalition will present their annual Paul E. Tsongas Patriot Award to the Brave 38—the 22 Democratic and the 16 Republican...

Today on Bloomberg, Edward Lazear -- the former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors under former President George W. Bush -- talked about the...

The New York Times' "Room for Debate" this week takes on our federal debt with a forum entitled "Is the Deficit Urgent, or a Distraction?" Writing in...

Former Governor Jeb Bush (R-FL) declared his support for Simpson-Bowles in a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times, in order to begin taking on...

Is the Simpson-Bowles plan where the budget debate will eventually end up? The latest edition of the Ripon Forum seems to think so, making the plan...

Yesterday, Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA) sent a letter to his House colleagues urging them to adopt Simpson-Bowles as a way to stave off the fiscal cliff.

As Congress heads toward another partisan showdown over the fiscal cliff, it is important to remember that there are plans that have received...

The Announcement Effect Club has a new member after this weekend—Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson. Simpson discussed the dangers of the fiscal...