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The founding Simpson family is retaining a significant continuing interest in Town, and the company will continue to be led by Alan Simpson and his talented management team. The investment by Callisto and AIMCo will provide Town with the capital to...
Whether or not it’s the right approach depends on whom you ask. The Obama budget introduced Monday is “just what we said in our [2010] report, if everybody in America would read the 67-page report. It’s written in English,” said Alan Simpson, the...
Members of the U.S. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction listen to testimony from Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson , co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici, co-chairmen of... View Photo »
He did all he could considering the pressures he got from outside and from his own party ... There were people (on the supercommittee) who wanted one thing and one thing only -- for it to fail.
Bowles and Simpson, co-chairs of a congressional committee created through a 2010 executive order of President Barack Obama to address the nation’s fiscal hurdles, spread the blame evenly between the major political parties for the country’s $15...
That savings won't even dent the trillions the U.S. will spend on health care during that same time span. Obama already has a blueprint to reduce debt - Charlotte's Erskine Bowles and Wyoming's Alan Simpson showed how to reduce deficits by $4 trillion...
In November 2010, the co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsility and Reform issued a "list of illustrative savings," although they conceded not everything on the list was backed by the other commissioners. But Democrat Erskine Bowles...
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former Sen. Alan Simpson, (R-WY)(R), and Erskine Bowles (L), participate in a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on... View Photo »
But, Mr. Norquist, don't times change? Isn't that what Alan Simpson is saying? I think his conservative bona fides are pretty well established, and he's saying, 'Look, times change. There requires a balanced approach, and in this kind of economy, after a financial crisis, revenues have to be part of the...
DC — Former National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform co-chairs Sen. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles released the following statement in response to President Obama’s FY 2013 budget: “In the framework he announced in April and what he...
So to put it in your words and President Obama’s own words, it is not as bold as he would be willing to be if he had a Republican partner in Congress - CARNEY: It is a very bold proposal. And it is absolutely designed on the framework laid out by...
Alan John Simpson (born 20 September 1948 in Bootle, Liverpool) is a British Labour politician and Member of Parliament for Nottingham South. Full Article
Alan Simpson (R) directs a response as he and Erskine Bowles (L), co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, testify before the U.S. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 1, 2011. The...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-WY) (L) and former White House Chief of Staff under the Clinton Administration Erskine Bowles (R), both co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, speak to the media during a news conference at...
View Photo »Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform speaks during a news conference on deficit reduction, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington.
View Photo »Alan Simpson, left, and Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform take part in a news conference on deficit reduction, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011, at the National Press Club in Washington.
View Photo »Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, center, flanked by Alan Simpson, left, and Erskine Bowles, co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform speaks during a news conference on deficit reduction, Monday, Sept. 12, 2011,...
View Photo »Former U.S. Republican Senator Alan Simpson, co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, speaks at the 2011 Fiscal Summit on Solutions for America's future in Washington, May 25, 2011.
View Photo »Members of the U.S. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction listen to testimony from Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson , co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, and Alice Rivlin and Pete Domenici, co-chairmen of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former Sen. Alan Simpson, (R-WY)(R), and Erskine Bowles (L), participate in a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on November 1, 2011 in Washington, DC. The...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)(R), speaks while flanked by, former Sen. Alan Simpson, (R-WY)(2nd-L), Erskine Bowles (L), and former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin (2nd-R), during a Joint Deficit Reduction Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, former Sen. Alan Simpson, (R-WY) (2nd-R), and Erskine Bowles (2nd-L), talk with Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX)(L), during a Joint Deficit Reduction...
View Photo »Answering supercommittee co-chair Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. , for a show of hands, from right to left, former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici, R-N.M. , former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin, and former Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo. , and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs...
View Photo »From right, former Senate Budget Committee Chairman Pete Domenici; former White House Budget Director Alice Rivlin; former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday,...
View Photo »Supercommittee Co-Chair Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, right, and Supercommittee member Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C. , left, welcome Erskine Bowles, second from right and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, second from left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, prior to the Supercommittee's...
View Photo »Former Soviet union president Mikhail Gorbachev, right, shakes hands with friend and moderator, former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, at the conclusion of Gorbachev's speech as guest speaker at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo. , Friday Oct. 14, 2011.
View Photo »Fiscal Commission co-chair Alan Simpson (L) speaks to reporters after his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington April 14, 2011. Obama said on Thursday the United States must use the tax code to help meet its targets for reducing the deficit. Behind...
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks as Alan Simpson (R), co-chair of the Fiscal Commission, listens during their meeting at the White House in Washington April 14, 2011. Obama said on Thursday the United States must use the tax code to help meet its targets for reducing the deficit.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 14: President Barack Obama (2L) holds a meeting with Vice President Joe Biden (L), Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (R), and Alan Simpson, the co-chair of President Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in the Oval Office of...
View Photo »(L-R) Alan Simpson, co-chair of the Fiscal Commission, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and OMB Director Jack Lew sit together during a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington April 14, 2011.
View Photo »President Barack Obama (C) and Vice President Joe Biden (2nd R) meet with Erskine Bowles (L) and Alan Simpson (R), co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, at the White House in Washington April 14, 2011. Obama said on Thursday the United States must use the tax code to help meet its targets...
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (L) speaks as he holds a meeting with Erskine Bowles (R-partially seen) and former Senator Alan Simpson (C) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 14, 2011.
View Photo »Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the president's deficit commission, speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, after a meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
View Photo »Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the president's deficit reduction commission, leaves the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 14, 2011, after a meeting with President Barack Obama in the Oval Office.
View Photo »President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden meet with the co-chairmen of the president's deficit reduction commission, including Alan Simpson, right, Thursday, April 14, 2011, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.
View Photo »Former Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of the presidential fiscal commission, talks with former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, right, during a budget deficit forum in Denver on Friday, April 8, 2011.
View Photo »National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform co-Chairmen Alan Simpson (L) and Erskine Bowles (R) speak at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Jobs for America Summit 2010" in Washington, in this file photo from July 14, 2010. In 1983, a civil servant named Robert Ball worked a...
View Photo »Alan Simpson (R) directs a response as he and Erskine Bowles (L), co-chairmen of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, testify before the U.S. Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 1, 2011. The...
View Photo »He did all he could considering the pressures he got from outside and from his own party ... There were people (on the supercommittee) who wanted one thing and one thing only -- for it to fail.
But, Mr. Norquist, don't times change? Isn't that what Alan Simpson is saying? I think his conservative bona fides are pretty well established, and he's saying, 'Look, times change. There requires a balanced approach, and in this kind of economy, after a financial crisis, revenues have to be part of the...
You all know what we have to do. In your gut, you know what we have to do.
They'll all go home to their districts, and say, 'You know what I did for you, I saved you from any cuts in Medicare and Social Security,' and the cheers will go up ... The other guys will go home to their base and say, 'I saved you. I didn't allow one single cent of additional taxes, so I saved you.' A...
They’ll all go home to their districts, and say, ‘you know what I did for you, I saved you from any cuts in Medicare and Social Security,’ and the cheers will go up
People say `how do you stop it?' you know, with their jaws hanging open
America's not going to just collapse, but we won't be No. 1
Anything you like - culture, arts, education, research and development, transportation and development - will all be squeezed out because of the failure to deal with the one thing that is, unquote, untouchable
It was so specific that when we put it out they laughed
We're on a trajectory of debt, deficit and interest which matches all of those countries ... except we're a lot bigger. The trajectory is exactly the same.
