MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson
Erskine 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...
Bipartisan Path Forward
How Simpson and Bowles Protect the Disadvantaged
Among the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward...
Tax Reform in A Bipartisan Path Forward
Recent reports from Capitol Hill show momentum for tax reform is building. Both the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees have...
New Simpson-Bowles Plan Would Boost Economic Growth, Not Slow It
Some commentators have criticized deficit reduction plans like "A Bipartisan Path Forward" for, in their opinion, promoting austerity at a...
The Bipartisan Path Forward's Medicare Buy-in
In an effort to bridge differences in long-term structural reforms to federal health spending, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson...
How Simpson and Bowles Plan to Bend the Health Care Cost Curve
In their new deficit reduction proposal, A Bipartisan Path Forward, former Fiscal Commission co-chairs former Senator Al Simpson (R-WY) and Erskine...
"A Bipartisan Path Forward" and the Long Term
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson's new plan, "A Bipartisan Path Forward to Securing America's Future," saves $2.5 trillion to $2.85...
Comparing the Bipartisan Path to Other Budget Proposals
Earlier today, Fiscal Commission co-chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson released a new comprehensive debt reduction plan with $2.5 trillion of...
Simpson and Bowles Release "A Bipartisan Path Forward"
Today, the former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY) and Erksine Bowles, released "A Bipartisan Path Forward...
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson: The Gang of Six is our best shot
In an op-ed today in the Washington Post, CRFB board members Erskine Bowles and Senator Alan Simpson argue that the Gang of Six -- despite...