On Wednesday, liberals began calling for the resignation of Alan Simpson, former Republican Senate whip who currently co-chairs the president's fiscal commission. Why? On Monday, Simpson emailed a ...

Erskine Bowles, former president of the UNC System, served as chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. Bowles proposed a new deficit-reduction plan along with Alan Simpson on Tuesday. Erskine Bowles ...

Former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson is known for being really tall (6-foot-7), caring a LOT about the National Debt and being pretty funny. He combined the last two in an interview on Fox, tearing ...

Former Republican senator Alan K. Simpson, on GOP intransigence about raising taxes to help close the budget gap, and anti-tax crusader Grover Norquist. “Just a quick note about Grover Norquist,” ...