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Google News: Tax impasse threatens US deficit progress
[Financial Times] - On Tuesday, the supercommittee reconvened publicly to hear testimony from Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, co-chairs of a bipartisan commission set up last year by the White House, which put forth a sweeping $3900bn deficit reduction deal.
Guardian: I pooh-pooh the pooping pooch
[The Guardian] - Alan Simpson, acting chair of the Toy Retailers' Association, explains about Doggie Doo (with admirable support for the manufacturer, if not, perhaps, complete medical accuracy): "Kids like pooh, but it's yellow, so it's OK." Also heading our way
Google News: US Republicans: An oracle of orthodoxy
[Financial Times] - That came amid a torrent of criticism against Mr Norquist, including from Republicans such as Alan Simpson, who led a bipartisan commission that called for a reform that would lower tax rates and eliminate loopholes to reduce the deficit.
Alan Simpson Delivers Lecture on Politics and Partisanship at JFK...
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While American politics today suffers from an emphasis on partisanship, eliminating the party system would probably not be effective, said Alan K. Simpson in a ...
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