Romney, Obama both like deficit-cutting plan, to a point
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney praised the deficit-cutting framework known as Simpson-Bowles in their debate on Wednesday, but neither candidate has embraced the politically unpopular choices put forward in the plan.
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Simpson-Bowles References In Obama, Biden DNC Speeches Vex Media, Progressives
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Journalists here are honing in on Vice President Joe Biden's criticism of the GOP for not supporting any of the deficit-reduction proposals over the past year, noting that President Barack Obama did not embrace a report put out by the co-chairs of the Simpson-Bowles panel. ABC's Jake Tapper, for instance, called the following, from Biden, an "incredible line."
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Lawmakers work with Simpson-Bowles for tax deal
WASHINGTON - Two respected former lawmakers whose names have become synonymous with bipartisan compromise in a highly divisive Congress are meeting with dozens of lawmakers to forestall a potential year-end fiscal crisis dubbed "taxmageddon."
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