Alan Simpson: Deficit Plan Can Pass After Debt Limit ‘Blood Bath’ | Talking Points Memo

The Republican co-chair of the White House’s fiscal commission predicted this morning that his controversial recommendations for reducing long-term deficits will have a real opportunity to become enacted next year, when the nation brushes up against its debt ceiling, and newly elected Republicans threaten to send the country into default.


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