National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

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United States federal commission bipartisan commission

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform was a bipartisan U.S. federal commission created in 2010 to propose measures for reducing the national deficit and stabilizing the country’s long-term fiscal outlook.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fiscal Commission	1
Simpson–Bowles Commission	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal commission ⓘ bipartisan commission ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ surface form: Fiscal Commission National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ surface form: Simpson–Bowles Commission
appointedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ Barack Obama (6 members) ⓘ Harry Reid (3 members) ⓘ John Boehner (3 members) ⓘ Mitch McConnell (3 members) ⓘ Nancy Pelosi (3 members) ⓘ
coChair	Alan Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Erskine Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
dateCreated	2010-02-18 ⓘ
dissolved	2010 ⓘ
focusArea	discretionary spending ⓘ entitlement reform ⓘ mandatory spending ⓘ tax reform ⓘ
formationDate	2010-02-18 ⓘ
issuedReport	The Moment of Truth ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal budget policy ⓘ
legalBasis	Executive Order 13531 ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
member	Alan Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ Alice Rivlin ⓘ Andy Stern ⓘ Ann Fudge ⓘ David Cote ⓘ Dick Durbin ⓘ Erskine Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeb Hensarling ⓘ John Spratt ⓘ Judd Gregg ⓘ Kent Conrad ⓘ Max Baucus ⓘ Mike Crapo NERFINISHED ⓘ Mike Pence ⓘ Paul Ryan ⓘ Tom Coburn ⓘ Xavier Becerra ⓘ
namedAfter	Alan K. Simpson ⓘ surface form: Alan Simpson Erskine Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	18 ⓘ
purpose	improve the long-term fiscal outlook of the United States ⓘ reduce the federal budget deficit ⓘ
recommendation	broaden the tax base and lower tax rates ⓘ reduce discretionary spending ⓘ reduce tax expenditures ⓘ reform Social Security ⓘ stabilize federal debt as a share of GDP ⓘ
reportDate	2010-12-01 ⓘ
result	final recommendations did not receive required supermajority vote ⓘ
sponsor	Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
votingThresholdForApproval	14 of 18 members ⓘ
yearCreated	2010 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform → alsoKnownAs → National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fiscal Commission

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform → alsoKnownAs → National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ

this entity surface form: Simpson–Bowles Commission

Alan K. Simpson → coChair → National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ

Erskine Bowles → memberOf → National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ

Simpson–Bowles deficit reduction plan → proposedBy → National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform ⓘ