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2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Challenge and a Way Forward
The Peterson Foundation convened a broad range of senior officials, policymakers, elected leaders, and experts at its first-ever 2010 Fiscal Summit: America’s Challenge and A Way Forward to launch a national bipartisan dialogue on America’s fiscal challenges.
The Fiscal Summit, held the day after the first meeting of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, brought together hundreds of prominent stakeholders from across the political spectrum with diverse ideas on how to address critical fiscal issues, while continuing to meet the priorities of the American people.
Participants
Erskine Bowles
Co-Chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform
Senator Alan K. Simpson
(R-WY) Co-Chair, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform
Lesley Stahl
Correspondent, CBS 60 Minutes
Alice Rivlin
Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform; founding Director, Congressional Budget Office; former Director, Office of Management and Budget
Representative Paul Ryan
(R-WI) Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform; Ranking Member, House Budget Committee
Lawrence Mishel
President, Economic Policy Institute
Robert Greenstein
Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Neera Tanden
Chief Operating Officer, Center for American Progress
Gwen Ifill
Managing Editor and Moderator, PBS Washington Week; Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour
Robert Rubin
Former Secretary of the Treasury
President Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
Bob Schieffer
Host, CBS Face the Nation
Peter Orszag
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jon Meacham
Editor, Newsweek
Representative Judd Gregg
(R-NH) Member, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility & Reform; Ranking Member, Senate Budget Committee
Representative Allyson Schwartz
(D-PA), Vice Chair, House Budget Committee; Member, House Ways and Means Committee
John Castellani
President, Business Roundtable
John Rother
Executive Vice President, Policy and Strategy, AARP
John Podesta
Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress
Elliott Fisher
Director, Center for Health Policy Research, Dartmouth Medical School
Robert Reischauer
President, Urban Institute
Paul Volcker
Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board; former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Photos
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