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Each party in each house is entitled to name three members, although only the House Democrats have done so. | Each party in each house is entitled to name three members, although only the House Democrats have done so. | ||
==Presidentially appointed members== | ==Presidentially appointed members== | ||
*[[Alan Simpson]] former [ | *[[Alan Simpson]] former [[U.S. Senator]] ([[U.S. Republican Party|R-]][[Wyoming]]) | ||
*Clinton chief of staff [[Erskine Bowles]] | *Clinton chief of staff [[Erskine Bowles]] | ||
*[[Ann Fudge]] president of Young and Rubicam Brands | *[[Ann Fudge]] president of Young and Rubicam Brands | ||
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*[[Alice Rivlin]] Brookings Institution economist, founding director of the [[Congressional Budget Office]], director of the Clinton Administration [[Office of Management and Budget]], former vice chairman of the [[Federal Reserve System]] | *[[Alice Rivlin]] Brookings Institution economist, founding director of the [[Congressional Budget Office]], director of the Clinton Administration [[Office of Management and Budget]], former vice chairman of the [[Federal Reserve System]] | ||
*[[Andy Stern]], president of the [[Service Employees International Union]] | *[[Andy Stern]], president of the [[Service Employees International Union]] | ||
==Congressionally appointed== | ==Congressionally appointed== | ||
===Senate=== | ===Senate=== | ||
===House=== | ===House=== | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 26 February 2010
Created by President Barack Obama, the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform is chartered to create a proposal to balance the U.S. budget, other than interest on the national debt, by 2015. Congressional leaders have agreed to vote on its proposals by 1 December 2010.
Each party in each house is entitled to name three members, although only the House Democrats have done so.
Presidentially appointed members
- Alan Simpson former U.S. Senator (R-Wyoming)
- Clinton chief of staff Erskine Bowles
- Ann Fudge president of Young and Rubicam Brands
- David Cote Republican chairman of Honeywell International
- Alice Rivlin Brookings Institution economist, founding director of the Congressional Budget Office, director of the Clinton Administration Office of Management and Budget, former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System
- Andy Stern, president of the Service Employees International Union