CHAIRMEN

BILL FRENZEL JIM NUSSLE TIM PENNY CHARLIE STENHOLM

House and Senate Join Together in Go Big Effort November 16, 2011
Today, in a rare bipartisan, bicameral showing, Republican and Democratic members of the House and Senate joined together to call for the Super Committee to think big on debt reduction. In recent weeks, 100 members of the House and 45 senators from both sides of the aisle have urged the Super Committee to propose at least $4 trillion in savings over ten years, well above the Committees $1.2 trillion mandate. If it wasnt clear before that theres a serious bipartisan and bicameral effort in support of a $4 trillion savings package, then it is now, said Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. What the Super Committee is working on by putting everything on the table in search of a compromise is so important, and those 12 lawmakers should know that they are supported by a large group in the House and Senate on both sides of the aisle. Todays renewed support for a Go Big approach to debt reduction comes as the 12 members of the Super Committee enter the final days of negotiations. The Committee has until November 23 to vote on a final package of reforms. Its up to the Super Committee and leaders in Congress to heed the calls that so many of their colleagues are making and to capitalize on this unique opportunity of a fast-track process and the undivided attention of the American public, added MacGuineas. But this group of lawmakers is not alone there are business leaders, small business owners, everyday Americans, former government officials, economists, policy experts, and many others also supporting this effort to Go Big. This is such an important moment, and with the world watching, failure just cannot be an option. Getting a big deal passed may actually prove to be easier from a political perspective, and it has the added benefit of being what we need to do for the fiscal and economic health of the nation.

PRESIDENT
MAYA MACGUINEAS

DIRECTORS
BARRY ANDERSON ROY ASH ERSKINE BOWLES CHARLES BOWSHER STEVE COLL DAN CRIPPEN VIC FAZIO WILLIS GRADISON WILLIAM GRAY, III WILLIAM HOAGLAND DOUGLAS HOLTZ-EAKIN JIM JONES LOU KERR JIM KOLBE JAMES MCINTYRE, JR. DAVID MINGE MARNE OBERNAUER, JR. JUNE ONEILL PAUL ONEILL RUDOLPH PENNER PETER PETERSON ROBERT REISCHAUER ALICE RIVLIN CHARLES ROBB MARTIN SABO ALAN K. SIIMPSON JOHN SPRATT GENE STEUERLE DAVID STOCKMAN JOHN TANNER LAURA TYSON GEORGE VOINOVICH PAUL VOLCKER CAROL COX WAIT DAVID M. WALKER JOSEPH WRIGHT, JR.

SENIOR ADVISOR
ROBERT STRAUSS

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