As a young 20-something editor of the Star Valley Independent, I was impressed that a U.S. Senator would give me time for an ...

As a GOP Senator, Alan Simpson attacked Social Security with insults and lies. Why has Washington overlooked his record?

Wyo., famous for his quick wit and ability to work across the aisle in Congress, died Friday morning. He was 93 years old.

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He served as co-chair in 2010 of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, along with Erskine Bowles, who was previously head of the Small ...

Senate Judiciary Chairman Joseph Biden, D-Del., right, shakes hands with Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., after the committee voted not to recommend the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork ...

Alan Simpson, the former three-term U.S. senator from Wyoming known for his humor, plain-speech and willingness to work through partisan differences, died in hospice care in Cody, Wyoming. He was 93 ...

In 2010, he co-chaired President Obama’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform alongside Erskine Bowles, former head of the Small Business Administration and President ...

The other co-chairman was Erskine Bowles, who had served as President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff. A majority of the 18-member panel endorsed a far-reaching mix of spending cuts, tax increases ...

The edge is off.” In this March 8, 2011 file photo, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Co-Chairmen Alan Simpson, right, and Erskine Bowles, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington.