{"id":12246,"date":"2012-10-22T17:06:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T21:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/?p=12246"},"modified":"2012-10-22T17:07:06","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T21:07:06","slug":"judd-gregg-joins-simpson-and-bowles-in-grassroots-fix-the-debt-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/new-hampshire\/2012\/10\/22\/judd-gregg-joins-simpson-and-bowles-in-grassroots-fix-the-debt-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Judd Gregg Joins Simpson And Bowles In Grassroots ‘Fix The Debt’ Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fix The Debt infographic<\/p>

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A bipartisan group of politicians and businessmen<\/a>\u00a0are reaching out to ordinary Americans, asking them to\u00a0bring\u00a0homemade signs and banners<\/a>\u00a0to the polls in November (they suggest paint; stencil, or tape). Their goal? Get concerned grassroots\u00a0organizers\u00a0to pressure elected officials into finding a bipartisan solution to the impending fiscal cliff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Former New Hampshire Governor Judd Gregg is a co-chair of the national organization, called Fix The Debt.<\/p>\n

The organization was founded by the Clinton Administration’s SBA director Erskine Bowles, and former Senator Alan Simpson — authors of the failed bipartisan debt-reduction plan that came out of President Obama’s 18-member National Commission On Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, which was formed in 2010. \u00a0According to spokesman Jon Romano, Simpson and Bowles founded Fix The Debt as a response to the “unwillingness [of politicians] from both sides to come together.” “CEOs,” Romano says, “are saying this is hurting our business, our economy, and we need Congress to act.”<\/p>\n

In a 42 page pamphlet<\/a>, Fix The Debt calls on citizens to educate each other and pressure their elected officials by organizing community events, showing up with posters at the polls, and hosting call-ins to congresspeople after the November election.<\/p>\n

New Hampshire state Senator Lou D’Allesandro (D) and Nashua Mayor Donnalee Lozeau (R), New \u00a0Hampshire’s statewide co-chairs, and are hosting a media conference in Concord tomorrow to publicize the organization’s outreach plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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