How Can Congress Possibly Solve the Fiscal Cliff Crisis?<br />National Journal - The Newseum<br />A panel of political and financial experts discuss how America can navigate the looming fiscal cliff.With the pending expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts, a debt ceiling increase, and mandated spending cuts triggered by the failed negotiations of the Super Committee, the end of 2012 brings the U.S. economy to a potentially dangerous precipice.<br /><br />What options are still available for the White House and Congress to avert fiscal calamity? What impact will their ultimate decisions have on the economy? Join National Journal as we gather leading experts and policy makers to explore these important questions.<br /><br />FEATURED SPEAKERS:Nancy Cook<br />Budget and Tax Correspondent<br />National JournalKristin Roberts<br />Managing Editor, Budget and Economy<br />National JournalRep. Allyson Schwartz (D-PA)<br />Vice-Ranking Chair<br />House Budget CommitteeRosemary Becchi<br />Partner, Public Policy and Lobbying<br />Patton Boggs LLPJohn Buckley<br />Professor, Graduate Tax Program<br />Georgetown Law CenterGene Steuerle, Ph.D.<br />Richard B. Fisher Chair and Institute Fellow<br />Urban InstituteJonathan Traub<br />Managing Principal, Tax Policy Group<br />Deloitte Tax LLP
