Fiscal cliff: Impact on feds, delivery of public service – November 30, 2012

Jacque Simon
AFGE Public Policy Director

• 2013 premium increases in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan and the impact of federal employees
• The fiscal cliff’s potential impact on federal employees

Former Rep. Bob Edgar (D-Pa.)
President and CEO, Common Cause

• What a fiscal cliff deal might look like
• Common Cause’s agenda for the remainder of 2012
• Filibuster reform in the Senate

Josh Bivens
Research and Policy Director, Economic Policy Institute

• Fiscal cliff analysis and EPI’s budget proposal
• The need to create jobs and strengthen the social safety net