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

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

It would be a tragic irony if a population was wiped out because the body supposed to protect them didn’t do it’s job properly.

And so we did. In the 30 years since, Al and Ann Simpson and Sally and Jack Danforth spent a lot of time together, on the ...

Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political ...

Alan Simpson was a towering figure in American politics. As a son of the West, his journey from the rugged landscapes of ...

U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson speaks at the Ramada hotel in Casper, while Rep. Dick Cheney chuckles, in this archival image. (Casper ...

FILE – President Joe Biden awards the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to former Wyoming ...

Former GOP Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today's political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday ...

Simpson was a tough-as-nails Wyoming senator who often expressed things exactly as he saw them. But he knew when to apply a ...