Republican Conference Vice Chair, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)

Elizabeth Warren (pictured here) meets with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in the Capitol in Washington DC on September 29, 2010. Warren is Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. (Photo by Jeff Malet)

Andy Stern, the former president of the 2.2 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is part of the 18-member National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform looks for ways to balance the federal budget. Participants talked tough about fiscal discipline at its fifth meeting, but hard decisions were not expected until after the November 2 elections. Politicians from both parties and a handful of business community figures were led by former White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson. The meeting took place on September 29, 2010 on Capitol Hill in Washington DC (Photo by Jeff Malet)