Alan Simpson

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FILE - A May 9, 2014 file photo of Alan Simpson, one half of the Galton and Simpson writing duo behind Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son, in London. Simpson's agent, Tessa Le Bars, said Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, that he died "after a brave battle with lung disease." Simpson was 87. (Justin Tallis/PA via AP, File)

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FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, Alan Simpson, speaks in Washington, D.C. A group of Republicans have come out in support of legalizing gay marriage in Utah and Oklahoma, arguing that allowing same-sex unions is consistent with the Western conservative values of freedom and liberty once championed by Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater. The group that includes former Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming and former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum of Kansas plans to file a friend of the court brief Tuesday, March 4, 2014, to a federal appeals court in Denver that is reviewing same-sex marriage bans in Utah and Oklahoma, said Denver attorney Sean Gallagher, whose firm wrote the 30-page argument. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Supercommittee Co-Chairmen Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican (right), and fellow committee member Rep. James E. Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat (left), welcome Erskine Bowles (second from right) and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson (second from left) to a Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday before the supercommittee heard testimony from the two former co-chairmen of similar panels. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Nov. 10, 2010, file photo, Erskine Bowles, left, watches former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairman of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

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BLOOMBERG Erskine Bowles (right) and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the president's deficit commission, challenged the panel's members to put aside partisan differences and agree to its tax and budget recommendations.

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Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, speak during a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, take part in a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left center, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, take part in a meeting of the commission on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Debt Commission co-chairmen Erskine Bowles, left, and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, right, talk with other members Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., and Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010, before a meeting of the commission .(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Erskine Bowles (right) and Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Obama's independent commission, said they are not sure whether they will have the supermajority of votes needed Friday to approve an aggressive deficit-reduction plan to submit to Congress.

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Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Erskine Bowles (left) and former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, arrive for a news conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday. (Associated Press)