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six Republicans who had co-sponsored it nevertheless voted against it
The count is off by one: seven Republicans who had co-sponsored the Conrad-Gregg proposal later voted against it, not six.
Full reasoning
Contemporary reporting on the Conrad-Gregg proposal identifies seven Republican co-sponsors who later voted no: Robert Bennett, Sam Brownback, Mike Crapo, John Ensign, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, and John McCain. The Senate roll-call page for the January 26, 2010 vote shows all seven of those senators voting Nay on the amendment. So the article understates the number of former GOP co-sponsors who voted against the measure.
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- McConnell reverses position on Conrad-Gregg budget commission - PolitiFact
"Those seven - Robert Bennett of Utah, Sam Brownback of Kansas, Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Ensign of Nevada, Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, James Inhofe of Oklahoma and John McCain of Arizona - withdrew their co-sponsorship in the days before the vote and then voted against it on the floor."
- U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111th Congress - 2nd Session
The January 26, 2010 roll call on Conrad Amendment No. 3302 shows Bennett (R-UT), Brownback (R-KS), Crapo (R-ID), Ensign (R-NV), Hutchison (R-TX), Inhofe (R-OK), and McCain (R-AZ) all voting "Nay."
Budget Process Reforms by creating discretionary spending caps and caps total federal revenue at 20 percent of GDP.
This gets the revenue cap wrong. The Simpson-Bowles plan capped revenue at 21 percent of GDP, not 20 percent.
Full reasoning
Summaries of the Simpson-Bowles final report consistently describe its revenue target as 21 percent of GDP. Brookings' overview of the commission says the plan "capped revenue at 21 percent of Gross Domestic Product," and the Peterson Foundation's summary likewise says the plan would raise revenue to 21 percent of GDP. That directly contradicts the article's statement that the plan capped revenue at 20 percent of GDP.
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- Ten Leadership Lessons from Simpson-Bowles | Brookings
The report "reformed the tax code by ending a number of tax loopholes, cut tax rates and capped revenue at 21 percent of Gross Domestic Product."
- Comprehensive Plans to Address the National Debt
Under "Simpson-Bowles," key highlights include: "Raising revenue to 21 percent of GDP ..."
Mike Bennett and Mike Johans.
Both names are misspelled here. The senators were Michael Bennet of Colorado and Mike Johanns of Nebraska.
Full reasoning
The Colorado senator's official Senate biography spells his name Michael Bennet (one 't' at the end of the surname), not "Mike Bennett." The U.S. Senate's official list of living former senators spells the Nebraska senator's name Mike Johanns (with a double 'n' and a final 's'), not "Mike Johans."
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- About - U.S. Senator Michael Bennet
The official Senate biography begins: "Michael Bennet has represented Colorado in the United States Senate since 2009."
- U.S. Senate: Living Former Senators (Alphabetical)
The Senate's official former-senators list includes "Johanns, Mike (R-NE)."