FILE - This April 14, 2011 file photo shows Erskine Bowles, right, Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of the president&#39;s deficit reduction commission, talking to reporters outside the White House in Washington after their meeting with President Barack Obama. The election may be over, but a new campaign is being waged in the nations capital as lobbyists, advocates and trade groups fight to shape the governments response to the looming fiscal cliff. Its a twist on the usual lobbying effort: Instead of digging for more tax dollars, theyre trying to protect what theyve got. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)