The Senate's top Democrat, Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, said Tuesday that he would appoint Democratic senators Patty Murray of Washington, Max Baucus of Montana and John Kerry of Massachusetts to the powerful 12-member bipartisan panel created in last week's debt ceiling deal that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
9 More Spots Still Need To Be Filled On Debt Committee
Washington (CNN) -- It's three down, nine to go in naming the members of a new congressional "super" committee charged with crafting a plan to cut the country's deficit, as a new poll Wednesday showed a majority of Americans support a combination of higher taxes on the wealthy and deep spending cuts to tackle the problem.
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super comittee is bad news
unconstitutional to boot.
Here's one for all of you democrat loons, let's say Republicans get control of senate.
Who will then stack the super committee?
Can you say, is that something you idiots want?
but for now the the dems will be stacking this committee, could they also ram through anti second amendment legislation?
3:06 its already being set up equally. 3 house gop, 3 house dems, 3 senate gop, and 3 senate dems. No domination by either party or chamber.
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