Budget Crisis Decisions Now Up To ‘Super Committee’ « CBS Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — To avert a future debt ceiling and budget crisis, Congress has appointed a commission; a group of 12 to hammer out a deal the other 523 members of the House and Senate could not, and did not.
The “dirty dozen” debt commission, also known as the Super Committee, will have six Democrats and six Republicans. Their epic task is to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget. And the House and Senate get one vote: Up or Down.
“What’s the goal?” asked former Minnesota Republican United State Senator David Durenberger....
He’s concerned the Super Committee is a fig leaf for a dysfunctional Congress.
No kidding, eh?
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