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Posted on 08/09/2011 2:50:06 PM PDT by clove
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will appoint Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Max Baucus of Montana, and John Kerry of Massachusetts to the new super committee tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in additional deficit reduction by November 23, according to a senior Democratic aide familiar with Reid’s decision, which is expected to be made public as early as Wednesday.
Additionally, Murray is expected to co-chair the committee, officially named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with a still unnamed House Republican. A spokesman for Reid did not respond to a request for comment.
Reid’s decision to tap Murray will likely be met with scrutiny, as she is also chairing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 2012 election cycle. But she is also a member of leadership, a senior member of the Budget Committee, and a woman on what is likely to be a male-dominated committee.
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You are FAR too generous. i'm thinking that 150 combined is a stretch.
This whole structure is unconstitutional. No matter who is on it. The fix is already in.
Hey Jeff, this is ok, I was assured plenty of times on this forum, that this would never happen and taxes would not go up. This was a super genius plan that made GW’s super genius, super secret plans just look small.
This is a traitorous act, from which there will likely be no recovery.
Dumb, Dumber, and Dumberer. In no particular order.
Wait until the truth about Kerry’s child porn convict old mouthpiece, Wade Sanders, comes out. Could cost Kerry his Silver Star. It’s all about “process.”
This could be fun!
Tweedle-Dee, Tweedle-Dum, and Tweedle-Dumber.
Thanks clove.
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Great..3 communists on the Super Committee..what were the republicans thinking to ever go along with such a stupid idea
Great..3 communists on the Super Committee..what were the republicans thinking to ever go along with such a stupid idea
Great..3 communists on the Super Committee..what were the republicans thinking to ever go along with such a stupid idea
Safe picks for Reid. Murray was reelected in 2010 (52%), Baucas (73%) & Kerry (65%) in 2008.
A lesbian, a drunk and a gigolo—great
Three ultra-liberal, tax and spend democrats.
The republicans no doubt will respond by putting 3 tax and spend rinos on the panel.
To adequately balance the Senate 3, the pubbies should pick: Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, and Mike Lee.
Yeah, cause we’re all so stupid we can’t guess what this committee is going to say and recommend.
Tax hikes.
Military cuts.
More social spending.
More big government.
More liberalism.
The people who think this group is going to say otherwise also probably believe John Stewart and Bill Maher are unbiased.
IMO, the best solution is gridlock forcing the automatic cuts.
Bozeman, home of Montana State University, is quite the People’s Republic. I’m not sure about Billings and Great Falls.
This should never have gone to a freaking committee.
We already know what it’s going to say.
This is like asking NOW about abortion. Do you think for one second you’ll get a pro-life answer?
Or asking Jesse Jackson about Affirmative Action. Do you actually think he’s going to suggest getting rid of it?
This is just a waste of time,energy and money at a point when we are out of all three.
I don't think they will. But in any case, this committee is a stacked deck.
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