Analysis: No 'firebrands' on super committee
Federal News Radio
Aug. 11, 2011
Congress is making its appointments to the so-called super committee, charged with finding ways to cut $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit over the next ten years.
The picks have a history of deal-making and none are partisan "firebrands," said Steve Bell, the senior director of the economic policy project at the Bipartisan Policy Center, in an interview with the Federal Drive on Thursday morning, when nine of the 12 had been selected.
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