Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid has named the following to the committee: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA); Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT); and Sen. John Kerry (D.MA). Kerry recently tried to peg the S&P downgrade as the "Tea Party downgrade," so we can't look to him to support any serious cuts. Perhaps his role, as a super-rich windsurfer, is to advocate the "balanced approach" that is code for raising taxes on those wealthy enough to create jobs.
House Majority Leader John Boehner has named: Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX); Rep. David Camp (R-MI) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI). I don't know anything about these members of the House, but I find it odd that Boehner chose two from Michigan.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The Republican Members of the Super-Committee
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has just announced his choices for the joint super-committee that must designate massive cuts by Thanksgiving. They are: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz., Republican whip); Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA; former head of the Club for Growth); and Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH; former head of OMB).
Note that I have not called it a "Super-Congress," as have some in the media. The Constitution does not provide for a "Super-Congress." Instead, this a joint, bipartisan and bicameral committee.
McConnell has said all along that he wanted creative, thoughtful conservatives who were committed to finding the cuts without blowing up the process. On the one hand, it would have been fabulous to have Jim DeMint and Rand Paul sit on this committee. Chances are, however, that it would have blown up. We need to approach cutting the government like a diet, with discipline, perseverance and the realization that the government didn't get this big overnight and we cannot shrink it overnight.
Let's lift the senators up in prayers. The importance of the task at hand is historic.
Note that I have not called it a "Super-Congress," as have some in the media. The Constitution does not provide for a "Super-Congress." Instead, this a joint, bipartisan and bicameral committee.
McConnell has said all along that he wanted creative, thoughtful conservatives who were committed to finding the cuts without blowing up the process. On the one hand, it would have been fabulous to have Jim DeMint and Rand Paul sit on this committee. Chances are, however, that it would have blown up. We need to approach cutting the government like a diet, with discipline, perseverance and the realization that the government didn't get this big overnight and we cannot shrink it overnight.
Let's lift the senators up in prayers. The importance of the task at hand is historic.
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