Lawmakers shiver over supercommittee

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Democrats and Republicans who served on the 2011 supercommittee shuddered Tuesday as lawmakers debated bringing the concept back to life.

“I pray to God every day that I will never be put on another supercommittee,” House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) told reporters.

“Not again. Not again. Oh my gosh,” Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) said. “Having served as a member of the so-called supercommittee, there was nothing super about it. And it was just punting. It’s another way to get out of doing what you should.”

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Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), both supercommittee veterans, added that Republicans were trying to take revenue increases — one of the key differences between the parties — off the table.



Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/house/327381-supercommittee-ii-members-pray-to-god-they-wont-serve

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This would be hilarious if it was not so sad. Even Republicans and their staffers are ridiculing the idea of another super committee. Some of the comments slamming the idea are pretty funny: "“We’re discussing the idea of a bipartisan supercommittee staff reunion, where we reminisce and settle scores live on C-SPAN,” one former staffer told The Hill." Finally, the fact that Republicans are trying to set up a committee that can only discuss issues on their terms is also rarely mentioned in the media.

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. super committee....now that's an oxymoron

(and would have plenty of morons on it!)...

[grahamhgreen]

2. I'm sure they'll find that we have to cut SS, even though it does not add one nickel to the deficit!

They could save a lot if time and just say it.

[Paulie]

3. What they going to so? Sequester the sequester?

All this BS comes back to Paul fucking Ryan and his bullshit budgets. They should send a budget to the Senate that can pass for once instead of the jackbooted death and destruction commode paper Ryan crap.