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    The Supercommittee Solution That Wasn’t

    NOVEMBER 23, 2011 8:33AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: congressional gridlock, paul ryan, senator patrick toomey (r-pa), the center on budget and policy priorities, cut, cut, cut, social security cuts, medicare cuts, farm subsidy cuts, defense cuts, budget cuts, bush tax cuts, supercommittee fails, grover norquist, u.s. debt reduction, sequestration, super committee, supercommittee, taxes, economy, business

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    The Supercommittee: A Titanic for Our Times

    SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 8:34AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: obama administration, mitt romney, alternative minimum tax for corporations, dick cheney, warren buffett, gridlock, john kyl, supercommittee, congressional budget office, cbo, douglas elmendorf, “budget chief seeks wholesale reordering of government priorities”, l.a. times, lisa mascaro, economic recovery, economic meltdown, economy, business, politics, sequestration

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