Americans are holding out for a hero on spending. Maybe even a superhero.
What if there was a group of
lawmakers whose sole mission was to scrutinize our spending and find at least
$1.2 trillion in cuts
in a sweeping effort to control
the country’s economic crisis? Sounds like something the we could really use.
Maybe we could even call it a
super-committee?
Well…apparently we’ve got one.
Today, we introduce the members of the super-committee like you won’t see them
anywhere else. Has America found its spending
superheroes? Want more? Get the full rundown on the committee and its members in the
accompanying fact sheet. Get the FULL Rundown on this Committee and how they have voted.Click here to download.
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| Source: Bankrupting America
* Voted against the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform proposalv
**Voted for an earlier version of this stimulus.
***Voted against an earlier version of this bill and was one of three Republicans to do so; he later flip-flopped to back the bill.
**** No recent key votes, though Toomey has been extremely critical of both TARP and the 2009 stimulus
References:
i White House: Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal. July 31, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/
2011/07/31/fact-sheet-bipartisan-debt-deal-win-economy-and-budget-discipline
ii White House: Fact Sheet: Bipartisan Debt Deal. July 31, 2011. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-pressoffice/
2011/07/31/fact-sheet-bipartisan-debt-deal-win-economy-and-budget-discipline
iii All member biographies are from CQ.com’s Full Member Bio subscription service.
Becerra: http://www.cq.com/person/H0411
Clyburn: http://www.cq.com/person/H3673
Van Hollen: http://www.cq.com/person/H1712
Hensarling: http://www.cq.com/person/H4520
CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF..EVERYTHING YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KNOW..
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