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Source: Democrats Murray, Baucus, Kerry on Super Committee
National Journal ^ | August 9, 2011 | 5:28 p.m. | Susan Davis

Posted on 08/09/2011 2:50:06 PM PDT by clove

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will appoint Democratic Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Max Baucus of Montana, and John Kerry of Massachusetts to the new super committee tasked with finding $1.2 trillion in additional deficit reduction by November 23, according to a senior Democratic aide familiar with Reid’s decision, which is expected to be made public as early as Wednesday.

Additionally, Murray is expected to co-chair the committee, officially named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, along with a still unnamed House Republican. A spokesman for Reid did not respond to a request for comment.

Reid’s decision to tap Murray will likely be met with scrutiny, as she is also chairing the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for the 2012 election cycle. But she is also a member of leadership, a senior member of the Budget Committee, and a woman on what is likely to be a male-dominated committee.

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Nothing will go wrong with this....right?
1 posted on 08/09/2011 2:50:14 PM PDT by clove
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To: clove

...swell...


2 posted on 08/09/2011 2:51:15 PM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: clove
So you have the stupidest woman in the Senate, joined with a two-faced backstabber of epic proportions, and a commie who denounced the US Army and the men in it.

I'm not sure even the Democrats could do worse than this ~

3 posted on 08/09/2011 2:52:01 PM PDT by muawiyah
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To: clove
I'm glad to see that Dingy Harry is taking this seriously.

Stupidest person in the Senate as co-chair. Was Gorelick not available?

4 posted on 08/09/2011 2:52:59 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (0 - 537 They ALL must go.)
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To: clove

They can stick their super committee where the sun don’t shine.


5 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:02 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: clove

THIS is the lineup they are sending into the game? Wow. Pathetic.


6 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:13 PM PDT by rjeffries
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To: clove

This should make for some interesting soundbites, thats for sure.


7 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:23 PM PDT by rdcbn
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To: clove

lol Im feeling it/s


8 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:31 PM PDT by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: clove

Combined IQ approaching 300?


9 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:34 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: clove

I am curious to see what they come back with. Probably more BS.


10 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:49 PM PDT by GreenvillePatriot
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To: clove

The dems have selected losers.

I vote for DeMint, Rubio and Rand Paul for our side.


11 posted on 08/09/2011 2:53:53 PM PDT by Joann37
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten

Sideways.


12 posted on 08/09/2011 2:54:02 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: clove

omg!


13 posted on 08/09/2011 2:54:28 PM PDT by goods
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To: rjeffries

I’m sure the pub list will enlist wonder boy McCain and his ilk...


14 posted on 08/09/2011 2:54:42 PM PDT by cherry
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To: clove

Too bad Shelia Jackson Lee isn’t a senator—she’d make a swell addition to this lineup!


15 posted on 08/09/2011 2:55:21 PM PDT by basil (It's time to rid the country of "gun free zones" aka "Killing Fields")
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THIS is the lineup they are sending into the game? Wow. Pathetic.

What did you expect? With Harry Reid trying to put on a power play....they still do not understand what they are doing. The 2012 election can not come soon enough for me.

16 posted on 08/09/2011 2:55:43 PM PDT by clove (God, Family and Country, the truth will live!)
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To: Baynative

Ping! If you haven’t already been.


17 posted on 08/09/2011 2:56:32 PM PDT by Spunky (“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abh)
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To: clove

Looks like defense is fixin to take a hit.


18 posted on 08/09/2011 2:56:45 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin)
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Combined IQ approaching 300?

You are being much too generous...

19 posted on 08/09/2011 2:56:44 PM PDT by clove (God, Family and Country, the truth will live!)
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I’m sure the RINOS will nominate Snowe, Collins and McCain


20 posted on 08/09/2011 2:56:58 PM PDT by JohnLongIsland
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