The Senate on Tuesday rejected a proposal to establish a potentially powerful commission to reduce the federal budget deficit, despite President Obama's endorsement and swelling voter anger about government spending and debt.
The bipartisan measure would have required Congress to accept or reject the commission's recommendations without making changes, a provision designed to prevent lawmakers from dodging the most politically risky proposals. ...
Comment: Another Czar? What we need is for the citizenry to vote for politicians that will start taking action to reduce the budget and reduce the size of government, not a non-elected Politburo. In this I agree with the Senate.
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