Debt Panelists Draw Skepticism on Partisanship, Tax Stances
The U.S. Senate Majority leader and the U.S. Speaker of the House have announced their members for the 12 member debt panel, the super committee assigned with coming up with $1.5 trillion in spending cuts and savings. Mitch McConnell, the Senate Minority leader has also named his 3 members to the panel and now the remaining 3 members of the panel must be decided on by Nancy Pelosi. The choices have drawn a good amount of cynicism as many of them are viewed as either very partisan or being ideologically opposed to any sort of tax increases or deficits.