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Spratt, Becerra and Schakowsky Named to White House Deficit Panel

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) just named the latest members of the White House deficit commission: Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-S.C.),

Jul 31, 2020630 Shares314.8K Views
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) just named the latest members of the White House deficit commission: Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt (D-S.C.), Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).
President Obama launchedthe panel last month after the Senate — behind a cynical group of previously supportive Republicans— killed a proposalto create a similar commission. The panel, composed of 12 members of Congress and various budget experts, will make recommendations to Congress about ways to rein in deficit spending — a concession that Capitol Hill lawmakers can’t do the job on their own.
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