Summary
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad of North Dakota and the panel's senior Republican, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, are floating the idea of a bipartisan commission to take on the problem of the federal deficit.
That deficit in fiscal 2009 was an unsustainable $1.4 trillion, a post-World War II record. And although that may ease some in the coming decade with economic recovery, there is no serious relief in sight.See the full content of this document
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A Deficit Commission?
Conrad and Gregg's idea is picking up support in Congress. It has already attracted a dozen...
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