Supercommittee Weighs Old Ideas Before ‘Ridiculous’ Deadline
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Members of Congress on the supercommittee charged with trimming the national deficit are facing a menu of leftovers.
The 12-member panel’s closed-door meetings for the past month have focused on spending cuts in areas accounting for 12 percent of the federal budget -- the same areas lawmakers discussed in previous unsuccessful talks led by Vice President Joe Biden, according to one Republican and one Democratic aide who weren’t authorized to speak publicly.