( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “Security and Medicare.” A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress has won approval from a House committee. [CutID: <Cuts> FED-DEBT-COMMISSION-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 20s Title: FED-DEBT-COMMISSION-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: Security and Medicare] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Republicans blame […]
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Some lawmakers want a commission to tackle $34 trillion national debt
( ) -q-20- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “Security and Medicare.”
A bill to create a bipartisan commission that would tackle the nation’s soaring debt and make policy recommendations to Congress has won approval from a House committee.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Republicans blame federal spending for annual deficits. Many Democrats cite tax cuts enacted under Republican administrations.
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House Republicans are making the bill a priority. The chairman of the Budget Committee says “everything’s on the table” regarding possible action to slow the federal government’s increasing level of debt, which now stands at more than $34 trillion. Many Democrats see the commission as an attempt to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare.