"Nobody wants to give up hope. Reality is, to a certain extent,
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"Every plan that Democrats have put forward has included cuts to entitlement programs. But it has got to be balanced,
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Days ago, many lawmakers of both parties urged the supercommittee to bridge ideological gulfs and arrive at a compromise that cuts the deficit by more than the minimum $1.2 trillion specified in a budget deal signed into law earlier this year. Recent weeks have seen some Republicans soften their opposition to new tax revenue, while many Democrats, including President Barack Obama, have long said they would be willing to restructure costly programs that provide income and health care for retirees.
Last-ditch hopes for a bipartisan deal to improve U.S. government finances are waning, days before a deadline for a special congressional committee to recommend ways to achieve $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction over 10 years. Although the so-called “supercommittee” technically has until Wednesday to act, a firm proposal is needed by late Monday so lawmakers and budget analysts can review the plan.
Representative Hensarling says Democrats continue to oppose meaningful spending restraint.
"We all know, and even the president will admit, that the great drivers of our debt are Medicare, Medicaid and health care. Nothing else comes close. But unfortunately what we have not seen in these talks is any Democrat willing to put a proposal on the table that actually solves the problem,
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A Democratic supercommittee member, Representative Xavier Becerra of California, compared the situation to the final minutes of a sporting match.
With hours remaining until Monday’s interim deadline, no one on the 12-member supercommittee says a deal is imminent. The Republican co-chairman,
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"We are deep into the fourth quarter, but there is still time on the clock. I do not think any of us wants to let the time run out," he said.
"I do not think there will be much of a reaction. It is all relative to expectations,
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Economist Mark Zandi of Moodys Analytics, a financial ratings firm,
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Failure by the supercommittee would trigger automatic spending cuts to domestic programs and national defense. In addition, a wide range of tax cuts enacted since 2001 will expire unless extended by Congress.
But the ratio of spending cuts to tax hikes,
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Democrats counter that it is Republican insistence on preserving tax cuts for the rich that is the major sticking point. Once again, Congressman Becerra, who also appeared on Fox.
But Zandi adds that a long-term failure by the United States to confront its debt problem would harm the economy and shatter investor confidence. The U.S. federal deficit exceeds $1 trillion,
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