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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dadc, post: 1235817, member: 32072&quot;]The next round of $1.5 trillion in cuts would be decided by a committee&nbsp; of 12 lawmakers evenly divided between the two parties and two chambers.&nbsp; This so-called super Congress would have to present its cuts by&nbsp; Thanksgiving, and the rest of Congress could not amend or filibuster the&nbsp; recommendations.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;UPDATE&quot; </p><p>WASHINGTON -- In order to shore up GOP support for a deal to raise&nbsp; the debt ceiling, Senate Democrats are exploring ways of giving the&nbsp; proposed &quot;super Congress&quot; even greater super powers, according to&nbsp; multiple news reports and congressional aides with knowledge of the&nbsp; plan.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Under the new proposal, if the new legislative body, made up of six&nbsp; Democrats and six Republicans from both chambers, doesn&#039;t come up with a&nbsp; bill that cuts at least $1.5 trillion by Thanksgiving, entitlement&nbsp; programs will automatically be slashed.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/super-congress-debt-ceiling-deficit-deal_n_914272.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/super-congress-debt-ceiling-deficit-deal_n_914272.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/super-congress-debt-ceiling-deficit-deal_n_914272.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/debt-ceiling-deal_n_914538.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/debt-ceiling-deal_n_914538.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/31/debt-ceiling-deal_n_914538.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I mean. Anyone else worried?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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