Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Has Been Set Up to Fail
August 04, 2011 at 09:06 AM EDT
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (PL 93-344) passed the House and Senate in 1974 with almost no dissenting votes — 75 to 0 in the Senate and 401 to 6 in the House. By today’s hyperpartisan standards, the fact that a law dealing with the budget passed with virtually no opposition seems miraculous. [...]
