Thursday, November 17, 2011

Another hidden supercommittee menace The "secret farm bill" could overhaul U.S. agriculture for the next five years with no public debate By Maggie Severns / Salon

Thursday, Nov 17, 2011 5:00 AM 18:02:34 PST

Another hidden supercommittee menace

The "secret farm bill" could overhaul U.S. agriculture for the next five years with no public debate

Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee
Rep. Collin Peterson, ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee (Credit: Reuters)
The congressional deficit supercommittee is pulling into the home stretch. Whether the secret, round-the-clock negotiations among its 12 members will yield a budget-cutting deal before its Thanksgiving deadline is the subject of intense speculation in Washington.
Republican co-chair Jeb Hensarling indicated on MSNBC on Tuesday night that the Republicans have gone as far as they are willing to go when it comes to compromise. House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and others held a press conference this morning urging the supercommittee to “go big” on an agreement over deficit reduction. The White House, in the meantime, is bracing for failure, according to the Washington Post.
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Maggie Severns is a program associate at the New America Foundation. Follow her @maggieseverns. More Maggie Severns

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