Super Committee grows; fiscal conservative Toomey added by GOP

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) named three progressives to the Super Committee on Tuesday, and six more names have been added by other leaders in Congress.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced his picks at the majority leader’s House website. Boehner selected Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas), Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.)

NPR said GOP Senate picks have also been announced: “On the Senate side, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has chosen Sens. Jon Kyl of Arizona, Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania and Rob Portman of Ohio to serve on the committee.”

Toomey is one of the soundest fiscal conservatives in the Senate.US Congress

Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hasn’t announced her selections yet, but the final three selectees will be as liberal if not more liberal than the Senate picks.

(Commentary by Kay B. Day/August 10, 2011)

‘Terrorists’ want feds to cut spending, balance budget

Sen. Al Franken's placard omitted a necessary comma.Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) turned to drama to get his point across in the debt debate. On Wednesday, Franken brought visual aids to the floor for his speech.

One placard read, “Welcome [sic] Terrorists.” No one cared that technically, without the comma, the placard made little sense. Socialists and their fellow progressives were just happy to see another insult leveled at those in Congress who have read the writing on the fiscal wall and know something must be done.

Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fla.), who also heads up the Democratic National Committee, can also be counted on for unrestrained language, otherwise known as shooting her mouth off.

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