Zak: It was Harry Reid who Proposed the Committee of Twelve

Michael Zak - [Excerpt]: The Democrats have thought several steps ahead of the Republicans with their Committee of Twelve. They'll use this Super Committee to create a huge crisis -- for President Obama to resolve. They hope to blame the GOP for an impasse of their own making. Read the full article at Grand Old Partisan... Read More......

ALG Blasts Reid for Placing Sen. Murray on Super-committee

August 10th, 2011, Fairfax, VA—Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson today blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for placing Senator Patty Murray on the deficit reduction committee:

Senator Murray serves as the Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, whose job is to raise money to maintain the Senate Majority. Murray’s inclusion indicates that Harry Reid is using the super-committee as a means to shake down political interests in exchange for protection in the budget process.  Read more at Get Liberty.org - Americans for Limited Government (ALG)...

UPDATE: See full list of Super-Committee appointees:

DEMOCRATS
Sen. Patty Murray (WA)
Sen. Max Baucus (MO)
Sen. John Kerry (MA)
Rep. James Clyburn (SC)
Rep. Xavier Becerra (CA)
Rep. Chris Van Hollen (MD)

REPUBLICANS
Sen. John Kyl (AZ)
Sen. Pat Toomey (PA)
Sen. Rob Portman (OH)
Rep.Jeb Hensarling (TX)
Rep. Dave Camp (MI)
Rep. Fred Upton (MI)

Is this constitutional? --bc
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