Same goal, opposing plans for debt ‘supercommittee'
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
WASHINGTON -- Digging in for a bruising struggle, Republicans on Congress' deficit-fighting "supercommittee" targeted Social Security and government health care spending Tuesday while Democrats pressed for higher tax revenue as part of any deal to reduce red ink by at least $1.2 trillion over the next decade.
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