arushton.com » Congress http://www.arushton.com Web site of Alex A. Rushton Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:32:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Dealageddon! – A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Compromise – The Super Committee http://www.arushton.com/2011/08/03/dealageddon-a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-compromise-the-super-committee/ http://www.arushton.com/2011/08/03/dealageddon-a-heartbreaking-work-of-staggering-compromise-the-super-committee/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:52:01 +0000 Alex Rushton http://www.arushton.com/?p=860 Even a congressional super committee might not be able to save Congress from its archenemy: the disappointed American people.

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