All six Republicans on the Super Committee have signed Grover's pledge

[ProSense]

Republican leaders pick Super Congress 'team

by Joan McCarter

The fix, as it were, is in.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has appointed Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) to serve on the deficit supercommittee.

Hensarling will serve as the co-chairman of the supercomittee.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appointed his deputy Sens. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), former Bush budget director Rob Portman (R-Ohio), and Tea Party favorite Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Penn.)

That would be Pat "Club for Growth" Toomey and Jon "defense cuts are unconstitutional" Kyl for the Senate, and as for Portman:

The great thing about this is that Rob Portman wasn't just head of Bush's budget office; he also voted for both of Bush's tax cuts and for Bush's invasion of Iraq, so when he talks about fiscal nightmares, he knows exactly what he's talking about.

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[Peacetrain]

1. Is there any republican who has not signed that pact from hell?

[SkyDaddy7]

7. I think just two in the House & I am not sure who they are. nt

[polichick]

2. That will be bad news for the markets, not to mention the country.

[valerief]

3. So it's not really twelve people running the country, it's one. Norquist. nt

[polichick]

4. He must be feeling pretty damn smug today.

[cyberpj]

5. Anyone think this will make Network News tonight? LOL. Well, at least O'Donnell and Maddow will

most likely lead with it.

[Doctor_J]

6. Time for the president, Pelosi, and Reid to denounce this selection

and thereby the committee.

"These selections indicate that the Republicans are not bargaining in good faith - their oath to Grover supercedes their oath to the constitution, and therefore they should not be a part of any legislative body, let alone one with such power. As far as we're concerned the Super Committee is off the table until this is rectified".

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[FreakinDJ]

9. Better look at the Triggers

I don't want any new Corp Tax policy from that "Butt Load of Freakazoids"

[daa]

10. And to think someone took me to task here last time I called

Harry Reid a dumb ass.

[stevenleser]

18. Why would you call him a dumb ass? How could he have stopped the GOP appointments? n/t

[daa]

20. Because of who he appointed. At least 6 to 6 we had a

chance. Now it will be 9 to 3 at best and they will say we tried to stop social security cuts but we only had 3 votes. The other side cheated and signed the Norquist pledge. That's why.

[daa]

21. Ah yes John Kerry what did he say Sunday?

And as of Sunday on Meet the Press, Kerry's view on that was that

the real problem for our country is not the short-term debt. We can deal with that. It's the long-term debt. It's the structural debt of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid measured against the demographics of our nation.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. I'd like to see a list of GOPers who haven't signed.

Are there any at all?

[RC]

14. freshman Rep. Kevin Yoder.

He is the only one I can find with a Google search. But only 95% of the Republican congress criminals have signed it, so there's gotta be more.

[CitizenLeft]

12. Hensarling is a reprehensible shit. nt

[Supersedeas]

23. no doubt about it--The Most Despicable Hatchman on the RW side of the House

a true Corporate shill....from Texas no less.

[Supersedeas]

24. Almost every appointment represents an important subcommittee chair or co-chair WITH ONE EXCEPTION

Camp is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committees, while Upton leads the committee on Energy and Commerce. Hensarling is chairman of the House Republican Conference.

Hensarling has not budgetary expertise whatsoever--he is simply a political shill.

[think]

13. The US military budget is insane and out of control but hey let's cut medicare

I'm getting sick of both parties and their utter lunatic approach to managing this country.....

[valerief]

16. I guess it's tougher for the wealthy to siphon $$$ into their pockets from Medicare than it is from

the WAR budget.

[flamingdem]

15. So that dweeb will impact the debate with his nonsense, incredible nt

[think]

17. All six are douche bags who never balanced the budget when Bush cut those taxes for the rich.

I don't care if they were in office or not then. They are supporting an evil plan that the DEMs should be using against them. Remind the people how they cut those taxes for the rich and NEVER balanced the budget!

[fadedrose]

19. Where in the hell is Larry Flynt when you need him?

Surely Grover or one of these creeps has a secret gf or bf who might come public with enough incentive of a reward and promise of safety...

[Supersedeas]

22. Kyl and Hensarling are probably the most vicious practitioners of partisan

politics that the Republicans could have chosen...yet there they sit on the 'bipartisan' committee.

[DCBob]

25. This is not good news. Looks like there are no "compromisers" there.

More GOPer-forced hell ahead of us.

[DCBob]

26. On the Reverend Al's show just now commentary is suggesting Portman might vote with the Dems..

I guess its possible if he willing to sacrifice his career.

[politicasista]

27. We should spend more time attacking the GOP panel rather than the Dems n/t

[LiberalFighter]

28. There needs to be a campaign to destroy Grover and his ideas

and anyone that agrees.

There needs to be a campaign to expose the disaster those ideas promote.

[Jakes Progress]

29. Kinda makes a shambles of the "deal", doesn't it?

Who could have possibly foreseen that the republicans would not deal straight on this? What a surprise.