One Republican member of the Congressional "super committee" who has signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax pledge says that tax increases "are a reality" as a part of any deal to reduce the nation's budget deficit.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The numbers are devastating: almost 2,000 poor kids in Texas with cancer, another 18,000 with diabetes and more than 350,000 suffering from chronic lung disease, heart disease or stroke.
The bipartisan "super committee" created by the debt ceiling deal is comprised of lawmakers who have received big bucks from special interest groups, according to a report by MapLight.
President Barack Obama's Republican foes in the US Congress on Wednesday named tax foes and a "Tea Party" ally to a new "supercommittee" where the next round of bitter US debt battles will play out.
The tea party made historic gains in Tuesday's midterm elections and if one Minnesota Republican has her way, the movement may be in line for a high ranking leadership position.
