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Joint Deficit Reduction Cmte: Review of Previous Debt Reduction Proposals

info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This is a event and includes the following programs:

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Hearing
Overview of Debt Proposals, Panel 2
Joint Deficit Reduction Cmte: Erskine Bowles & Alan Simpson

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Hearing on Discretionary Spending

info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Douglas Elmendorf testified on discretionary federal spending at a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. Among the topics he addressed were defense spending, tax policy, federal revenue, entitlement programs, and the effects of President Obama's announcement of troop withdrawal from Iraq on the deficit. The hearing was briefly interrupted by a protester representing the Occupy Wall Street movement who called for tax increases on the richest one percent and an end to war as a means of reducing the deficit.

Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee: Revenue Options and Tax Code Overhaul

info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This is a event and includes the following programs:

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Hearing on Tax Code Reform
Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee, Part 2

Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee: National Debt Assessment

info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Meeting
Joint Select Deficit Reduction Committee: National Debt Assessment - PORTION

Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction Meeting

info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction held its first meeting. The bipartisan supercommittee aims to recommend $1.2 trillion in budget deficit reduction over a ten-year period. Members made opening statements and established committee rules.