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[Hannah Bell]

"the proposed executive order would establish an 18-member bipartisan commission to propose a multiyear plan to reduce annual deficits. The panel would report after the November elections, and Congress would vote on its recommendations in December."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/us/politics/24debt.html


Nancy Pelosi sneaked language into the rule that the House is voting on tonight regarding war funding.

Embedded in the rule is the requirement that the House will vote on the deficit commission’s recommendations in the lame duck session if they pass the Senate.
...She’s putting this language into the rule in order to deflect responsibility from herself when it comes to the floor for a vote during a lame duck session, since without her approval that could never happen.

http://firedoglake.com/2010/07/01/breaking-pelosi-sneaks-approval-of-vote-on-debt-commission-recommendations-into-rule-regarding-war-funding/


The commission's report is due by December 1. House Democrats have committed to voting up or down on the package if the Senate passes it first.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Peo9QMAJ2y4J:tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/source-debt-commission-fights-over-freezing-military-pay-slashing-benefits.php+deficit+commission+recommendations+congress+vote&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us