supercommittee
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- proper noun
- /ˈsuːpərkəˌmɪti/
- Informal
- To deal with the issue, Congress put together a "Supercommittee" whose primary job was to deal with the growing deficit and find ways to raise revenue (increase taxes) and identify areas to cut spending (curtail government spending).
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In 2011, Congress established a Supercommittee to focus on reducing the growing national debt.
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The Supercommittee's failure was in the cards from the start.
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A Democratic member of the Supercommittee, Senator Patty Murray of Washington, said recently that the impasse can only be avoided if the Republicans will accept tax increases: "There is one solution to this and everyone knows it."
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In a November 2011 letter to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "Supercommittee"), AAA underscored the role that sound transportation funding policies can play in improving the nation's fiscal and long-term economic situation.
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As I've been saying here for the past few months, the Supercommittee's failure was a foregone conclusion the second John Boehner and Barack Obama announced its creation.
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The bipartisan Supercommittee was tasked with finding solutions to the federal budget deficit.
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Many believed that the Supercommittee would face significant challenges in reaching an agreement on spending cuts.
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Etymology
The name supercommittee was used in the U.S. for a special committee in 2011 that tried to reduce the national budget deficit, and it combines super- 'above' or 'very' with committee 'group chosen to do a job'. That's why the name showed it was meant to be a stronger, more powerful committee than a normal one.