The pressure is growing as the deadline for the Supercommitte’s budget cutting proposals approach. The twelve member committee is due to release its report by November 23rd. They are supposed to come up with one point two trillion dollars in cuts over the next ten years. South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson says if there is no agreement, the automatic cuts that will be imposed could be more severe…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/11/Tim-Johnson-1110a.mp3|titles=Tim Johnson 1110a]Johnson says the automatic cuts are supposed to be the incentive to force the committee to come up with their own decisions…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/11/Tim-Johnson-1110b.mp3|titles=Tim Johnson 1110b]Johnson says there is talk of changing the outcome of the committee by protecting the military from further cuts…
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