Members of Congress will have to make some major decisions on budget cuts and taxes before the end of the year. That’s when the sequestration process will begin. That’s a series of automatic cuts that was the only result of the failed “supercommittee” effort last winter. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he doesn’t want to see all those decisions dumped into a lame duck session after the November election…
Thune says national security could be threatened if the cuts are not altered…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2012/05/John-Thune-510b1.mp3|titles=John Thune 510b]Senate democrats have said they will not cooperate if increased taxes are not on the table. Thune says republicans don’t see taxes as the problem…
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