Published September 13, 2011, 12:00 AM

CBO director


Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011, to testify on the national debt at a hearing of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction. The panel, often called the "supercommittee, was created out of the bipartisan compromise during the debt ceiling crisis in August. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)




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