Published November 22, 2011, 12:00 AM

Failure


In this Nov. 15 photo, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, leaves reporters behind as he turns into a restricted corridor in the Capitol for closed-door talks with fellow Republican members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in Washington. Fanning out to the sets of various talk shows Sunday, Democrat and Republican Supercommittee members blamed each other for a deepening impasse that has all but doomed any chances for accord. (AP Photo/File/J. Scott Applewhite)
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