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Today's Word "supercommittee"

Colloquial term for Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction on

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supercommittee \SOO-per-kuh-mit-ee\ (noun) -1 : Colloquial term for Congress' Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, formed to forge bipartisan agreement around the debt-ceiling crisis. 2 : Sometimes used ironically; given the committee's ultimate failure, "super" suddenly seemed like an unfortunate misnomer.

"While many put their faith that the Congressional supercommittee would bring about a solution to the nation's debt crisis, failure to compromise led to the entire endeavor being a huge fiasco."

 

Origin: U.S. debt ceiling crisis


 

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