The Congressional Super Committee of Twelve has failed to put together a plan to save the country's fiscal butt before the January 2013 deadline.
Despite having specially mandated super powers to be able to speed through red tape and deliver a plan, they were unable to agree on much of anything. They have not even been able to agree on the disagreements.
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