Rep. Jan Schakowsky on the Deficit Commission Report

Submitted by Anna on Sat, 12/04/2010 - 11:39

MALAK BEHROUZNAMI, REPORTER (VOICE-OVER), TRNN: The political action committee PDA, Progressive Democrats of America, declared Tuesday, November 30 national call-in day to say no to Social Security and Medicare benefit cuts proposed by former Senator Alan Simpson and President Clinton’s former chief of staff, Erskine Bowles, cochairman of the deficit commission on fiscal responsibility put together by President Obama. In addition to call-ins, which, according to PDA members, shut down Congress’s switchboards twice today, members of PDA came to DC to lobby Congress to cut military spending. ....

The Real News Network briefly interviews Donna Smith, before interviewing Jan Schakowsky on her plan for deficit reduction.

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