Fact of the Matter

Representative James Clyburn, member of Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, aka Super Committee:

It would be a sad commentary on our state of affairs if a decade-old political pledge to a corporate lobbyist were allowed to prevent bipartisan progress on our nation’s most pressing issues. Yet with massive across-the-board budget cuts hanging over us like the sword of Damocles, that seems a possible outcome.

It would. And is.

About the corporate lobbyist here.