Will the supercommittee stalemate sink Congress?

Is anyone surprised the supercommittee failed? Like the Redskins, Congress has become a Washington institution that has repeatedly let its constituents down -- and polls suggest people saw the stalemate over budget cuts coming. The 12-member, bipartisan panel's failure to find $1.2 trillion in ...

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