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Bayh Wants Measure to Help Reduce Debt

By Nina Settappa

Bayh Wants Measure to Help Reduce Debt

June 18, 2010 Updated Nov 11, 2009 at 7:09 AM EST

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh says it's time to get serious about reducing the nation's record $12 trillion national debt.

The Democrat said Tuesday that he will not support an upcoming vote to raise the debt limit unless Congress commits to a strict new process to rein in the debt.

Bayh backs creation of a bipartisan commission that would debate measures to fight the country's mounting debt. Congress would then be bound by law to debate the commission's suggestions and take an up-or-down vote on the entire plan.

Congress has voted to raise the debt limit eight times since 2001. The national debt has doubled during this decade.

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)



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