Debt supercommittee’s membership dominated by white men

With House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) announcement Thursday of her three appointees to the bipartisan debt “supercommittee,” the panel’s 12-member roster is now complete. It represents a broad range of ideological views, from House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (Tex.) on the right to Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on the left. But the group’s membership is marked by a ... Full Story »