Listen Live
Donate
 on air
    Schedule

    KCRW

    Read & Explore

    • News
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Culture
    • Events

    Listen

    • Live Radio
    • Music
    • Podcasts
    • Full Schedule

    Information

    • About
    • Careers
    • Help / FAQ
    • Newsletters
    • Contact

    Support

    • Become a Member
    • Become a VIP
    • Ways to Give
    • Shop
    • Member Perks

    Become a Member

    Donate to KCRW to support this cultural hub for music discovery, in-depth journalism, community storytelling, and free events. You'll become a KCRW Member and get a year of exclusive benefits.

    DonateGive Monthly

    Copyright 2026 KCRW. All rights reserved.

    Report a Bug|Privacy Policy|Terms of Service|
    Cookie Policy
    |FCC Public Files|

    Back to To the Point

    To the Point

    Appointments to Congressional 'Super Committee' Nearly Complete

    The 12-member, bipartisan Super Committee created by the debt-ceiling deal has enormous responsibility to exercise in a short time: identify $1.5 trillion in budget cuts by Thanksgiving. Nine of the 12 have now been chosen by leaders of the House and the Senate.

    • rss
    • Share
    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The 12-member, bipartisan Super Committee created by the debt-ceiling deal has enormous responsibility to exercise in a short time: identify $1.5 trillion in budget cuts by Thanksgiving. Nine of the 12 have now been chosen by leaders of the House and the Senate. Jamie Dupree is Washington Bureau Chief for the Cox Media Group, parent of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Personal Pinch of a Troubled Economy
    1. 0:00Appointments to Congressional 'Super Committee' Nearly CompleteYou’re reading this
    2. 7:28Economics and High Anxiety
    3. 43:10High Turnout in Wisconsin Recall Did Not Benefit Democrats
    • https://images.ctfassets.net/2658fe8gbo8o/AvYox6VuEgcxpd20Xo9d3/769bca4fbf97bf022190f4813812c1e2/new-default.jpg?h=250

      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

    • Sonya Geis with wavy brown hair wearing a black dress with red accents and decorative earrings against a white background.

      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

    • KCRW placeholder

      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

    • KCRW placeholder

      Julia Flucht

      Producer, 'To the Point'

    • KCRW placeholder

      Jamie Dupree

      Cox Media

      NewsNationalPolitics

    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The Personal Pinch of a Troubled Economy
    1. 0:00Appointments to Congressional 'Super Committee' Nearly CompleteYou’re reading this
    2. 7:28Economics and High Anxiety
    3. 43:10High Turnout in Wisconsin Recall Did Not Benefit Democrats
    Back to To the Point