The Congressional “super committee” charged with tackling the country’s debt held its first public hearing in more than a month. With less than a month before the deadline for the panel’s final report, Democratic members of the committee outlined their plan on Wednesday, which they say will cut $3 trillion from the country’s debt. The plan is strikingly similar to the “grand bargain” nearly reached by President Obama and Speaker John Boehner over the summer. Takeaway Washington correspondent Todd Zwillich was at the hearing, and reports on the Democrats’ plan.
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