House Dem Super Committee Member Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC) hasn’t been at many of the recent private meetings between panel Republicans and Democrats. But he’s only giving the group even odds to come up with a deficit reduction package by next Wednesday — and if they do, he thinks it’ll be pretty modest.
“I’d say about 50-50…It won’t be done before Monday afternoon I don’t think. It must be done by then,” Clyburn told Bloomberg TV. “We’ll have to have about 48 hours. Have to get in CBO scoring so that we can get something marked up on the 23rd.”
More Clyburn: “Quite frankly I’ve kind of given up on big and bold, but I’m never going to give up on balance…whatever size deal will be, $1.2 trillion or $4 trillion, it has to be balanced.”
