; As Deadline Looms, Pressure Mounting On Supercommittee

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As pressure mounts on the congressional supercommittee to reach a debt-reduction deal, Capitol Hill lawmakers - from House leaders to rank-and-file members - appeared less than confident Thursday that the panel would make its Thanksgiving deadline.

House Speaker John A. Boehner described the mood on Capitol Hill as "one of nervousness" and that both parties in both chambers were feeling pressure to reach an agreement.

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; As Deadline Looms, Pressure Mounting On Supercommittee

"If this was easy, these issues would have been dealt with in the last couple of decades," said the Ohio Republican during his weekly briefing with reporter...

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