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Becerra, Clyburn, Van Hollen are House Dem Picks for Super Committee
By Nancy Watzman and Anupama Narayanswamy Aug 11, 2011 5:11 p.m.House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has tapped three close allies who are on powerful House committees to serve on the Joint Special Committee to find new ways of cutting the budget to roll back the national deficit. Her picks are: Reps, Chris Van Hollen from Maryland, James Clyburn from South Carolina, and Xavier Bacerra from California.
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