RSS | Newsletters | Facebook CAP en Español
Center for American Progress Center for American Progress
Issues Economy Economic Outlook

Our Economy Needs Help Now

The supercommittee was unable to agree on a proposal to bring down our nation’s long-term budget deficit, but this is not a tragedy. Congress will have other opportunities to address the budget deficit in the coming year. The real tragedy is that the supercommittee had within its power the ability to improve our economy but failed to act.

Read more here.

This article was originally published in The Hill.

To speak with our experts on this topic, please contact:

Print: Katie Peters (economy, education, and health care)
202.741.6285 or kpeters@americanprogress.org

Print: Christina DiPasquale (foreign policy and security, energy)
202.481.8181 or cdipasquale@americanprogress.org

Print: Laura Pereyra (ethnic media, immigration)
202.741.6258 or lpereyra@americanprogress.org

Radio: Anne Shoup
202.481.7146 or ashoup@americanprogress.org

TV: Lindsay Hamilton
202.483.2675 or lhamilton@americanprogress.org

Web: Andrea Peterson
202.481.8119 or apeterson@americanprogress.org