super committee

WASHINGTON (AP) — If the deficit-cutting supercommittee fails, Congress will face a crummy choice. Lawmakers can allow payroll tax cuts and jobless aid for millions to expire or they extend them and increase the nation's $15 trillion debt by at least $160 billion...

After running into Senator Mike Enzi last weekend at a Casper event, we wanted to carve out some time to share the questions I had of him and his comments. With a quick call to scheduling we arranged to get the good senator on the radio for a near 30 minute conversation.

It seems that in a gathering of Wyoming people who are watching what is happening in Washington, more than a few of them are scratching their heads about the bonuses being touted for the modest accomplishments of the executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.