The top Democrat on the House Budget Committee and two members of the House Democratic leadership were appointed Thursday to the committee responsible for making recommendations for reducing the budget deficit.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) named Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.), Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the third-ranking member of the Democratic leadership, and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Budget Committee.
All three have vowed to protect entitlements during the deliberations of the 12-member House-Senate committee that was created in the legislation just passed by Congress to raise the debt ceiling.
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