SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!

Representatives James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen: Those are the three Democratic dudes House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has named to the SUPERCOMMITTEE!!!, making Democratic Senator Patty Murray the only woman chosen for the dirty dozen tasked with figuring out how to austere the shit out of the national budget.

That's 8.3% representation, ladies. Which is twice as bad as the 16% representation we've got in the regular Congress. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Senator Harry Reid's picks are here. Senator Mitch McConnell's and Speaker John Boehner's picks are here.

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