Over 30 Senators from both sides of the aisle joined together Thursday to trumpet their support for the Supercommittee, the Congressional body tasked with finding at least $1.5 trillion in savings by November.
“This is a message from a large group of Senators to the Special Committee that we’re with you,” Senate Budget Chair Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) said during a press briefing attended by more than a dozen of his upper chamber colleagues. “Be brave, be bold, go big.”
The initiative to back the committee, spearheaded by Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), has found support from 36 Senators, a number that will likely grow in coming days.
Several Senators Thursday pointed to the effort as evidence that bipartisanship is still possible in a tense political environment.
“It’s a great step forward,” Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said. “It’s something that the people of my state are going to see as a very hopeful sign at a time when what we need more than anything else is to project confidence from this town.”