In this file photo, supercommittee member Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., talks outside a closed-door meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction in Washington. The committee is no closer to reaching its assigned goal of at least $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next 10 years.

First published in the November 14, 2011, 8:56 p.m. edition

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