U.S. Rep. Jared Golden of Maine is joining a bipartisan group of lawmakers who support creating a special commission to try to tackle the growing national debt.
Golden participated in a press conference on Thursday led by the Republican chair of the House budget committee, where members discussed several bills pertaining to the federal debt. The highest-profile measure would create a bipartisan commission to recommend ways to reduce the nation’s estimated $34 trillion debt and balance the federal budget over time.
A second bill co-sponsored by Golden would require the president’s budget to include a ratio of national debt to the gross domestic product.
Golden is a moderate Democrat representing Maine’s increasingly conservative 2nd Congressional District. He said Republicans and Democrats must work together to find ways to keep the promises that Congress made regarding Social Security, Medicare and support for…
