Tornado Alley (PROG)

[StephanieVanbryce]

The sticking point for Dems, Kerry said, involves detailed negotiations over an enforcement mechanism that would require Congress to act on entitlement and tax reform by a date certain or faces the consequences. Democrats want to ensure that such a trigger does not simply mandate severe spending cuts, but also includes tax increases -- the so-called "shared pain" Democrats have cited lately.

July 30, 2011, 7:23PM Sen. John Kerry
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/kerry-discloses-democrats-sticking-point-in-debt-talks.php

we're so screwed.........