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America's debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress

May. 11, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It's well past time, the newly elected House speaker said in October, to establish a bipartisan commission to tackle the federal government's growing $34.6 trillion in debt. "The consequences if we don’t act...