In the article Super Committee’s Loss Is Democrats’ Gain, Truth Out explains:
Keith and Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, analyze the potential outcome of the bipartisan congressional super committee’s failure to reach an agreement on how to reduce the deficit.
Can stupid questions lead to useful answers? I think we may have seen two examples where it is possible.
(See also Sen. Bernie Sanders: GOP lost in super committee failure.)