Politics | federal debt Obama, Congress Still Seek 'Grand Bargain' New committee to look for $5T in cuts over 10 years By Mark Russell Posted Jul 17, 2011 5:29 AM CDT Copied In this July 7, 2011, file photo President Barack Obama meets with Congressional leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) That big debt ceiling deal just won't die: Lawmakers are still working on an ambitious "grand bargain" that would hack as much as $5 trillion from the national debt over the next decade, reports the Washington Post. President Obama, House speaker John Boehner, and other congressional leaders have all voiced support for a large debt-cutting proposal, and even House majority leader Eric Cantor has shown signs of some flexibility on raising taxes in exchange for drastically reducing the debt. To help build bipartisan support for a big deal, Congress is creating a powerful new committee, with six members from each party, to create a debt-reduction report by the end of the year. But Republican leaders still face an ornery flock of freshmen and conservative deficit-hawks who have little interest in any sorts of compromise. “I didn’t get elected to punt this problem down the road another six months,” said Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz. "Guys like me are not coming along. We’re not going along just to get along.” Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. White House rolls with Trump's 'daddy' nickname. New Fox star, 23, misses first day after car troubles. Report an error