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Weirton Daily Times: McKinley focuses on economy with Weirton Rotarians

McKinley spoke to the members of the Rotary Club of Weirton on Wednesday about what can be expected out of Washington, D.C. by the end of the year.

Currently, McKinley said every two to three days there is a conference to deal with the debt ceiling. He said Congress raised the debt ceiling to avoid having to shut down the federal government which would prevent payouts to employees, the military, Social Security and other groups.

McKinley talked about a super committee most said was "destined to fail" with three Democrats and three Republicans from both the House and Senate which was assigned with the task of reducing the spending. He said if that couldn't be done through the super committee then a failsafe would kick in and it would be done through sequestration - a procedure by which an automatic spending cut is triggered - as of Jan. 1, 2013.

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