12:45 Update: The Wall Street Journal is reporting "Pelosi names Reps. Becerra, Clyburn and Van Hollen to debt panel." Those Members and their scores have been added to the table.
Nine of the 12 members of the Joint Select Committe on Deficit Reduction have been announced. The panel is charged with producing a plan to reduce federal spending by $1.5 trillion over the next ten years. As we did with the Bowles-Simpson Commission, we take a look at the NTU Rates Congress scores of the panel's members to see how taxpayer-friendly the panel's recommendations might -- or might not -- be.
As with the Deficit Commission, Nancy Pelosi is the last one to make her selections.
Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction and Their NTU Rates Congress Scores | |
| Harry Reid's Selections | |
 Max Baucus (MT) | F |
 John Kerry (MA) | F |
 Patty Murray (WA) | F |
| Mitch McConnell's Selections | |
 Jon Kyl (AZ) | A |
 Rob Portman (OH) | B (2004) |
 Pat Toomey (PA) | A (2004) |
| Nancy Pelosi's Selections | |
 Xavier Becerra (CA) | F |
 James Clyburn (SC) | F |
 Chris Van Hollen (MD) | F |
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| John Boehner's Selections | |
 Dave Camp (MI) | B+ |
 Jeb Hensarling (TX) | A |
 Fred Upton (MI) | B |
| Images from The New York Times | |