Six Republicans Named to Deficit Panel

The top Republicans in the House and the Senate appointed six more lawmakers on Wednesday to the bipartisan committee that is supposed to recommend steps to reduce federal budget deficits by at least $1.5 trillion over 10 years.

Speaker John A. Boehner chose three senior Republican House members: Jeb Hensarling of Texas, and Dave Camp and Fred Upton, both of Michigan.

Mr. Hensarling, who is chairman of the House Republican Conference, will be co-chairman of the new panel, along with Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington.

The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, chose Senators Jon Kyl of Arizona, Rob Portman of Ohio and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania for the 12-member panel.

The panel, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, is supposed to come up with recommendations by Nov. 23.

Mr. Kyl, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, is known as a staunch conservative who likes to delve into the details of legislation and policy. He is a member of the Senate Finance Committee and participated in deficit-reduction talks with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in May and June.

Mr. Portman, a House member from 1993 to 2005, was White House budget director under President George W. Bush. Throughout his time in Congress, he has worked well with Democrats even as he voted consistently with other Republicans.

Mr. Toomey served three terms in the House, from 1999 to 2005, and later became president of the Club for Growth, which champions low taxes, free markets and limited government.

Mr. Camp is chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, which has authority over taxes and Medicare.

Mr. Upton, a House member for almost 25 years, had a moderate voting record on some issues, but turned to the right in his successful effort to become chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

The announcements came a day after Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, appointed Ms. Murray and two other Democratic senators, Max Baucus of Montana and John Kerry of Massachusetts, to the panel.