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Deficit Commission Plan Fails: Alleged Fiscal Conservatives Most to Blame

Despite the courageous votes of senators like Dick Durbin and Tom Coburn, who kept their eye on the big picture, the bipartisan deficit proposal was scuttled by the cowardice of three alleged fiscal conservatives. By John Avlon.

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