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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Alighieri who wrote (636289)11/17/2011 1:18:21 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (6) of 1582629
 
Your contention that the GOP may be splitting apart is looking more and more spot on.

GOP leader bucks party on taxes

By Mike Lillis

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) argued Wednesday that Republicans on the supercommittee need to offer more revenues if the deficit panel hopes to balance the country's books.

The comment bucks those made by the GOP leader of the suppercommittee, who said this week that Republicans will cede no more revenues as the high-stakes panel scrambles in search of at least $1.2 trillion in deficit-cuts before Thanksgiving.

"This is about more than money, it's about whether the president and the Congress can competently govern," Alexander said. "We now have Republicans who have put revenues on the table [and] we have Democrats on the supercommittee who have put entitlements on the table.

"Both need to put more on the table and get a result and we're here to support them."

The remarks came during a press conference in the Capitol where more than 40 lawmakers, representing both parties and both chambers, urged the supercommittee to go well beyond its mandate to find $1.2 trillion in deficit savings over the next decade.

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