Senate Deficit ‘Gang’ Tests Power of Bipartisan Teams
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A half-dozen Republican and Democratic senators are trying to forge an agreement on how to bring down the U.S. government deficit.
Their private talks, which started with a chat on the Senate floor last year between Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia and Republican Saxby Chambliss of Georgia, may serve as a template for bipartisan pairings likely to drive much of what gets done by Congress through the 2012 elections.