Coburn, Crapo to Vote for Debt Panel Recommendations
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Two Republican senators on President Barack Obama’s debt commission endorsed a plan by its co-chairmen, putting half of the 18-member panel on record in support of a $4 trillion budget-cutting proposal.
Senators Tom Coburn of Oklahoma and Mike Crapo of Idaho said today that, while they didn’t like many elements of this week’s revised proposal, the nation’s fiscal challenges are so severe they must put aside their objections.