Obama Focuses on Senate Republicans to Reach Budget Deal
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While most of Washington is focused on confrontations over gun control and immigration law, the White House is quietly exploring the possibility of striking a deal with lawmakers to rein in the budget deficit.
President Barack Obama’s chief of staff Denis McDonough went to Capitol Hill last week for meetings with more than a dozen Republican senators on deficit-reduction proposals, according to White House and Senate aides.