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Already Bargaining With Themselves

by Josh Marshall
01.14.13 | 1:34 pm

House Republicans are reportedly preparing a proposal to increase the debt limit four years — still in exchange for massive cuts but trying to sweeten the deal by taking the issue off the table for the remainder of Obama’s presidency.

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