The Caucus: How 'Gang of Six' Revived Idea of Grand Debt Deal
July 20, 2011, New York Times Politics
Alex Brandon/Associated PressSenators Saxby Chambliss, left, Republican of Georgia, and Mark R. Warner, Democrat of Virginia, two leaders of the so-called Gang of Six, in June. For weeks, it had looked as if the year-long effort to reach a debt deal by the so-called Gang of Six in the Senate was defunct, a victim of the polarization in Washington, especially when it comes to taxes. Mr. Warner, a centrist former governor, has made reaching a…
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