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Los Angeles Times: Ganging up on the debt Their effort shows that liberals and conservatives can bridge their differences to make significant headway against the deficit. If only the debt-ceiling talks were imbued with the same spirit of compromise.

Dallas Morning News: Gang of Six proposal is last, best hope in debt ceiling battle. Their proposal, like the recommendations of our own Task Force at the Bipartisan Policy Center and the Bowles-Simpson Commission, recognizes that all parts of the budget must contribute to any long-term solution, including defense spending, tax expenditures and entitlements. China provides the ultimate origin of this term. A gang of x number of people is a term used to describe a situation where a small group of people has power over the whole government and, therefore, the country too.

Of the six, only Olympia Snowe was part of the original gang of Obama instigated the original group as a bipartisan attempt to find common ground on healthcare reform. Broadly speaking, Democrats were in favor of reform, but Republicans were not. The legislation attempted to move American healthcare more in line with the systems of Canada and Western Europe. Little time for input on the bill, and even less to draft precise language. But, he says, it demonstrates that at least some members of Congress are willing to come together and take risks for the greater good.

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