New ‘Gang of Six’ to Take on Deficit
By CARL HULSE
NYT
Another Gang of Six?
The top Republicans in the House and Senate on Tuesday rounded out the list of negotiators scheduled to gather on May 5 with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to talk deficit reduction. The number ended up being exactly the same as the number of members in that other bipartisan group of senators meeting to map out a deficit plan.
In the House, Speaker John A. Boehner selected Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader, as his designee, while Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader, said he would dispatch Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Senate Republican, as his second.
On the Democratic side, the negotiators are Senators Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and Max Baucus of Montana, and Representatives James Clyburn of South Carolina and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. If one counts Mr. Biden, presumably the group could then become the Gang of Six Plus One or even the Gang of Seven.
(More here.)
NYT
Another Gang of Six?
The top Republicans in the House and Senate on Tuesday rounded out the list of negotiators scheduled to gather on May 5 with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to talk deficit reduction. The number ended up being exactly the same as the number of members in that other bipartisan group of senators meeting to map out a deficit plan.
In the House, Speaker John A. Boehner selected Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the majority leader, as his designee, while Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican minority leader, said he would dispatch Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Senate Republican, as his second.
On the Democratic side, the negotiators are Senators Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and Max Baucus of Montana, and Representatives James Clyburn of South Carolina and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. If one counts Mr. Biden, presumably the group could then become the Gang of Six Plus One or even the Gang of Seven.
(More here.)
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Mr. Biden (the same Mr. Biden who protected banks) would be a negative so, it would be the gang of six less one or, the gang of five.
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