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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Lori Montgomery / The Bulletin
January 27, 2010
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday rejected a plan to create a bipartisan commission to tackle the nation’s budget problems this year, leaving it up to President Barack Obama to create such a panel by executive order.
The commission would have had broad powers to recommend changes to the tax....