Obama to get deficit commission with or without Republican help, Hoyer says – washingtonpost.com

If Boehner and McConnell refuse to appoint lawmakers, Hoyer said, Obama will select his own set of Republicans -- "perhaps former members [of Congress], perhaps others, that are people that can make a real contribution to how we get to balance over the coming years."

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