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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."

Taking apart the federal budget (washingtonpost.com)

The composition of tax revenue has shifted dramatically over the past 80 years. Individual and payroll taxes contribute about 80 percent of the total while the portion provided by corporate income taxes has fallen.

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