President Obama likes it. A wide array of Senators, including influential conservative Tom Coburn (R-OK), have given it their blessings. Out of nowhere, the Gang of Six’s bipartisan plan for addressing the country’s fiscal imbalance has returned from legislative hinterlands — and has become the only viable, publicly available framework by which Congress can make good on its supposed desire for a grand bargain on deficit reduction.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=109371