Erskine Bowles, co-chair of the Simpson-Bowles debt commission, said Wednesday that he believes there is a one-in-three chance that Democrats and Republicans reach a debt deal before the Dec. 31 deadline, according to ABC News. Bowles was joined at a briefing Wednesday morning by his commission co-chair, Alan Simpson.
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