With less than a month before their November 23 deadline, Democrats on the deficit Super Committee are facing serious pushback from their Republican counterparts for proposing a broad deal that would reduce deficits by nearly $3 trillion — including cuts to popular programs like Medicare — because it also includes more than $1 trillion in new tax revenues, according to aides briefed on private negotiations.
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