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US Democrats reject latest deficit-cutting plan.
A high-profile congressional effort to trim stubborn US budget deficits appeared near collapse yesterday as Democrats rejected a scaled-back proposal from Republicans that contained few tax increases With Democrats and Republicans on a deficit-cutting super committee deadlocked ahead of a Wednesday deadline House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner floated an offer to try to break the logjam on tax increases and benefit cuts.
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