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<p>Two House budget committee members — Rep. Heath Shuler, (D-N.C.), and Rep. Mike Simpson, (R- Idaho) — have been making the media rounds as the new faces of establishment bipartisanship in favor of a letter 100 congress people signed on to stating "all options for mandatory" — presumably including Social Security, which adds nothing to the deficit — "and discretionary spending and revenue must be on the table."
</p><p>Sam Husseini questioned them as they left the Fox studios on Sunday morning.
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Husseini: Most Americans want to see an increase in taxes on the wealthy and corporations, ending the wars, and Congress doesn't do that. Is that because Congress is basically bought and paid for? For more: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.washingtonstakeout.com/index.php/2011/11/06/congress-bought-and-paid-for/">http://www.washingtonstakeout.com/index.php/2011/11/06/congress-bought-and-paid-for/</a>
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