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&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;The premise of Obama&#039;s proposal was that the two parties couldn&#039;t agree on their long-term vision of government, but the economic emergency was too severe to wait until the election to settle it, so they should act immediately on short-term ideas that have bipartisan support. The GOP response is to issue a series of exclusively long-term proposals lacking any bipartisan support.&hellip;
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