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'Gang of Six' senators united in solving fiscal woes

Mark Plotkin, WTOP political analyst

Tags: Mark Plotkin , Gang of Six , Mark Warner , Tom Coburn , Mike Crapo , Kent Conrad , Saxby Chambliss , Dick Durbin

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House passage of Senate jobs bill would end DoT furloughs

Senate also considering separate extension bill that would end furloughs, but Sen. Bunning has put hold on it. Transportation furloughs 2,000 employees and stops 41 major construction projects because it doesn't have funding.

Tags: pay and benefits , Ray Lahood , Nancy Pelosi , Harry Reid , Frank Lautenberg , James Oberstar , Jim Bunning , House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee , Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Commit , DOT , employee furloughs

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