GOP eyes shutdown as fiscal sanity
Fiscal Cliff,Republican Party,Banking And Finance,Economy And Jobs,Economic Policy
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The appetite for a government shutdown is growing among Republicans, who shied away from one during the debt and spending fights in the last Congress but now say one may be needed.
Several high-profile senators have begun laying the groundwork for a shutdown, saying it may be necessary in order to restore “fiscal sanity on the federal budget."
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