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President Barack Obama’s meeting with congressional Republicans in Baltimore on Friday provided a remarkable glimpse into relations between the president and the GOP. Republicans complained that Obama and the Democratic leadership hadn’t taken a serious look at their policy proposals. Obama complained that Republicans were often more focused on scoring political points than in solving problems. Obama challenged their facts and, during an exchange with Rep. Jeb Hensarling, said, “I am happy to have any independent fact-checker out there take a look at your presentation versus mine in terms of the accuracy of what I just said.” We accept. We’ve … >>More
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