politics_us-20802905.txt
A group of moderate House Democrats have initiated conversations with Republican lawmakers in a bid to try to reach a deal to tackle burgeoning federal spending. The group is being led by Reps. Jim Cooper (D., Tenn.) and Kurt Schrader (D., Ore.), both of whom are leaders of the Blue Dogs, a coalition of fiscal conservative Democrats. Tuesday, the lawmakers released a series of fiscal discipline goals, many of which are similar to the targets set in place by the deficit commission established ... 
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