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Debt deal picks up momentum on Capitol Hill Despite resistance from both liberals and conservatives, momentum appeared to be building in support of the compromise deficit-reduction plan on Capitol Hill. First Read: CBO scores deficit reduction plan The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimates that if the deal is enacted, it would reduce cumulative deficits by at least $2.1 trillion over the period from 2012 to 2021. First Read: Romney opposes debt deal In the wake of a bipartisan debt deal on the Hill, 2012 GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann have come out against it, leaving Jon Huntsman as the lone presidential hopeful to offer his support. Analysis: Bipartisan deal, bipartisan opposition The newly struck debt-ceiling compromise between President Barack Obama and the Republican leaders of Congress represents a historic accomplishment of divided government, with all the disappointment that implies for the most ardent partisans inside the two major parties and out. No real winners in debt deal First Read: Washington appears to have averted a crisis but some in the fight lost more than others. Slideshow: Taking the Hill: Inside Congress With debt talks roiling Washington, D.C., Brian Williams, anchor of NBC's Nightly News, and a team of dozens of journalists are given unprecedented access to Capitol Hill for a day-in-the-life documentary. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032552/device/rss/rss.xml

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