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Max Baucus: If the other side is completely intransigent, that the president has probably no choice but to say, OK, we're going to…

On the recordNovember 29, 2012
If the other side is completely intransigent, that the president has probably no choice but to say, OK, we're going to go over the cliff. That would not be my first preference.
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Max Baucus
Democratic · Montana

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Senator Baucus suggests that if negotiations fail, the president may have to accept going over the fiscal cliff.

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