Bipartisan Senate push for spending cuts

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Two senators, one Republican the other a Democrat, teamed up to introduce a bill aimed at cutting trillions of dollars from the federal budget over the next decade.

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday that her sponsorship of the bill “could cost me my Senate seat,” which is up for grabs next year, but that the effort would be worth it.

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