By Michael O'Brian
The Hill
Excerpt:
A prominent Blue Dog Democrat pushed Friday for an up-or-down vote in Congress on the plan produced by President Obama's fiscal commission.
Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), a member of the centrist bloc who's taken a leading role in speaking on behalf of the Blue Dogs, said he wanted a vote on the plan produced last year by the fiscal commission, which called for a series of spending cuts and entitlement and tax reforms.
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