The campaign, funded by billionaire Pete Peterson, released an ad and held an event at the National Press Club last week, where its supporters urged bipartisan cooperation to reduce the debt. Both came before the shutdown ended. "Outdated notions of cloakroom comity" run deep, notes Alec MacGillis.
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