It appears that just such initiatives are envisioned as early components of the "Grand Bargain" proposal.
Instead of a Grand Bargain, Cantor and the House Republicans made a grand bet.
Unlike the Grand Bargain the Kyl Amendment offers real incentives to systemic democratic and free market reform.
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This is an acknowledgment that no grand bargain is likely to come about on the Europeans' calendar.
So that was envisioned by the Speaker as part of a grand bargain had that been achieved.
But there is little evidence on any of these fronts of a grand bargain in the making.
The window for achieving a grand bargain has been closing rapidly and could slam shut Tuesday night.
And he still is pressing for a "grand bargain" budget agreement with the GOP over taxes and spending.
The grand bargain in Europe has been a stronger, more encompassing welfare state alongside higher taxes on everyone.
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Speaking of hope, the former inspector says that he still sees a chance for a U.S.-Iran grand bargain.
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Until there is a middle-ground on a revenue target, there will be no tax reform and no grand bargain.
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Mr. Obama had backed those steps previously as part of a grand bargain.
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Republicans vowed to oppose new tax increases, which ruled out a "grand bargain" to reduce the deficit and national debt.
Fortunately, there is now an alternative to the sort of aid-for-promises approach embodied in Grand Bargain initiatives like this one.
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And while its share price now is no grand bargain, this buying opportunity may be as good as it gets.
The best solution by far would be to agree on some version of this grand bargain sooner rather than later.
He personally blew up a grand bargain with Speaker John Boehner in the debt-limit fracas after spurning his own deficit commission.
Still, even in a grand bargain (or theme park), you eventually have to whittle down the ideas to a manageable few.
The scheme was weakened as part of last week's grand bargain between EU leaders at their budget summit in Brussels.
Just think of how many little ideas it will take to hammer out each point of a grand bargain on economic policy.
He proposes a grand bargain: swap Britain's veto over European integration for the right to opt out of any EU policy area.
Chances for a "grand bargain" appear to be hanging by a thread.
The prime example is the so-called Super Committee charged with arriving at a grand bargain on the long-term budget, taxes and spending.
Including the charitable tax deduction in a grand bargain tax cap would fail to recognize the fundamental difference between special interests and philanthropy.
Say this much for the Obama-GOP Grand Bargain: It leaves the tax rate on dividend income alone, at least for two more years.
Just like today, Democrats insisted on repealing tax expenditures and closing tax loopholes as part of that grand bargain on lowering tax rates.
The odds are still that the Finns could be dragged by the Germans into some form of grand bargain that involves pooling debts.
But they will draw the line there, while Democrats are almost certain to look for additional revenue as part of any grand bargain.
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Early discussions on Capitol Hill suggest that, in a wide-ranging deal, a carbon tax might be part of a grand bargain to settle Taxmageddon.
In Brussels, the fashionable talk is of a new grand bargain, in which consent for continued liberalisation is buttressed by new guarantees of solidarity.
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