"The American people would be astonished if they knew how little trust existed between the two parties when we have to work together like this, " Bono Mack said on CNN.

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Beyond that, I'm not sure if really things will change a lot because we have too many interests involved, two parties joining into a coalition that has actually fought against each other in the election campaign for weeks.

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In recent fiscal negotiations, we have been locked in a game of you go first, no you go first between the two parties when it comes to how they would get specific on entitlement and tax reform.

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So any action, as we have said all along, that either side takes that makes it harder rather than easier for the two parties to come together in direct negotiations is something that we oppose, that we think is -- that we are disappointed by.

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