Democrats toughen stance on trimming benefits

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Democrats toughen stance on trimming benefits
from AP Top Political News At 5:39 a.m. EST by By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's re-election has stiffened Democrats' spine against cutting popular benefit programs such as Medicare and Social Security. Their new resolve could become as big a hurdle to a deal that would skirt crippling tax increases and spending cuts in January as Republicans' resistance to raising tax rates on the wealthy....
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