Gang of six breakthrough: Behind the scenes

Even after he abruptly left the Senate’s Gang of Six in May, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn couldn’t get too far away from one of the group’s chief budget negotiators, Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss.

The two conservatives continued having dinner almost every evening in the trendy H Street neighborhood close to the Capitol. And they kept talking about whether the left-for-dead Senate gang could really work.

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