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It would have been reasonable to include some discussion of the economic impact of Senator Kent Conrad’s plans to cut the budget deficit below the levels targeted by President Obama. The Post reports on the political implications of the budget committee’s vote on a package that reduces the defiicit below the levels in President Obama’s budget with additional cuts beginning in October, at point at which the unemployment rate is still likely to be close to 10.0 percent.