With the Senate poised to vote Tuesday, Scott Brown's camp confirmed Sunday that the Massachusetts Republican like President Barack Obama supports a proposed fiscal commission empowered to force up-or-down votes in Congress on steps to rein in future deficits.
Brown, whose election to the Senate a week ago shook Washington, won't be seated in time to participate. But his spokesman, Eric Fehrnstrom, told POLITICO that, if he were present, Brown would vote yes for the bipartisan plan put forward by Sens. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.).
