Peter Roskam, GOP Congressman, May Be Key Ally For Obama

Obama's Republican Ally May Be Key To Negotiation
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U.S. Representative Peter Roskam speaks at the CPAC Chicago's Conservative Political Action Conference at the Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont , Ill. on Friday, June 8, 2012..(AP Photo/Daily Herald, Mark Welsh) MANDATORY CREDIT; MAGS OUT; TV OUT

If House Republicans need insights on dealing with President Obama amid their fiscal cliff melodrama, they need go no farther than their chief deputy whip, Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois.

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