U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has endorsed a petition, drafted by a Stowe group, to fix the federal debt. He’s flanked by petition organizers Rob Foregger, left, and Stowe Reporter owner Biddle Duke.

U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., has endorsed a petition, drafted by a group in Stowe, to fix the federal debt.

In August, the group launched the People’s Petition to Fix the Debt, a call for Congress to adopt the Simpson-Bowles plan, a mix of spending cuts and tax increases proposed by a bipartisan committee in 2010.

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