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Republicans take a $100 billion whack at Obama budget

House GOP budget cuts

By Brad Knickerbocker, Christian Science Monitor In a move that has “tea party” written all over it, Republicans in the House of Representative propose to cut spending for the rest of this fiscal year by what they claim is “the largest single discretionary spending reduction in the history of Congress.” Will it pass? That’s unlikely, [...]

Republican Leaders Yield to a Push for More Budget Cuts

John Boehner

By CARL HULSE, The New York Times WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders said Thursday that they would accede to demands from conservatives and dig deeper into the federal budget for billions of dollars in additional savings this year, exhibiting the power of the Tea Party movement and increasing chances of a major fiscal clash with [...]

District Liked Its Earmarks, Then Elected Someone Who Didn’t

Nan Hayworth

By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, The New York Times In the villages, towns and cities of the 19th Congressional District north of New York City, the signs of federal largess are all over: money for a library in South Salem, road improvements in Peekskill, renovations on an aging bridge in Dover and a communications network for the [...]

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