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In a 235-189 vote, House approves dramatic cuts in federal spending
Washington Post ^ | Washington Post

Posted on 02/19/2011 2:44:40 AM PST by sunmars

In a rare early morning weekend vote, the House approved an aggressive plan Saturday to eliminate dozens of federal programs and offices while slashing agency budgets by as much as 40 percent, drawing out more than $60 billion in deficit savings.

Setting up a showdown early next month with President Obama and Senate Democrats, House Republicans pushed the legislation through after a marathon debate capped off by an all-night session Friday that spilled into Saturday morning. During the bleary-eyed final roll call at 4:35 a.m., 235 Republicans were joined by no Democrats in support of dramatic spending reductions that they said were needed to address a soaring annual deficit of $1.6 trillion; 189 Democrats -- as well as three Republicans -- opposed it, accusing Republicans of writing the bill with a "double meat ax."

For Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), it marked an early political victory as his newly empowered GOP troops lived up to a 2010 campaign pledge to trim spending levels to those before the 2008 financial crisis caused an unprecedented level of government spending and intervention into the private economy.

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To: Vendome
Still has to pass the Senate, not likely.

God I hope that it doesn't pass!
Passing this would remove a HUGE political & fiscal issue instrumental to the 2010 election wave.

Were the Dems smart they would pass it and not be labeled the party of no

And if they do not pass it then they have shut the government down.

121 posted on 02/19/2011 9:14:14 AM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: newzjunkey
Cantor is a liar. It’s probably not even the $60 billion WAPo claims.

I believe on an annualized basis it IS $100 B.

122 posted on 02/19/2011 10:49:10 AM PST by Siena Dreaming
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To: newzjunkey

Unfortunately Jeff Flake has become part of the problem in Washington, not part of the solution. He is one of the politicians who Arizonans need to replace.

He proposed his own Cap and Trade bill. When I questioned him on it, he claimed it was “revenue neutral” because there was a payroll tax off-set. I learned that Al Gore also proposed a revenue neutral Cap and Trade tax. Flake should know better than to lend any support to the EnvironMental movement. Instead he drank the kool-aid.

He is also on the wrong side on the immigration issue. He doesn’t do anything to help Arizonans when it comes to the problems on the border.

There are other reasons why I have lost faith in his ability to serve so I truly hope he doesn’t run for the Senate.


123 posted on 02/19/2011 10:57:38 AM PST by azkathy (OBAMA IS WEARING OUT MY CAPS LOCK!!!)
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To: sunmars
Smaller than it should be HOWEVER they are cutting things - and that is GREAT!
124 posted on 02/19/2011 10:59:51 AM PST by Tzimisce (Never forget that the American Revolution began when the British tried to disarm the colonists.)
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To: ohioWfan

I agree. This is just the first proposal already under the threat of veto.

But it’s a cut that calls out the senators who will be up for reelection.

2012 is where the REAL cuts begin, provided of course, Americans can stay hungry and deliver a newly elected government that will take a chainsaw to the budget.

Patience folks. Rome was not burned in a day. :-)


125 posted on 02/19/2011 11:08:11 AM PST by Salvavida (The restoration of the U.S.A. starts with filling the pews at every Bible-believing church.)
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To: bill1952

Hmmmm.....

Something to consider.

I just thought they were going to spend the next two years attaching bills.

What I would really love to see is these getting passed as attachments on the Continuing Resolutions and the bill to raise the debt ceiling.

So far more than 218 members have failed with their affirmative votes(235) to kill it. As I understand it, that’s it.

Nothing the Senate and White Hut can do about it.


126 posted on 02/19/2011 11:51:30 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously..... You won't live through it anyway.)
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To: Rearden
TSA is totally worthless.

Last September, I traveled to Wash., D.C. to do some research. I ordered a $7.00 snack pack.

It came with a can of tuna with a metal lid.

Growing with amongst the Chirichau Apaches,I instantly thought of it being used as a throat cutting weapon.

I called the FBI, sent them two letter,finally drove to Portland to make a personal visit. They never called me back... Oh well.

127 posted on 02/19/2011 11:58:55 AM PST by investigateworld (Free Traders don't need guns 'cause they know The Peoples Republic of China are their friends)
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To: Monorprise
Agreed eliminate the department of education...

YES! Nothing in the U.S. Constitution that education is a federal matter.

128 posted on 02/19/2011 12:03:34 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51 ( Obama: Our first Halfrican President)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

“”Agreed eliminate the department of education...”

YES! Nothing in the U.S. Constitution that [makes] education is a federal matter.”

Not only that it makes no sense, in education you have to build upon what is already known. What is already known to a child when they start in life is the immediate world around them. That is family and their local community.

To establish a Federal education policy seems to contrast the basic needs of education. the world around a child in New Jersey is different then the world around a child in New Mexico or Texas. The environment is different, the industry is different, the people are different.


129 posted on 02/19/2011 12:44:05 PM PST by Monorprise
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To: firebrand
Yes, but there had to be some left!

Not a single Democrat voted for these tiny cuts.

130 posted on 02/19/2011 1:37:38 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: EternalVigilance
The debt is now increasing at a rate of almost $5 billion per hour.

That would be $120 billion per day.

About $45 trillion per year.

I think your math is off a bit.

131 posted on 02/19/2011 1:45:31 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: circlecity

I, for one, am happy we are on the right road.


132 posted on 02/19/2011 1:48:22 PM PST by fightinJAG (Please stop posting comments in the title box of threads. Thank you.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Excuse me. It’s per day, not per hour. The speed and size of the increase made me dizzy.


133 posted on 02/19/2011 2:13:39 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Does it bother you that even those who are being called "draconian" are only scratching the surface?)
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To: sunmars

NO EVEN CLOSE to being sufficient to do anything to our debt !

Need to do a LOT more to be classified as “dramatic”....

very UNDERwhelming if you ask me...


134 posted on 02/19/2011 3:18:33 PM PST by davidosborne (2012 will be the year of the INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE ! let's GOOOH !)
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To: sunmars

RINOS Join Rats in Rejecting Additional $22 Billion in Budget Cuts

http://weaselzippers.us/2011/02/18/rinos-join-rats-in-rejecting-additional-22-billion-in-budget-cuts/


135 posted on 02/20/2011 7:36:23 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: EternalVigilance
The speed and size of the increase made me dizzy.

No kidding, me too.

136 posted on 02/20/2011 9:25:30 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot (Math is hard. Harder if you're stupid.)
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To: Monorprise

higher national standards, cut the national agency...

give rewards for doing the best...

teeman


137 posted on 02/20/2011 10:14:58 AM PST by teeman8r (armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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