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House Freshman Call For Spending Cuts

By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  February 16th, 2011 at 11:00 AM  | 

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Tina Korbe of The Heritage Foundation, my employer, interviewed House Freshman on spending cuts.  Korbe interviewed Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Allen West (R-FL), Chip Cravaack (R-MN), Steve Southerland (R-FL) and James Lankford (R-OK).  West declares in the video that ”it takes 5 miles to turn an aircraft carrier and if we don’t start now, we will never get this ship, the U.S.S. America, righted so that we can launch into a new future.”  Agreed.

The time to start cutting is this week on the Continuing Resolution (CR) while the House has an opportunity to send a bill to the Senate with at least $100 billion in cuts.  Today is a big day in the House and we shall see how debate proceeds on the hundreds of amendments to the CR. 

Korbe writes over at The Foundry that a hundred billion is a great start.

Lawmakers are considering cuts upwards of $100 billion in cuts — and that’s just to start. The House will vote on hundreds of amendments, and floor debate will last until late in the night. The conservative Republican Study Committee, for example, will offer an additional $20 billion in cuts on top of what’s already proposed.

Kentucky Freshman Senator Rand Paul wants to cut $500 billion this year from the budget.  This new appetite for spending cuts should be welcome news to conservatives and supporters of the Tea Party.

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  • scarlos

    http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/federal_budget/february_2011/55_say_obama_s_budget_doesn_t_cut_enough

    Not only do the People think obama’s budget doesn’t cut enough, 40% think the REPUBLICAN’s budget doesn’t cut enough.

  • altexas

    cutting less than that is more of the same of same old

    • http://spendenforcer.com/ vortigernpendragon

      The time for being polite has passed

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vkTQErQWko

  • joecollins

    Not only is $500B a good start, it is better than the $100B the repubs promised.

    I support Senator Paul. Might have to make a campaign donation if he succeeds.

  • pdawk

    something about that video kept distracting me.

  • YnotNOW

    We want as many cuts in the budget of the Continuing Resolution as we can get. Many will be restored by the Senate, and will be difficult to get thru a joint budget committee. But the amount in the CR is important not only for the actual $$$ it will avoid borrowing from the Chinese. But also as proof that the representatives have heard us and are serious about reducing federal spending.
    Because this is only a down payment. The real progress on deficit reduction will follow, as we tackle entitlements and the 2012 budget. If the CR shows that they are serious about reducing spending, applaud them and encourage the follow-through. If the CR is not serious, then we have to go back to the drawing board and convince the representatives of BOTH parties that they need to get serious real quickly or step aside for someone who can.
    Not to be threatening or anything, but the situation is serious and calls for serious responses.