<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"><title>RedState</title><link>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/18/house-gop-to-tea-party-were-too-important-to-have-our-budgets-cut/feed/</link><description>Conservative News &amp; Politics</description><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:49:47 -0400</lastBuildDate><item><title>House GOP to Tea Party: We're Too Important to Have Our Budgets Cut</title><description>&lt;![CDATA[With a hat tip to Drew Ryun for the title of the post, Tim Carney brings word this morning that some Republicans think they are too important to have their budgets cut.The Republican Study Committee, the organization of conservatives in the House of Representatives, is proposing further cuts in spending to Congress&amp;#8217;s budget.  Some Republicans are flipping out and going to 12 on a 1 to 10 scale fo hyperbole.  The latest among them is Dan Lungren of California.Here&amp;#8217;s Tim Carney:]]&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:24:58 -0500</pubDate><creator xmlns="dc">&lt;![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]&gt;</creator><enclosure url="" type="image/jpeg" length="123" /><link>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/18/house-gop-to-tea-party-were-too-important-to-have-our-budgets-cut-n38000</link></item></channel></rss>