"Pushed by rebellious conservatives, House Republican leaders scrambled Wednesday night to find deeper cuts, officials said, hours after laying out a plan to save $35 billion by eliminating at least 60 federal programs and cutting back hundreds of others.
"Republican officials said one possibility was to add across-the-board cuts to supplement the targeted reductions spelled out earlier in the day at a closed-door meeting for the rank and file.
"The original plan targeting education and the environment, food safety and law enforcement presents a blunt challenge to President Barack Obama.
"It calls for eliminating a high-speed rail program the administration has ticketed for a multibillion-dollar expansion and recommends ending federal support for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, family planning services and AmeriCorps.
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Nancy Pelosi is complaining about cutting federal spending. She blindly toes the party line that cuts will cost jobs, undercut clean energy, jeopardize our safety and threaten investments.
We just do not have the money to pay for all of this stuff. It is really that simple.
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