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Republicans, heading for big gains, ready agenda
AP on Yahoo ^ | 10/27/10 | Julie Hirschfeld Davis - ap

Posted on 10/27/2010 2:07:32 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON – Republican leaders, ever more confident of their chances of winning control of the House and possibly even the Senate, have begun plotting a 2011 agenda topped by a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts, tax reductions and attempts to undo key parts of President Barack Obama's health care and financial regulation laws.

The question is how much of the GOP's government-shrinking, tax-cutting agenda to advance, and how fast.

It's certain that Republicans want to capitalize quickly on tea party-fueled anger and the antiestablishment fervor that they believe will provide momentum to accomplish an activist to-do list. It's equally clear, however, that the outsized expectations of a fed-up electorate and a crop of unruly newcomers could complicate the plans. So could Obama and fellow Democrats who will still be around after Tuesday's elections.

GOP lawmakers are publicly mum about much of what they intend to do if they prevail in midterm congressional contests. Many say privately they want to avoid appearing to "measure the drapes" for new leadership offices before winning any majority.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010midterms; agenda; gains; gopcomeback; heading; republicans
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Should the good Lord see fit to return the GoP to power with a 'TEA' assist, I would hope the agenda includes at the top of the list a change of party leadership in both the House and Senate and the presentation of articles of impeachment on the floor of the House as the first item of business.
1 posted on 10/27/2010 2:07:33 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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Hey, a guy can still dream , right? ;-)


2 posted on 10/27/2010 2:07:55 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: NormsRevenge
The Tea Party Supports Mike Pence

For Speaker of the House!
 

3 posted on 10/27/2010 2:09:55 PM PDT by counterpunch (End the Government Monopoly!)
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To: NormsRevenge

With a $1.3 TRILLION dollar deficit they goddam well better be looking to cut a lot more than $100billion


4 posted on 10/27/2010 2:14:37 PM PDT by Mr. K (All our candidates suck! The media SAYS SO!!)
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To: counterpunch

I am partial to Bachmann too .. should Mike opt to run for Gub in Indiana.

If DeMint doesn’t want the Senate job, then Sessions will do.


5 posted on 10/27/2010 2:14:37 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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They won’t try to impeach him. Not yet anyway. But the spending cuts are good to see.


6 posted on 10/27/2010 2:15:31 PM PDT by Grunthor (Silence is golden, Duct Tape is silver.)
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The question is how much of the GOP's government-shrinking, tax-cutting agenda to advance, and how fast.

All of it and immediately.

7 posted on 10/27/2010 2:16:01 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Mr. K

Yes, it better be a TRILLION!


8 posted on 10/27/2010 2:17:01 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: NormsRevenge

$100 billion, in light of the actual debt, is a very modest step.

That’s just the savings from giving back the car companies to their shareholders.


9 posted on 10/27/2010 2:18:50 PM PDT by lurk
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"...agenda topped by a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts,"

Pathetic! Reduce the deficit from $1.3 trillion down to $1.2 trillion!

1) Take the $300-$400 billion unspent stimulis money and
tear up that bad check.  Instant $300-$400 billion deficit 
reduction.

2) Reinstate the 1996 Welfare Reform Act which the Stimulus 
Act did away with.

3) Instant moratorium on the Financial Regulation Act.  
Instant job creation and increased federal revenues means 
deficit reduction.  Then tear the Act up.

4) Instant moratorium on ObamaCare. Instant job creation and
increased federal revenues means deficit reduction.  Then 
tear the act up.

Anything less and we are back to RINO-Ville!

10 posted on 10/27/2010 2:22:11 PM PDT by avacado
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...attempts to undo key parts of President Barack Obama's health care and financial regulation laws.

Can't the new congress just enact legislation that de-funds the bill?

11 posted on 10/27/2010 2:23:01 PM PDT by TexasPatriot1 ("Tyranny is defined as that which legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry" Jefferson)
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To: NormsRevenge

Only $100 billion? That’s a pittance compared to what the Democrats have added.


12 posted on 10/27/2010 2:23:40 PM PDT by wastedyears (Know this, I will return to this land... rebuild where the ruins did stand)
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“a push for more than $100 billion in spending cuts . . . “

Huh? Obama just added 1.5 trillion a year and the GOP thinks a 7% cut in that is anything more than tokenism.

Start by restoring 2008 spending levels. Then cut from there. We were already spending too much.


13 posted on 10/27/2010 2:24:40 PM PDT by ModelBreaker
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Cut more than $100 billion. Much more.


14 posted on 10/27/2010 2:35:20 PM PDT by BAW ("We can absorb a terrorist attack." - Pres Barack Hussein Obama)
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Word to GOP:

Vote to REPEAL OBAMACARE!

Or we'll boot YOUR asses out of Congress in 2012.
15 posted on 10/27/2010 2:35:27 PM PDT by Signalman
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Problem is they can cut...but as with ALL administrations gov’t always gets bigger..They will make cuts for future spending but until the time the American public can live with real (ie less benefits) cuts in SS, medicare,other entitlements not much will change. We’ve all gotten use to “our” various perks and people will not give them up


16 posted on 10/27/2010 2:36:33 PM PDT by BubbaJunebug
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To: NormsRevenge

Don’t like counting “chickens” before they are hatched. The cheating and fraud are going to be colossal. Just hope we can overcome with Republican votes so massive that cheating will not matter.

...oh, and Lindsey Graham can stuff it. This is not the same old, same old party and we do NOT want to play nice with Obama.


17 posted on 10/27/2010 2:39:15 PM PDT by madison10
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To: NormsRevenge

#1 item should be protecting the right to vote for all citizens. A ten to 20 year sentence in federal prison should be the cheaters reward.


18 posted on 10/27/2010 2:49:50 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Impeachment !)
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To: NormsRevenge

Step One: get rid of the entire $1.3 trillion deficit in one year.

Step Two: the government will still be too big and intrusive. Cut some more.

If conservatives start rationalizing inaction this soon, then what’s the point of voting at all?

I’m sorry. Just getting “our side” to Washington is NOT victory.


19 posted on 10/27/2010 2:55:35 PM PDT by qwertypie
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REPEAL & DEFUND laws and remove for cause ALL the CZARS. Then bring up charges against all the criminal actions taken by the last Congress , cabinet members included.


20 posted on 10/27/2010 2:55:42 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannolis. Take it to the Mattress.")
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