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According to a recent poll, 73 percent of all Americans oppose increases in federal spending. Since this anti-government spending sentiment is a major reason Republicans control the House and Senate, one would expect the Republican Congress to hold the line on, or even cut, government spending. Yet, despite the Republican leadership’s rhetoric about "fiscal responsibility," this year’s House Republican budget spends $104 billion more than the GOP’s 2013 budget. Some conservatives, most notably the Heritage Foundation, have criticized the GOP budget. Heritage and the conservative House Republican Study Committee (RSC) have both prepared conservative alternatives to the official Republican budgets....

<p>Bustamante would exempt the first $20,000 of the vehicle's value from the recent tripling of the fee. Davis said the increase was triggered by the state's fiscal woes, but it is being challenged in court and possibly with a ballot initiative.</p>

LOS ANGELES – A weary Gov. Gray Davis said yesterday the budget passed after midnight by the Legislature was an important step toward dealing with possible future deficits. Davis said that future deficits would not rise to the level of this year's $23.6 billion shortfall. He also dismissed charges that he was not actively involved in budget negotiations. "The budget solution followed closely the framework I established over these past several months," Davis said during a conference call with reporters. "I think the media puts too much emphasis on meetings," he said. But Republicans were quick to blast Davis, a...