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House GOP Leaders Push for ‘Cut-As-You-Go’ The Wall Street Journal DECEMBER 1, 2010, 3:51 PM ET By Patrick O'Connor In another nod to conservative activists, House Republicans want to impose new rules that would make it harder for Congress to create government programs. Oregon Rep. Greg Walden, who’s leading the Republicans’ transition to the House majority, is asking colleagues to support a change to the party’s internal rules that would require lawmakers to cut spending or eliminate programs to offset the costs of any new programs established under fast-track “suspension” bills that require a two-thirds majority for passage and can’t...