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Republican Voters Dismayed by Biggest Spending Rise Since 1990
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Sep 15, 2006 01:53pm |
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| News Date | Friday, September 15, 2006 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Republican voters are angry, not for the first time, at big-spending politicians in Washington. This year, their wrath is aimed at their own party.
The Republican-controlled Congress heads into the Nov. 7 elections having increased federal spending this year by 9 percent -- the most since 1990 -- to about $2.7 trillion, according to projections from the White House Office of Management and Budget. The agency estimates government spending will grow to 20.6 percent of gross domestic product in 2006 from 18.5 percent when President George W. Bush took office in 2001.
``We've strayed a long way from the principles the party was founded upon,'' said Representative Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican.
Republican lawmakers say they are confident their constituents will stick with them because the Democrats are even less committed to restraint. |
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