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Spending rhetoric shifts in wake of disasters
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 19, 2011 01:15pm |
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| Author | MARIN COGAN |
| News Date | Thursday, May 19, 2011 09:50:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | They came to Washington with a near singular focus on heady national issues, like cutting spending, reducing the budget deficit and paying down the national debt.
But in their first few months in office, many in the historic freshman class of GOP lawmakers have been waylaid by far more parochial concerns — tornadoes and flooding that have ravaged the South, cost billions of dollars in damage and taken hundreds of lives.
And now these freshmen — especially those from Louisiana, Alabama and the Midwest — realize more than ever their constituents need the federal government’s help. And money.
Many have blunted their anti-government tough talk — choosing instead to focus on how local, state and federal agencies can best help their constituents rebuild. And while none of these conservative freshmen are backing off their hawkish views on the deficit, their rhetoric has definitely taken a softer turn as they see death and destruction in their backyard and assess the role of the federal government in helping. |
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