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The new 112th Congress has barely gotten going, but there is plenty of drama and combat in the House of Representatives. Congressional Democrats fear the GOP efforts to defund healthcare reform will lead to a government shutdown, and conservatives are already challenging Republican leaders to cut more spending than currently proposed.

Yesterday, members of the Republican Study Committee introduced their own budget cuts that would bring spending down to 2008 levels but then freeze it at 2006 levels during the next 10 years. They are insisting that GOP leaders back a cut of at least $100 billion of non-defense spending this year alone, as was promised in the Republicans' Pledge to America.

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