Wallowa County Republican Central Committee » News from DC http://www.wallowacountygop.com/home Wallowa County's Republican resource for the latest local, state, and nationwide news and updates on the Republican front Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:40:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 This Week in Washington – Courtesy of the Office of Republican Whip Eric Cantor http://www.wallowacountygop.com/home/2010/02/this-week-in-washington-courtesy-of-the-office-of-republican-whip-eric-cantor/ http://www.wallowacountygop.com/home/2010/02/this-week-in-washington-courtesy-of-the-office-of-republican-whip-eric-cantor/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:24:50 +0000 AD http://www.wallowacountygop.com/home/?p=222 Continue reading →]]> A lot has happened since our last update. Lets start with the State of the Union. President Obama gave his first official State of the Union Address before a Joint Session of Congress last Wednesday, where he talked a great deal about controlling the deficit and then proposed numerous new spending programs. Hmmm, those don’t seem like mutually exclusive items. One of his ideas, a “freeze” in discretionary spending starting in 2011 landed with a thud in the Democratic Caucus with Speaker Pelosi saying that she wouldn’t support it unless the Department of Defense is included. Usually not a great idea to cut defense spending with so much turmoil in the world while finishing up one war and furthering engagement in another.

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