On the day of the state of the union address, the GOP has voted to work on some spending cuts. The cuts were meek though:
"It came just hours before Obama was to issue his own proposal: calling for a five-year freeze for most domestic agencies at current levels. That's more than $80 billion a year higher than the level of cuts Republicans want. Obama also reportedly will call for lawmakers to back a five-year plan put forth by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to save $78 billion in defense spending, an idea that has many Republicans anxious."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110125/ap_on_bi_ge/us_republicans_spending_17;_ylt=AotmktXtcYuVsonpNb8sx2ZH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2cDdiamFkBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bi1yLWItbGVmdARzbGsDZXYtaG91c2Vnb3Bl
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