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POLITICO

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Obama to propose spending freeze

By GLENN THRUSH & DAVID ROGERS | 1/25/10 7:29 PM EST

President Obama plans to announce a three-year freeze on discretionary, “non-security” spending in the lead-up to Wednesday's State of the Union address, Hill Democratic sources familiar with the plan tell POLITICO.

The move, intended to blunt the populist backlash against Obama's $787 billion stimulus and an era of trillion-dollar deficits — and to quell Democratic anxiety over last Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate election — is projected to save $250 billion, the Democrats said.

The freeze would not apply to defense spending or spending on intelligence, homeland security or veterans.

The proposal is in line with a plan floated by Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), a fiscal hawk, who told Bloomberg's Al Hunt last week that there was a “fighting chance” Obama would propose a freeze in most discretionary spending by the federal government as part of his address.

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-- Edited by Sanders on Monday 25th of January 2010 08:57:40 PM

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when Bush did this cutting the NIH funds tanked and my research career was on the doomed path of no return. really F**k  my life. Clinton was perfect

 

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President Obama to propose spending freeze

-- Edited by Sanders on Monday 25th of January 2010 11:46:45 PM