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Obama faces backlash on spending freeze

by jdebnam on January 27, 2010

in Consumer Actions, Government Spending, This week on the Hill

FT - “President Barack Obama was on Tuesday facing a growing backlash from his liberal base in advance of Wednesday night’s State of the Union address in which he will make fiscal deficit reduction a top priority for his administration.

This shift, which appeared to be aimed at appeasing voters concerned about government spending following his party’s stinging defeat in last week’s Massachusetts Senate race, includes plans for a three-year partial domestic spending freeze.”

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