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Next Phase of Deficit Battle Could Test Tea Party Resolve
Published August 02, 2011
| FoxNews.com
Reuters
Tea Party supporters wear 'Hold the Line' t-shirts as dozens rallied near the U.S. Capitol against raising the debt limit in Washington July 27.
The influence of the Tea Party is about to endure a critical test, as lawmakers enter the second chapter of their deficit-reduction plan after approving a record increase in the debt ceiling.
Conservative Republicans have been conflicted over the 11th-hour compromise and the course of the debate as a whole. While they claim credit for shifting the conversation in Washington from stimulus to deficit reduction, Tea Party lawmakers and activists were disappointed with the result of the debt-cap talks.
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In the end, 66 House Republicans and 19 Senate Republicans, many of them Tea Party aligned, opposed the package out of concern that it didn't go far enough.
But conservatives will have a second chance to at least ensure the next -- and arguably more important -- phase of deficit reduction is conducted to their liking. After enacting $900 billion in spending cuts, the bill signed Tuesday will pave the way for a bipartisan committee to find another $1.5 trillion in savings.
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