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Tuesday, January 1st, 2013

Quotation
There’s not a lot of support for the bill as is. I personally hate it. The speaker, the day after the election, said we would give on taxes, and we have, but we wanted spending cuts. This bill has spending increases. Are you kidding me?
— Republican Representative John Campbell of California, signaling House Republicans are opposed to the fiscal package that passed the U.S. Senate.

# Posted at 2:08 pm Pacific