..."Nine-term Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio, said Tea Party newcomers who are eager to slash federal spending will soon learn how difficult it is.
"Back in Ohio, almost everybody says, 'Oh, you've got to cut spending,'" LaTourette said. "But then they say, 'Oh, I didn't know you meant my spending.' And there's going to be a lot of that."
Deep spending cuts would anger many interest groups, and Republicans may pay a price, he said.
Republicans picked up nearly three dozen House seats when Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, LaTourette noted.
"Half of them were shown the door two years later," he said.
"Not because they did anything wrong. They kept their promises. But when you've got to cut a lot of money out of the budget, everybody's got a pet program, a pet disease, a pet something, and people are going to get fired up."
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"Back in Ohio, almost everybody says, 'Oh, you've got to cut spending,'" LaTourette said. "But then they say, 'Oh, I didn't know you meant my spending.' And there's going to be a lot of that."
Deep spending cuts would anger many interest groups, and Republicans may pay a price, he said.
Republicans picked up nearly three dozen House seats when Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, LaTourette noted.
"Half of them were shown the door two years later," he said.
"Not because they did anything wrong. They kept their promises. But when you've got to cut a lot of money out of the budget, everybody's got a pet program, a pet disease, a pet something, and people are going to get fired up."
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/41103288/ns/politics-capitol_hill/
