GOP to upend spending process

Spending Cut: House Republicans seem intent on blowing up the staid appropriations process when they take power in January — potentially upending the old bulls in both parties who have spent decades building their power over the federal Budget.

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The plans include slicing and dicing appropriations bills into dozens of smaller, bite-size pieces — making it easier to kill or slash unpopular agencies.

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Other proposals include statutory spending caps, weekly votes on Spending Cuts and other reforms to...