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Congress set to send spending message

Republicans plan to send President Barack Obama a message just a few hours before his State of the Union speech Tuesday. We get details from CNN\'s Bob Constant...

Federal News Network Staff

January 24, 2011 9:31 am

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Republicans gear up to send the president a message about spending, ahead of tomorrow’s State of the Union Address. The House GOP has scheduled a vote telling budget committee chair Paul Ryan to pare back non-security spending for the second half of this fiscal year to levels from 2008. CNN’s Bob Costantini is following the budget battle.