After the compromise for the Federal Budget, many are upset that the Republicans could have gotten more cuts.

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Some conservatives think the GOP might have gotten even more spending concessions but for the mistake of letting the Democrats complain the Republicans were more interested in side issues, such as federal abortion funding, than in major budgetary issues.

“It was a shame that rather than stick to higher cuts, some Republicans were more insistent on their pet ‘riders’ than they were fiscal issues,” said former Maine Tea Party Patriots coordinator Andrew Ian Dodge. “Many Americans will see riders as no better than earmarks.”

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Washington Times