With Republicans poised to gain seats in Congress on Election Day, the issue of government spending is set to rocket to the top of the agenda in Washington – along with fresh promises to rein in the nation’s record budget deficit.
Across the country, polls show Republican candidates leading in contested races by campaigning against the Bush administration’s bank bailout, Democrats’ massive economic stimulus package, President Obama’s health-care overhaul and other examples of what the GOP terms “runaway spending.” If Republicans take control of the House, as many analysts predict, speaker-in-waiting John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) has pledged to roll back agency spending to 2008 levels and stage weekly votes to eliminate unpopular federal programs.
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