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Published 3/26/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

WASHINGTON (CNN) — House Republican leaders rolled out their alternative budget on Thursday to respond to President Obama's charge they were slamming his proposal without offering one of their own. At a Capitol Hill news conference, House GOP Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, held up an 18 page document entitled, "The Republican Road to Recovery" and said, [...] (link)

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