So, what else was on the House GOP's 'to do' list? Oh yeah!
“House GOP Lists $2.5 Trillion in Spending Cuts” by Paul Bedard
http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/01/20/house-gop-lists-25-trillion-in-spending-cuts
We always here the questions, “Where are the specifics?” or “What are you gonna cut?” These questions are immediately followed by scare tactics (e.g., cutting Medicare, Social Security, etc.). Well, within this proposal, we absolutely see the SPECIFICS. Now we’re sure to hear from each of these affected entities, and the wagon circling will begin, but one thing is for certain: the tireless rhetoric (“no ideas” and “Party of No”) weights no merit, as if it ever did. Now Democrats are left holding the question, “What domestic cuts would you make?! Time and time again, they make the effort, but the results produce none SPECIFIC.
Spending Reduction Act of 2011
http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Spending_Reduction_Act--TWOPAGER.pdf