Republicans Trim Millions From House's Own Budget - NYTimes.com: "The budget cutting begins at home.
House Republicans on Tuesday said they would reduce expenses of the House itself by $35.2 million to underscore their commitment to slashing government spending across the board.
Representative Greg Walden of Oregon, who has directed the transition for the new Republican majority, said that the reductions would be made in salaries and expenses to leadership offices, committees and individual lawmakers’ office budgets.
But even as the incoming speaker, John A. Boehner of Ohio, hailed the gesture, in dollar terms it amounted to only a small dent in the House budget — approximately 2.6 percent of the roughly $1.37 billion allocated for House operations in 2010."
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