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Despite a retreat last weekend where Republicans were supposed to air their differences in private and emerge with a unified agenda, the fiscal conservative wing of the party openly fought with the more moderate Republican lawmakers.
The fiscal conservatives stepped up their demand for repeal of the new Medicare prescription drug law after the Congressional Budget Office confirmed Feb. 2 the White House estimate for the new drug benefit was about $140 billion higher than the CBO's $395 billion estimate.
Senate Health, Education, Health and Pensions Committee Chairman Judd Gregg (R-NH) openly criticized the administration. "The fact that we were misled, the fact that this number is so high is unfortunate and the problem is it puts in place structural spending which is out of control," he said.
Gregg also was one of several key Republican leaders who voiced opposition to the transportation reauthorization bill before the Senate.
Other key Republican leaders who opposed moving forward...
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