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The 2010 budget fight begins in earnest Thursday when the White House rolls out its detailed spending requests together with up to $17 billion in savings from terminating or severely cutting 121 programs — many long defended by interests in Congress.
“None of this is going to be easy,” said an administration official briefing reporters Wednesday night.
In fact, to meet the goals set by the budget resolution last week, Democrats will have to go a big step further by cutting an additional $10 billion in reductions from President Barack Obama’s appropriations requests.