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Will Democrats keep their promises on spending reform? AFP on National Review Online.

The line-up of Republicans vying for leadership positions is a great encouragement to me that the GOP rank-and-file will indeed have the opportunity to show citizens that they got the message. Congress Daily reports that the choices for Budget Committee ranking member are Reps. Ander Crenshaw, tepid on fiscal issues at best, and Wisconsin's very own Paul Ryan, "a young conservative firebrand in the mold of former Budget Chairman John Kasich, R-Ohio."