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Support for the Mack Penny Plan Grows in the Senate
PR Newswire

Fiscal Hawk Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Signs Onto Mack Plan

WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Mack today welcomed the support of Tea Party Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) as he signed on to the "One Percent Spending Reduction Act," legislation – also known as the "Penny Plan" – that was introduced by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) last week, and authored by Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL) last spring in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Seriously, What Did the Dems do Last October When they were in Charge?

Obama: House Republicans wasted 'precious days' with Boehner plan

By Gautham Nagesh - 07/30/11 06:00 AM ET

President Obama used his his weekly address to call out House Republicans for holding up the process of getting "our fiscal house in order."

"Republicans in the House of Representatives just spent precious days trying to pass a plan that a majority of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate had already said they wouldn’t vote for," Obama said in the Saturday morning message.