This is what a smaller government will look like: There will be less money for local cops, but more money for FBI agents. Less to repair public-housing complexes. More to feed hungry children. There will be less to fix polluted rivers. But more to fix crowded prisons. On Thursday, the House and Senate passed a bill that provided a detailed vision of the federal government on a diet.
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Thu, 11/17/2011 - 2:50pm
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