Tea Party gets budget cuts

Pushed by the new GOP freshmen to uphold a campaign pledge, the House Appropriations Committee announced moments ago that it plans to increase its proposed cuts to this year’s budget from $74 billion to $100 billion from what President Obama had originally requested.

Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., had planned to release the appropriations bill today in anticipation of next week’s vote, but pressure from the right prompted him to make deeper cuts.

The move comes after Republicans had been accused of breaking their “Pledge to America” issued during the campaign, in which the promised to cut $100 billion this year.