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I can't wait to hear what the Tea Baggers will say.

Republicans will bring their House-passed spending cuts to the Senate floor Wednesday amid rank-and-file grumbling inside the GOP and with no sign of capturing the Democratic defections needed to command a simple majority — let alone the 60 votes for passage.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will fare only marginally better with his plan to cut tens of billions of dollars less over the remainder of the fiscal year. But a Republican defeat stands to have much more import, setting the stage for House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to begin showing more flexibility in talks with Senate Democrats and the White House.



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