The House is expected to give approval to a package of Republican budget cuts late today, as GOP lawmakers follow through on their pledge to make immediate cuts in the federal budget.
"The American citizen, whether they be Democrat or Republican knows that the federal government has gotten too large," said Rep. Austin Scott (R-GA), one of the over 80 new GOP lawmakers elected last November.
The big headline from day two of the debate was approval of a plan to cut $450 million this year - and billions in the long term - by scrapping a second engine for the Joint Strike Fighter.
It was a big turn around from last year, when the House refused to back off the second engine, which would be built in part near the district of Speaker John Boehner in Ohio.
"This amendment could directly impact 15,000 jobs in Ohio," said Rep. Steve Austria (R-OH).
But that talk of jobs by Boehner and his lieutenants was mocked by Democrats, who parroted Boehner's own quote from earlier this week about how budget cuts my mean a loss of government jobs.
"So be it," they said.
Last night's debate stretched past midnight for a second straight legislative day, setting up votes today on everything from GOP efforts to ban the spending of money to implement the Obama health law, to GOP efforts to cut arts funding and more.
"The reality of it is that the American people sent us here to get the budget and the budget deficit under control," said Rep. Sandy Adams (R-FL), one of the many Tea Party Republicans who won last November.
With the vote on the second engine and a few other amendments, the total of the GOP budget cutting plan has now edged over $61 billion.
What will make this final day of debate and votes interesting will be amendments that can be offered once the entire bill has been read, amendments that ban the spending of money on certain initiatives.
They are often very political in nature, because they go past the idea of how much will be spent on something to the issue of blocking any funds from being spent on certain items.
By my count, there are over 280 amendments which would add language, "At the end of the bill," and then touches on all kinds of different subjects.
Not only will some of these amendments be focused on the Obama health law - like blocking its implementation - but they also are likely to bring votes on across the board budget cuts, some that include money for the military and some that do not.
And then there are others, like this one by Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), that take aim at money going to outside groups like Planned Parenthood:
AMENDMENT NO. 11: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following:
Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act may be made available for any purpose to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. or any of the following affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.:
(1) Planned Parenthood Southeast in Atlanta, Georgia.
(2) Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest in Seattle, Washington.
(3) Planned Parenthood Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona.
(4) Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
(5) Planned Parenthood of Greater Memphis Region in Memphis, Tennessee.
(6) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California in Sacramento, California.
(7) Planned Parenthood Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California.
(8) Planned Parenthood Mar Monte in San Jose, California.
(9) Planned Parenthood of Orange & San Bernardino Counties, Inc. in Orange, California.
(10) Planned Parenthood Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley, Inc. in Pasadena, California.
(11) Planned Parenthood of the Pacific Southwest in San Diego, California.
(12) Planned Parenthood of Santa Barbara, Ventura & San Luis Obispo Counties in Santa Barbara, California.
(13) Planned Parenthood: Shasta-Diablo in Concord, California.
(14) Six Rivers Planned Parenthood in Eureka, California.
(15) Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver, Colorado.
(16) Planned Parenthood of Southern New England, Inc. in New Haven, Connecticut.
(17) Planned Parenthood of Delaware in Wilmington, Delaware.
(18) Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Inc. in Washington, District of Columbia.
(19) Florida Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in Sarasota, Florida.
(20) Planned Parenthood of Collier County in Naples, Florida.
(21) Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando, Inc. in Orlando, Florida.
(22) Planned Parenthood of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida.
(23) Planned Parenthood of South Florida and the Treasure Coast, Inc. in West Palm Beach, Florida.
(24) Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida, Inc. in Sarasota, Florida.
(25) Planned Parenthood of Hawaii in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(26) Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho in Yakima, Washington.
(27) Planned Parenthood of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois.
(28) Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region in St. Louis, Missouri.
(29) Planned Parenthood of Indiana, Inc. in Indianapolis, Indiana.
(30) Iowa Planned Parenthood Affiliate League in Des Moines, Iowa.
(31) Planned Parenthood of East Central Iowa in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
(32) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Des Moines, Iowa.
(33) Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa in Burlington, Iowa.
(34) Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri in Overland Park, Kansas.
(35) Planned Parenthood of Kentucky, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky.
(36) Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region in Cincinnati, Ohio.
(37) Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, Inc. in Houston, Texas.
(38) Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in Williston, Vermont.
(39) Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc. in Baltimore, Maryland.
(40) Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts.
(41) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Michigan in Lansing, Michigan.
(42) Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
(43) Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
(44) Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
(45) Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(46) Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri in St. Louis, Missouri.
(47) Tri-Rivers Planned Parenthood in Rolla, Missouri.
(48) Planned Parenthood of Montana, Inc. in Billings, Montana.
(49) Planned Parenthood of the Heartland in Omaha, Nebraska.
(50) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of New Jersey in Trenton, New Jersey.
(51) Planned Parenthood Association of the Mercer Area in Trenton, New Jersey.
(52) Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey in Shrewsbury, New Jersey.
(53) Planned Parenthood of Greater Northern New Jersey, Inc. in Morristown, New Jersey.
(54) Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey.
(55) Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey in Camden, New Jersey.
(56) Planned Parenthood of New Mexico, Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
(57) Family Planning Advocates of New York State in Albany, New York.
(58) Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic, Inc. in Hawthorne, New York.
(59) Planned Parenthood Mohawk Hudson in Utica, New York.
(60) Planned Parenthood of Mid-Hudson Valley, Inc. in Poughkeepsie, New York.
(61) Planned Parenthood of Nassau County, Inc. in Hempstead, New York.
(62) Planned Parenthood of New York City, Inc. in New York, New York.
(63) Planned Parenthood of the North Country New York, Inc. in Watertown, New York.
(64) Planned Parenthood of South Central New York, Inc. in Oneonta, New York.
(65) Planned Parenthood of the Rochester/Syracuse Region in Rochester, New York.
(66) Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes in Ithaca, New York.
(67) Planned Parenthood of Western New York, Inc. in Buffalo, New York.
(68) Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, Inc. in Albany, New York.
(69) Planned Parenthood Health Systems, Inc. in Raleigh, North Carolina.
(70) Planned Parenthood of Central North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
(71) Planned Parenthood Affiliates of Ohio in Columbus, Ohio.
(72) Planned Parenthood of Central Ohio, Inc. in Columbus, Ohio.
(73) Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio in Akron, Ohio.
(74) Planned Parenthood of Northwest Ohio in Toledo, Ohio.
(75) Planned Parenthood of Southeast Ohio in Athens, Ohio.
(76) Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma, Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
(77) Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
(78) Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon in Eugene, Oregon.
(79) Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette in Portland, Oregon.
(80) Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
(81) Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County in Warminster, Pennsylvania.
(82) Planned Parenthood of Central Pennsylvania, Inc. in York, Pennsylvania.
(83) Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Penn in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania.
(84) Planned Parenthood of Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(85) Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(86) Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee.
(87) Texas Association of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in Austin, Texas.
(88) Planned Parenthood Association of Cameron & Willacy Counties, Inc. in Brownsville, Texas.
(89) Planned Parenthood Association of Hidalgo County, Inc. in McAllen, Texas.
(90) Planned Parenthood Association of Lubbock, Inc. in Lubbock, Texas.
(91) Planned Parenthood of Central Texas, Inc. in Waco, Texas.
(92) Planned Parenthood of North Texas, Inc. in Dallas, Texas.
(93) Planned Parenthood of the Texas Capital Region in Austin, Texas.
(94) Planned Parenthood of West Texas, Inc. in Odessa, Texas.
(95) Planned Parenthood Trust of San Antonio and South Central Texas in San Antonio, Texas.
(96) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
(97) Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(98) Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Virginia, Inc. in Hampton, Virginia.
(99) Virginia League for Planned Parenthood in Richmond, Virginia.
(100) Planned Parenthood Public Policy Network of Washington in Seattle, Washington.
(101) Mt. Baker Planned Parenthood in Bellingham, Washington.
(102) Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Inc. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
This bill may not going anywhere in the Senate, but it has been an interesting process to watch this week. Check back to see what the final product looks like.
The House is expected to give approval to a package of Republican budget cuts late today, as GOP lawmakers follow through on their pledge to make immediate cuts in the federal budget. "The American citizen, whether they be Democrat or Republican knows that the federal government has gotten too large," ...
