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As details of the proposal leaked out on Tuesday, Americans For Prosperity issued a scathing statement from President Tim Phillips demanding Republican lawmakers hold firm to the budget caps brought on by the Budget Control Act of 2011 – including the sequester cuts.

While President Obama and liberals in government and the media spent much of early 2013 predicting disaster from the federal sequester – predictions that disappeared as most of the cuts took place with hardly anyone noticing, the bulk of the sequester hit hard on defense spending, which is normally supported by conservatives.

Still, Phillips said, sticking with the cuts – and rejecting the Ryan-Murray deal – is the only way conservative lawmakers can keep faith with their voters.

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