Copyrighted Image? DMCA | As the government showdown over debt continues--the so-called congressional supercommittee negotiating cuts has been floundering for weeks--Newsweek found about five dozen of the most fiscally conservative Republicans, from Tea Party freshmen like Allen West to anti-spending presidential candidates like Rick Perry and Ron Paul, trying to gobble up the very largesse they publicly disown, in the time-honored, budget-busting tradition of bringing home the bacon for local constituents. |