"The American people want the federal government to reduce spending without touching actual programs, " wrote William Galston a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, in a blog post this week.

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"The American people want the federal government to reduce spending without touching actual programs, " wrote William Galston a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, in a blog post last week.

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