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CUT SPENDING: "We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the GOP pledge stated.

John Boehner Interview: House Speaker Fumbles Budget Cuts Question (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel 2011

CUT SPENDING: "We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the GOP pledge stated.

John Boehner Interview: House Speaker Fumbles Budget Cuts Question (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel 2011

"We will cut spending in the current fiscal year back down to 2008 pre-bailout levels" FALSE The chances of that happening are not 0.1%, not 0.0000001%, they are absolute ZERO.

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CUT SPENDING: "We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the GOP pledge stated.

John Boehner Interview: House Speaker Fumbles Budget Cuts Question (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel 2011

CUT SPENDING: "We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the GOP pledge stated.

John Boehner Interview: House Speaker Fumbles Budget Cuts Question (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel 2011

The pledge promises to go back to "pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels," but this would require spending cuts that would actually generate higher unemployment while cutting or even eliminating programs that help the unemployed.

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The Pledge to America states that "With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone and putting us on a path to begin paying down the debt, balancing the budget, and ending the spending spree in Washington that threatens our children's future."

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"With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the pledge says.

House Republicans divided on spending cuts; for some, it's $100 billion or bust Lori Montgomery 2011

"With common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the pledge says.

House Republicans divided on spending cuts; for some, it's $100 billion or bust Lori Montgomery 2011

CUT SPENDING: "We will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at least $100 billion in the first year alone," the GOP pledge stated.

John Boehner Interview: House Speaker Fumbles Budget Cuts Question (VIDEO) Elyse Siegel 2011