A LITTLE SOMETHING POSITIVE FROM THE BAGGER HOUSE MEMBERS

They managed to cancel the unnecessary backup engine for the F-35 despite the fact that a lot of the money would have gone to Speaker Boehner's district.

Obama, GOP freshmen win in jet engine budget fight
Feb 16 05:50 PM US/Eastern
By DAVID ESPO
AP Special Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) - Determined to reduce deficits, impatient House Republican freshmen made common cause with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, scoring their biggest victory to date in a vote to cancel $450 million for an alternative engine for the Pentagon's next-generation warplane.

"Right here, right now was a surefire way to reduce spending," declared Rep. Tom Rooney of Florida, a second-term lawmaker whose summons to cut money from the F-35 fighter jet was answered by 47 Republican newcomers. Speaker John Boehner and other House GOP leaders back the funding.