"If God can get by on 10 percent, Uncle Sam ought to be able to keep getting by on 20."
-- House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence of Indiana, calling for a 20 percent cap of federal spending as a portion of gross domestic product - or double a church tithe - as he spoke at his party's gathering in New Orleans Saturday.
This article appeared in the Saturday, April 17, 2010 edition of National Journal Daily.
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