Some GOP Freshmen Squeezed

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As Politico also notes, Barletta and other Republican freshmen are also catching flak from Tea Party movement members who believe lawmakers aren’t cutting enough spending.

Thus, the political futures of these freshmen are likely to be determined by many more voters coming out, including those motivated by concerns about real and proposed cuts to federal programs they rely on.

So while these lawmakers are caught in the crosscurrents from the right and the left, the concerns of voters, especially seniors and their families worried about Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid, will be there in a way they weren’t in 2010.

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