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Washington – Following the launch of YouCut last week, Congressman Paul Ryan joined House Minority Whip Eric Cantor and fellow Republican Members to announce the proposed spending cut that received the most votes from the American people.

“Since last Wednesday, over 280,000 YouCut votes were cast by Americans fed up with Washington’s reckless culture of borrowing and spending. The choices that we make today determine the type of America that our children and grandchildren will inherit tomorrow. We must continue to make every effort to get our fiscal house in order.”

The spending cut which received the most votes this week addresses a non-reformed welfare program that provides incentives for states to increase their welfare caseloads without any work or job-training requirements. Reforming the welfare program was one of the great achievements of the mid-1990s, saving taxpayers billions of dollars and ending the cycle of dependency on welfare. This new program, created in 2009, is a backdoor way to undo those reforms. The program currently costs approximately $2.5 billion a year. As the YouCut vote winner, a proposal to terminate this program and save taxpayers $2.5 billion will be voted on in the House later this week. The next 5 spending cuts are available to be voted on now.

For more information on the YouCut program, please visit: http://republicanwhip.house.gov/YouCut/.