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4:39 p.m. | Updated The fissures inside the Republican Party, particularly among Congressional leaders and prospective presidential candidates, are growing more pronounced as the budget debate intensifies in Washington.

Tim Pawlenty, the former governor of Minnesota who is exploring a presidential bid, said Wednesday that he opposed the spending agreement that was reached late last week between President Obama and Speaker John A. Boehner. Even though it averted a government shutdown, Mr. Pawlenty said the $38 billion cuts in this fiscal year were insufficient.

“The more we learn about the budget deal,” Mr. Pawlenty said, “the worse it looks.”

In a statement after the president’s speech, Mr. Pawlenty said the administration’s plan to cut spending “was nothing more than window dressing.” He also used the moment to align himself with other fiscal conservatives and some members of the Tea Party movement who said the deal did not go far enough.

It is the latest rightward move from Mr. Pawlenty, who is scheduled to speak at weekend Tea Party rallies commemorating Tax Day.

Mr. Boehner has been widely praised for his work on the budget agreement that came less than two hours before the government was set to shut down late Friday. He was not mentioned in the statement released by Mr. Pawlenty on Wednesday.

“The fact that billions of dollars advertised as cuts were not scheduled to be spent in any case makes this budget wholly unacceptable,” Mr. Pawlenty said. “It’s no surprise that President Obama and Senator Reid forced this budget, but it should be rejected. America deserves better.”

The office of Mr. Boehner, who is trying to hold Republicans together before a vote takes place on the budget agreement on Thursday, declined to engage with Mr. Pawlenty.

“The speaker has always honored President Reagan’s ‘11th commandment,’” said Michael Steel, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, referring to the adage that Republicans should refrain from criticizing fellow Republicans.
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Input: Conor McGregor: I will KO Jose Aldo and then fight for the lightweight title
Prior to Conor McGregor arriving in the UFC, he was fighting close to home in a regional promotion called Cage Warriors, in which he won the lightweight and featherweight titles in back-to-back fights.

McGregor might aim to do the exact same thing if everything goes well in his matchup against Jose Aldo on Dec. 12 at UFC 194.

According to the interim featherweight champion, he's planning on taking out Aldo and then paying close attention to the lightweight title fight happening one week later, when Rafael dos Anjos faces Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone at FOX UFC Fight Night in Orlando.

"I will KO Jose Aldo and I will face the winner of the lightweight belt, which takes place a week after and I will fight for that. Within the next few fights I will be a two-weight world champion," McGregor told FOX Sports on Wednesday.

UFC president Dana White has promised McGregor that if he beats Aldo, he will defend the featherweight title for the first time at Croke Park in his home country of Ireland in front of 90,000-plus fans.

I will KO Jose Aldo and I will face the winner of the lightweight belt.

Considering Aldo is the incumbent, seven-time defending champion, a loss to McGregor probably would result in an automatic rematch with the second fight getting even bigger numbers and helping to sell out a stadium of that size.

"We'll have to see how the contest plays out. If he can give me a war and he can earn a rematch, then we can do a rematch. I just don't see him answering the bell for the second round. I can't see his face on his body at the beginning of the second round. I see him KO'd inside one," McGregor said.

"When you KO a man inside one, there's no need for a rematch. So if he can come and he can bring a war and we can trade for five rounds or whatever, well then maybe I'll consider a rematch. But I feel he won't get up off the stool and answer that bell for the second round."

Another possibility for McGregor staying at featherweight is facing the winner of the main event from the day before his title fight — former lightweight champion Frankie Edgar takes on Chad Mendes at "The Ultimate Fighter 22" finale.

McGregor isn't too concerned about who wins, but he's open to the possibility of fighting one them, although his mind seems made up to focus on either dos Anjos or Cerrone after Saturday night is over.

"We'll see how it plays out. If that can be an exciting fight, maybe that can be the one, but I'd like to sit and wait and watch that lightweight title fight the following week," McGregor said. "I'm hoping that's a nice war that gets the fans excited and we can go and collect that second belt. We'll see how it plays out."

The end goal for McGregor always comes back to becoming a two-weight class champion.

Randy Couture and B.J. Penn are still the only fighters in UFC history to hold titles at two weight classes, but neither did it simultaneously. McGregor hopes to become the first, and it starts by beating Aldo.

"I'm looking to emulate what I achieved in my previous promotion and collect two belts," McGregor said. "Two different weight divisions. Hold them consecutively. Defend them consecutively and carry on."
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assistant: Conor McGregor has his sights set on beating Jose Aldo next weekend at UFC 194 and then collecting the lightweight title from the winner of Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone