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GOP Looks For Dem Support On Changing Sequester Cuts

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011

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Republicans who want to change a legal mandate for defense cuts triggered by the collapse of budget talks said yesterday they hope to elicit the support of Democrats, despite the president’s vow to stop any such change. Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-Calif.), appearing on national television yesterday, rejected a planned sequestration process slated to cut the Pentagon’s longterm spending plans by up to $600 billion as well as President Barack Obama’s…

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