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Congress

Obama’s Sequestration Call Does Not Stir GOP

Julie Samuel

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

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President Barack Obama’s repeated call yesterday for Congress to approve revenue-generating tax reforms to prevent “sequestration” budget cuts from kicking in next week was immediately rejected by Republicans. House Republicans appeared unmoved by Obama’s appeal at the White House, where he was flanked by emergency responders, for a “balanced approach to deficit reduction that would prevent these harmful cuts.” Sequestration--$1.2 trillion in decade-long defense and non-defense cuts--is slated to start at the end of next week, on March 1, and…

Congress

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Space

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