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Gridlock: No one budges at the budget-cuts deadline
WASHINGTON -- Gridlocked once more, President Obama and Republican congressional leaders refused to budge in their budget standoff Friday as $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts bore down on individual Americans and the nation's still-recovering economy.
"None of this is necessary," said the president after a sterile White House meeting that portended a long standoff.
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Gridlock: No one budges at the budget-cuts deadline
WASHINGTON -- Gridlocked once more, President Obama and Republican congressional leaders refused to budge in their budget standoff Friday as $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts bore down on individual Americans and the nation's still-recovering economy.
"None of this is necessary," said the president after a sterile White House meeting that portended a long standoff.
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