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Topic: Obama to press GOP on sequester
deal as deadline approaches |
Obama to press GOP on sequester
deal as deadline approaches
The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink
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Original Article
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/19/2013 11:03:44 AM
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| President Obama will look to ratchet up pressure on congressional Republicans to strike a deal averting the sequester with an event Tuesday highlighting the impact of the $85 billion in cuts on the nation´s first-responders. Obama, returning from a vacation with just 10 days before the March 1 deadline when the across-the-board cuts are triggered, is scheduled to speak at 10:45 a.m. at the White House. According to an administration official, he will be joined at the event by emergency management personnel who could face furloughs or layoffs if the sequester takes place.
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Comments:
0bama is speaking right now with his usual people used as props. He is railing against sequestration (which was his idea) and bashing the Republicans that no budget is passed that is "balanced." It is one of the most infuriating things I have ever seen. It is filled with lies.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Patriot Forever, 2/19/2013 11:07:50 AM (No. 9184789)
No surprise here. This sequester must go into effect as it is the only actual reduction in spending we are going to see this year.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
CleanhouseinDc, 2/19/2013 11:07:58 AM (No. 9184791)
The smartest thing the repubs could do is nothing. Let the cuts take effect. Stand up and say its the only way to start the process of cutting back.
Pin it on zippy since its his.
Otherwise, they´ll be rolled again.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
woodsman, 2/19/2013 11:13:45 AM (No. 9184808)
LET IT HAPPEN!
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
bamapreacher, 2/19/2013 11:14:47 AM (No. 9184811)
Scare tactics. That´s all the democ rats know. Unfortunately they really do scare the lofo voters and always seem to win.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 2/19/2013 11:15:31 AM (No. 9184812)
The key is for the Republicans to keep repeating that if Obama thinks sequestration is such a bad idea, why did he suggest it in the first place?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
hotcorner, 2/19/2013 11:17:24 AM (No. 9184817)
Let it happen. The cuts are so small the government will adapt (as every other organization does when they must balance their budgets). This is the continuing con job of Obama, Democrats and all Rino´s.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Attila DiMedici, 2/19/2013 11:19:00 AM (No. 9184820)
Oh, I forgot, there is another point to be made. Republicans need to ask in a government the size of ours, how come the only cuts Obama can come up with are to necessary services? They need to list some of the things that Obama isn´t cutting and ask if people really believe that those are more important than first responders (or whatever area Obama is claiming will be hurt by sequestration).
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
olcap, 2/19/2013 11:55:45 AM (No. 9184904)
The sequester will not, I repeat, will NOT, go into effect.
Your wishy-washy, spineless, unmotivated and foolish republican politicians will ride in to save the day for their president, whom they adore, since they do everything he asks, no, ORDERS them to do.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
GreatGreyhounds, 2/19/2013 12:04:04 PM (No. 9184927)
I agree with #9, Our Whiny House Speaker will again pull Our Dear Reader back from the precipice, and ´save´ his hide...
And to think I voted for the Speaker!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Avanti1, 2/19/2013 12:12:14 PM (No. 9184943)
As usual, Obama tries to blame others for the failure of his own policies.
Obama wanted the sequester, Obama requested the sequester, Obama got his sequester. NOW he OPPOSES the sequester?
Where IS Obama´s plan to make meaningful cuts in federal spending, INCLUDING entitlement reform? He has had over 4 years and all of the resources of the Executive Branch to develop and present a detailed, written plan and, as usual, he has FAILED.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
lylacat, 2/19/2013 12:41:35 PM (No. 9185009)
0bama threatened the Republicans with sequester; it was his idea. He got the tax increase on the rich, however, his friends like Facebook and GE will pay no taxes at all, and actually Facebook gets millions back (after having paid NO taxes). 0bama refuses to deal with the deficit, he refuses to come up with a budget, he keeps spending which increases our unsustainable debt, and now he wants to "press" the GOP on a sequester deal. What is wrong with this man? He just got back from a million dollar vacation; you would think he could come up with something better than pressing the GOP.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
oh-heck, 2/19/2013 12:49:14 PM (No. 9185020)
#7 has a very good point. The sequester is an across the board reduction in growth. So no one will miss out on Head Start or school lunches.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 2/19/2013 1:21:44 PM (No. 9185084)
I am fed up with Obama emergencies and deadlines. Let the world end, but don´t give Obama any more money, take back the money you have given.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
veritas, 2/19/2013 3:08:10 PM (No. 9185279)
Keep in mind the old truism, "In any deal with the Devil, you´re always the junior partner."
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