Feb 26, 2013
Sequestration deadline looms as US political brinkmanship prevails
President Obama continues to warn of the potential cataclysmic economic impact from sweeping budget cuts that will trigger in just three days without a deal, as the United States may face more serious ramifications, culminating in prolonged fiscal debates in the months ahead. With such little time before the deadline, i.e. the $85 billion in reductions for this year, Obama and Republicans led by House Speaker John Boehner yesterday traded barbs at each other, doling blame for the extended impasse. The president and his Cabinet officers made a big to highlight the lost jobs, long lines at airports, delays at ports and cutbacks at popular national parks as motivation for pressuring their respective constituents.
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