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WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running through the end of September.

The measure leaves in place $85 billion in automatic budget cuts known as the sequester. But it takes steps to ease the impact of the cuts to food inspection and college assistance for active duty military personnel.

The House and Senate passed the spending bill last week. Without it, the government on Wednesday would have run out of money to keep operating.

The measure funds the day-to-day operating budgets of every Cabinet agency through Sept. 30, the end of the 2013 fiscal year. It also provides another $87 billion for overseas military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and maintains a pay freeze for federal workers.


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    Steve wrote...
    Mr. President you got your revenue increases
    March 13, 2013 6:41 am
    in the form of taxes at the beginning of the year. We know you've already spent that money and need more to hand out. But now it's time to cut, cut, cut.
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    OneWonders wrote...
    Obama
    March 13, 2013 6:43 am
    must of forgotten the new revenue the Republicans gave him of which he already blew. Yeah, keep giving him more money and he will keep spending it. Last time I checked, majority of citizens live on a budget and work not to go into debt, work to pay off their current debt on time.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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    Steve wrote...
    Deficit? What Deficit?
    March 13, 2013 6:44 am
    The Senate budget proposal, the very first in 4 years would not balance the budget, doesn't cut any spending, raises taxes by a trillion dollars and piles on $100 billion in "stimulus" spending.
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    2cents wrote...
    Well of course a deal is impossible
    March 13, 2013 6:51 am
    When you contradict the laws of US government yet are not removed from office, you become the new government. So when those laws require a budget, for example, you appear to be interested, leave the golf game for a quick show of force, and by your conduct, remind the people that you dont do budgets.
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    OneWonders wrote...
    A true leader
    March 13, 2013 7:09 am
    takes responsibility and doesn't blame. A true leader will lead by example. I wish we had a true leader as the President. Perhaps one day.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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    Constitutionalist wrote...
    Impossible? Who makes the laws?
    March 13, 2013 8:23 am
    How is a budget deal impossible? Obama with a Democrat controlled congress, made it very possible to pass through legislation and budgets that have doubled the deficit in less than 4 years. Now that he doesn't have a majority in congress he cannot just have his way and is forced to "compromise". And by compromise I mean whine, bully, threaten, and blame, blame, blame, until he gets his way. If Obama and congress could pass acts that got us into this hole, it is certainly possible to work on getting out of it.
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    dregstudios wrote...
    Where did Bipartisanship Go???
    March 13, 2013 11:49 am
    Will we ever see bipartisan politics in our country again? The fringe element within the Republican Party has pushed them all to the far right of the isle where they’ve gridlocked our government for two years now. Will the next two be any different? They’ve been very public about their main goal being to block and bamboozle the President’s every move when the Middle Class NEEDS relief. It takes many hands to paint the Blackface on Obama. See my visual report of his makeup session at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/bamboozling-obama.html
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