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                     Obama to Press GOP Over Sequestration

   by VOA News

   U.S. President Barack Obama plans to make another plea Tuesday for
   congressional lawmakers to reach a deal to avoid a round of deep budget
   cuts.
   The president will appear with a group of emergency responders,
   including firefighters and medics, who he says could lose their jobs if
   the budget cuts are allowed to take effect.
   Obama will call on Republicans to accept a plan by Senate Democrats to
   raise more revenue by ending certain tax exemptions for wealthy
   individuals and corporations.
   The Democratic plan would put off $85 billion in budget cuts which are
   due to take effect on March 1.
   The budget cuts, known as the sequester, will be split evenly between
   domestic and military programs.
   The White House says the sequester will harm the nation's fragile
   economic recovery.
   But Republicans are opposed to raising any more government revenue
   after reaching a deal with Democrats earlier this year to raise
   income-tax rates on wealthy Americans. That agreement postponed the
   original January 1 sequester deadline.
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