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Polls show that the public is not as engaged in this showdown as it has been in past fiscal confrontations. Moreover, many programs for low-income Americans are protected from the immediate cuts while the Pentagon - whose budget has long been a target of the left - faces across-the-board cuts of 8 percent and up to 13 percent in some of its accounts. Indeed, much of the impact won’t be felt for weeks or more than a month others, like possible teacher layoffs, wouldn’t take place until the new school year in the fall. But the consequences of the cuts -the so called sequester - will likely be a slow boil. The White House is still betting that once the public begins to experience the effects of the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts the pain will be harsh enough to force lawmakers to reconsider and negotiate. This is a loss for the American people,” he said. Likewise, many liberals are beginning to embrace the cuts as a way to protect revered big benefit programs that have long been identified with the Democratic Party. Many conservatives are willing to accept the automatic cuts as the only way to reduce government spending, even though the budget knife cuts into cherished defense programs. I can’t have Secret Service block the doorway “I can’t have Secret Service block the doorway.” I am not a dictator. Asked whether he couldn’t get the parties in a room and stay there until they reach a deal, Obama noted that McConnell left early to catch a plane. The meeting Friday was the first the two sides have had this year on the budget battle, and it lasted under an hour. His chances are squeezed by anti-tax conservatives, by liberals unwilling to cut into Medicare and Social Security, and by a Republican leadership that has dug in against any new revenue after acceding to Obama’s demands two months ago for a higher tax rate for top income earners. Obama, in an effort to turn government mechanics into a digestible pop culture reference, actually combined the term, Jedi mind trick, from Star Wars, and the Vulcan mind meld, which comes from. It’s about taking on the spending problem here in Washington.” “The discussion about revenue in my view is over. “The president got his tax hikes on January First,” Boehner said bluntly after the meeting with Obama. Obama and congressional leaders have agreed that Congress should pass a bill funding the government beyond the end of March while they keep working on a way to replace the spending cuts, Boehner’s office said. It yielded no immediate results.īoehner’s office said he and McConnell told Obama they’re willing to close tax loopholes but only to lower taxes overall, not to replace spending cuts. Obama spoke to reporters a few minutes after meeting at the White House with GOP House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi.

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