WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said President Barack Obama, in the budget he previewed Friday, is holding entitlement reforms "hostage for more tax hikes."
The deadline came and went for the sequester, an automatic $85 billion, across-the-board cut in spending for U.S. defense and domestic programs that took effect March 1, and -- so far -- calamity has been avoided.
WASHINGTON, March 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama said Saturday Congress must compromise to stop the impact of the so-called sequester budget cuts.
WASHINGTON, March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama Friday signed an order initiating $85 billion in "sequester" cuts after he and congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement.