Obama calls for stopgap sequester fix, says bigger deal "still on the table"

February 5, 2013 11:00 AM

With just three weeks until deep spending cuts are set to trigger, President Obama today urged Congress to pass a stopgap measure aimed at staving off more than $1 trillion worth of reductions, calling for a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms he said would help avoid putting the economy in jeopardy from "self-inflicted wounds."

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