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Obama Again Calls For Balanced Plan For Cuts

12:33pm February 19, 2013

President Obama spoke Tuesday about the impacts of deep spending cuts scheduled to take effect March 1. With a group of first responders in uniform standing behind him in the White House, he said if Congress doesn't stop the cuts, responders won't be able to help communities respond to disasters.

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Governor McCrory Delivers State of the State Address

9:51pm February 18, 2013

Republican Governor Pat McCrory gave his first State of the State Address Monday evening, in what he called a sobering assessment of the state of North Carolina.

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New Gun Laws Still A Touchy Subject In Congress

10:05am February 16, 2013

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with Sen. Dick Durbin about the prospects for gun control legislation. The Illinois Democrat chaired a Senate hearing on the issue of gun violence, but the congressional debate remains contentious.

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Automatic Budget Cuts Near As Democrats, GOP Stand Firm

8:39am February 15, 2013

by Mara Liasson

It looks like the across the board spending cuts that were never supposed to happen are going to — at least for a while. It's another sign of Washington's dysfunction.

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Effects Of Automatic Spending Cuts Become Clearer

8:39am February 15, 2013

by Brian Naylor

The clock is ticking on the sequester. That's the Washington term for the across the board spending cuts that will take effect March 1st unless Congress acts to put them off.

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Lew Expected To Be Confirmed As Treasury Secretary

3:05am February 15, 2013

by John Ydstie

President Obama's nominee for Treasury Secretary Jack went before the Senate Finance Committee Wednesday. Lew appears headed toward confirmation by the full Senate. But he did get some pointed questions from Republicans about his stint as an executive at Citigroup.

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Obama Tries To Move Spotlight Off Deficit Reduction

3:05am February 15, 2013

by Scott Horsley

Preschool is just one example of the ways in which President Obama says government can play a constructive role in the economy. He's trying to reorient the debate in Washington from deficit reduction alone to wise investment.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey (from left), Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Undersecretary of Defense and Comptroller Robert Hale wait for a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Military leaders are warni

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As Spending Cuts Loom, Alarm Bells Begin To Sound

6:27pm February 14, 2013

by Tamara Keith

Military leaders are among those warning Congress of the consequences of the automatic spending cuts set to kick in at the beginning of March. But many on Capitol Hill seem resigned to the cuts taking place.

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Unpacking State of the Union Night Addresses

1:41pm February 13, 2013

NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin discusses Tuesday night's big speeches — President Obama's State of the Union; Sen. Marco Rubio's GOP response and GOP Sen. Rand Paul's Tea Party take — with Paul Glastris, editor-in-chief of The Washington Monthly and Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution.

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Close Read: Reviewing State Of The Union Address

6:56am February 13, 2013

Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep and NPR reporters give a "close read" of President Obama's State of the Union speech. In some cases they are checking facts. In others, they are asking what some parts of the speech really mean.

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