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Wednesday, December 05, 2012  The proposal that House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republican leaders sent to the White House this week calls for cuts of $300 billion in discretionary spending to achieve savings of $2.2 trillion over 10 years.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Polar bears, farmers and fiscal cliff on returning Congress' to-do list

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Politics of 2012, clashes over policy pose huge obstacles as Congress seeks more deficit cuts

Tuesday, July 26, 2011  Obama's nominee for Joint Chiefs chair cites cybersecurity as a "defining issue" of his tenure

Thursday, February 10, 2011  Congress' failure to pass 2011 budget will trigger cuts in major defense systems, job losses