House Republicans are divided between defense hawks hoping to avert Pentagon cuts and tea-party conservatives who back the sequester.
Boehner, R-Ohio, says the sequester was all Obama's idea in the 2011 negotiations that produced it, but the House speaker hasn't committed to an effort to block the spending cuts before they strike.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, praised the administration for releasing "compelling information" on the impact of the spending cuts.
"The impacts of sequester are devastating to the American people and the American economy. The public has a right to understand how sequester would impact middle-class families, jobs and the economy," she said in a statement.
Associated Press writers Darlene Superville and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report. Follow Tom Raum on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tomraum
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I would absolutely love to see the president's plan for fiscal management.
Where is his plan?
He speaks of raising taxes on the rich, but in reality the middle class has or will realize tax increases because of Obama's More..
No Pagan, Obama is dishonorable because he Lies a lot. And by the way, a lot of so called journalists (like AP types and mainstream news networks) lie too in defense of this guy. Lies by the way are as much about what is NOT reported as about what More..
go ahead and cut. We have already raised taxes, but BO has not budged on cuts.
And to infer teachers will lose their jobs is disingenuous. The Federal government does not hire local school teachers, so they cannot fire them.