Obama challenges Congress: Do ‘something big’
July 15, 2011 at 9:14 am in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama on Friday challenged Congress to compromise and “do something big” to reduce long-term deficits, insisting he was willing to make his own tough choices including trimming benefits for wealthy Medicare recipients. Facing a critical Aug. 2 deadline to raise the nation’s debt limit, Obama said the public was on his side but “we’re running out of time.”
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