Obama Urges Quick Progress on Budget

U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on lawmakers to end what he called Washington's cycle of "manufactured crises and self-inflicted wounds" and pass a budget that will help grow the economy. In his weekly address Saturday, President Obama laid out his priorities for the budget that Congress began debating this week. Obama said he favored cutting "wasteful tax loopholes" to make room for programs that helped build infrastructure and improve education. The ...

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